Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

It wasn’t the Penguins’ night on Tuesday in Boston, with the Bruins earning a 2-1 win at TD Garden. Erik Karlsson had Pittsburgh’s lone goal, while Stuart Skinner stopped 26 of 28 shots. He had to be ready from the get-go,

Missing two of their four centers and with three new line combinations, the Pittsburgh Penguins (31-16-13) never looked crisp or in control of their best.

The Penguins were widely expected to finish this season in contention for Gavin McKenna, the presumed No. 1 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. As things currently stand, only four teams — heavyweights Colorado, Dallas, Tampa Bay and Carolina — have a better goal differential than the Penguins.

Fans in Pittsburgh gave Jack Hughes a standing ovation before Thursday's Penguins-Devils game at PPG Paints Arena.

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Evgeni Malkin is in the final year of his contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. If they're going to solve that dilemma, it sounds like it won't be right now. Malkin shared with NHL.com over the weekend that any negotiations will "wait until the end of the season" and that there's "nothing I can say right now."

Everyone's eyes will be on Kyle Dubas and the Pittsburgh Penguins leading up to the NHL trade deadline on Mar. 6.