Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Penguins report

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Scouting report

Who: Penguins vs. Boston Bruins. When, where:

12:30 p.m. Sunday, PPG Paints Arena. Look, listen: WPXI; WXDX-FM (105.9), Pittsburgh­Penguins.com.

Noteworthy: With his teamleadin­g 15th multi-point game Friday in Detroit, Penguins C Evgeni Malkin sits at 49 points after only playing in 35 games. Malkin, who has missed 13 games due to injury currently ranks fifth in the NHL with a 1.40 points-per-game average. … PPG Paints Arena has been one of the toughest places in the league for a visiting team to play in 2019-20. The Penguins enter the game tied with the St. Louis Blues for the most home wins in the NHL (17). … This will be the second meeting between the Bruins and Penguins in four days. The Bruins throttled the Penguins, 4-1, Thursday night in Boston. … The Penguins power play is clicking at a 40.0% success rate over the past four games. Going back further, the Penguins have scored 10 powerplay goals over their previous 11 games dating to Dec. 28, which is the most in the NHL in that span. … Boston boasts one of the NHL’s top power-play units at 26.6%, which trails only Edmonton (29.9) and Tampa Bay (27.5).

Did you know? Penguins C Sidney Crosby tallied the overtime winner Friday night in Detroit, giving him goals and points in all three games (3 goals, 3 assists) since his return from sports hernia surgery. … Crosby’s 32 career overtime points are tied for fifth-most all time, trailing Patrik Elias (37), Alex Ovechkin (36), Jaromir Jagr (35) and Ryan Getzlaf (33).

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