Penguins heavy pressure not enough in 1-0 loss to Bruins

This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (21-14-9) shoveled pucks, snapped wrist shots, and tried to plow the puck across the goal line, but a mass of Boston Bruins (25-19-2) bodies and another sterling performance by backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo against the Penguins was just enough.

Boston beat the Penguins 1-0 at TD Garden, Sunday. The Penguins have lost two in a row, both tight one-goal games, after winning six in a row.

Penguins goalie Stuart Skinner stopped 17 of 18 in the hard-luck loss. Boston had just eight shots over the last 40 minutes. Korpisalo stopped all 28 shots he faced.

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