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Ryan Graves added another to make it 2-1, a nice moment for the big blueliner following moving out of the top four for the first time this season as the Penguins try to help him find some consistency in his game. While David Pastrnak tied it at 2-2 shortly following, the Penguins once more responded. Jake Guentzel converted a feed from Crosby, and Lars Eller finished off a setup from O’Connor to make it 4-2 Pittsburgh going into the first intermission.
Jeff Carter put the Penguins up 5-3 right following Boston returned to full strength following a penalty kill. The Penguins had a dominant first half of the second period, building a 14-0 edge in shots before the Bruins scored on their first one at the 9:51 mark. As expected, Boston continued to push from there, getting another with 35.8 seconds left in the period to climb within one.
Then, just over three minutes into the third period, with the Penguins on a power play, Brad Marchand made a great individual play to score a shorthanded goal and even the score.
But Sullivan said the biggest thing for him relating to Crosby’s impact is ensuring the team responded correctly to that sequence. When the Penguins went back to the man-advantage with 8:48 remaining following Charlie McAvoy got called for hooking Carter, Crosby won the faceoff back to Erik Karlsson and got it right back, with his shot changing direction on its way to the net and fooling Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman.
“I think having come off the power play we got scored on, we wanted to get that momentum, get it back,” Crosby said. “Big play by Carts there to draw one, and I just tried to get it through. I think it hit their D and deflected in.”
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