Ex-Penguin Mark Recchi knows Sidney Crosby too well to think that his current slump might be a long-term condition. "It's just one of those things where he's in a rut right now," Recchi said after tallying his 900th career assist in the Boston Bruins' 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh. "It won't be very long he'll be in it, I know that. He's a great player and when they break out, they can go the opposite way, and everything they touch turns to goals.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Tue 11/10	Bos	Bos 0 - 3	W: Thomas L: Fleury
Sat 11/14	Pit	Pit 5 - 6	W: Johnson L: Thomas
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Sun 3/7	Pit	3:00 pm
Thu 3/18	Bos	7:00 pm

Game Stats

Penguins (12-6-0) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM C. Adams 0 0 2 0 0 C. Bourque 0 0 1 0 0 C. Conner 0 0 2 0 0 M. Cooke 0 0 2 -1 0 S. Crosby 0 0 2 -2 0 P. Dupuis 0 0 4 0 0 R. Fedotenko 0 0 1 -1 0 E. Godard 0 0 0 0 0 B. Guerin 0 0 3 -2 2 C. Kunitz 0 0 2 -2 0 M. Rupp 0 0 1 0 0 J. Staal 0 0 3 -2 0		Bruins (8-7-2) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM P. Bergeron 1 1 4 2 0 D. Paille 1 0 1 1 0 S. Begin 0 1 2 2 0 M. Recchi 0 1 3 1 0 S. Thornton 0 1 3 1 2 B. Bitz 0 0 3 1 0 D. Krejci 0 0 2 0 0 M. Ryder 0 0 4 0 0 V. Sobotka 0 0 0 0 2 M. Sturm 0 0 1 0 0 B. Wheeler 0 0 1 0 0 T. Whitfield 0 0 0 0 0
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Eaton 0 0 1 -1 0 D. Engelland 0 0 0 0 0 A. Goligoski 0 0 1 -2 0 J. McKee 0 0 1 -2 0 B. Orpik 0 0 0 0 0 M. Skoula 0 0 1 -1 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Hunwick 1 0 2 1 0 D. Wideman 0 2 0 2 0 Z. Chara 0 0 0 2 0 A. Ference 0 0 1 0 0 D. Morris 0 0 1 1 0 M. Stuart 0 0 1 0 0
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% M. Fleury(L, 10-5) 28 26 2 .929		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% T. Thomas(W, 5-6) 27 27 0 1.000

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PLAYER NEWS

Penguins Evgeni Malkin (PIT - Center) News: Malkin scored his sixth goal of the season in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Thrashers. [+] Impact: Malkin has two goals and three assists in four games since missing seven games with a strained right shoulder. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT - Goaltender) News: Fleury stopped 31 shots in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Thrashers. [+] Impact: Fleury won for just the second time in seven games after opening the season 10-2-0 with a 2.14 GAA. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Martin Skoula (PIT - Defense) News: Skoula had two goals in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Thrashers, his first multigoal game since March 17, 2002. [+] Impact: Skoula has three goals in his last three games after going without a score in his first 11 of the season. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

Bruins Marc Savard (BOS - Center) News: Savard (foot), who is expected to return to the Bruins' lineup Monday night in St. Louis, was centering a line with Marco Sturm and Byron Bitz at Sunday's practice, the Boston Globe reports. [+] Impact: We'll have to see if this combo sticks, but more importantly, it looks like Savard owners will get their playmaking center back Monday. (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Trent Whitfield (BOS - C) News: The Boston Globe reports that Trent Whitfield has cleared waivers and will report to Providence of the AHL. [+] Impact: The Bruins waived Whitfield on Friday, but no other team felt he was worth taking a chance on. He should see regular playing time in the AHL and could be recalled at some point if the Bruins need depth due to injury. (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Tuukka Rask (BOS - Goaltender) News: Making his third straight start, Rask stopped 25 of 26 shots in Boston's 2-1 overtime win over Buffalo on Friday night. [+] Impact: Bruins starter Tim Thomas has been dealing with an injury and the young Rask has been making the most of his opportunity. He's now 5-2-1 with a 2.31 GAA this season. (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Injury Report

Penguins Player Injury Status J McKee Infected finger day-to-day A Goligoski Lower-body injury day-to-day C Kunitz Lower-body injury day-to-day K Letang Right shoulder contusion IR T Kennedy Undisclosed injury day-to-day

Bruins Player Injury Status M Savard Broken left foot IR L Nelson Undisclosed injury IR