Nov 10, 2009 10:51 am US/Eastern
Penguins Vs. Bruins Preview
By: Casey Shea
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The Penguins will take on the Boston Bruins on the road Tuesday night at 7 p.m. (File)
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The Pittsburgh Penguins will make the final stop on their four-game road trip Tuesday night in Boston to take on the Bruins.
Pittsburgh is 1-2 on the trip so far and will be without five key components from the team that was on the ice for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals against Detroit.
Kris Letang is the latest Penguin to be sidelined after falling awkwardly in the team's game against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
He is expected to be out for two weeks with a shoulder contusion.
Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin, Tyler Kennedy and Max Talbot are also out.
With Letang out, the Penguins recalled Deryk Engelland, who is expected to be on the ice tonight.
The Bruins are also having injury woes as Marc Savard is out with a broken foot and Milan Lucic has a broken finger.
David Krejci has missed the past two games for Boston with H1N1 and could return to the lineup against the Penguins.
Michael Ryder missed practice on Monday due to illness as well.
The Bruins have struggled on offense of late, which could be a direct result of Savard, Lucic and Krejci missing time.
Before netting four goals against the Sabres on Saturday night, the Bruins had only registered two goals in their previous five games. That stretch included three straight shutouts against the Oilers, Rangers and Red Wings.
On the flip side, the Bruins defense and goaltending has been solid in that stretch. They have not allowed more than three goals in their last six games.
Marc-Andre Fleury will look to shake off a poor start in goal against the Sharks when he gave up three goals on 14 shots and was yanked early in the second period.
Fleury has a career record of 3-2-0-2 against the Bruins with a 2.69 GAA and .921 save percentage.
Tim Thomas (4-6-1, 2.44 GAA and .916 save percentage) figures to be in net for the Bruins.
Thomas holds a 5-3-0-2 career record against the Penguins with a 2.60 GAA and .903 save percentage.
The puck drops at 7 p.m. and can be seen on Versus.
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