by Rob Rossi , Pittsburgh Tribune Review

"Something that personally I've learned ... you can't get too happy when you win a couple and too low when you lose a couple; you've got to try to stay in the same state of mind," goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury said Tuesday night after the Penguins wrapped up a four-game road trip with a third straight loss, 3-0, to the Boston Bruins at TD Northbank Garden.

File this as another contest notable for which Penguins player failed to finish: Brooks Orpik, who left midway through the first period with an undisclosed injury, believed to be of the lower-body variety.

He will be re-evaluated in Pittsburgh today.

The Penguins (12-6-0, 24 points) will get an off day, and coach Dan Bylsma has qualms regarding that decision.

His players need to regenerate healthy body parts as much they do regroup.

If Orpik can't go Thursday at home against New Jersey, the Penguins will probably face the Devils without six returning players that were on the ice for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

"That's the way it's been going the past week or so," captain Sidney Crosby said after his career-worst streak of games without a point was extended to five.

Lamenting their injuries won't help the Penguins break out of an offensive funk - and they're certainly in one after finishing with only two goals in the final three games of a trip that opened with a win at Anaheim and closed with losses at Los Angeles, San Jose and Boston.

A couple of early-period goals doomed the Penguins to their first three-game losing streak since Bylsma replaced Michel Therrien on Feb. 15.

Boston defenseman Matt Hunwick's fourth at 1:36 of the second period, and winger Daniel Paille's first at 3:34 of the third marked the 11th straight tallies the Penguins surrendered after carrying a 2-1 lead into the final period at Los Angeles last Thursday.

An empty-net tally by Patrice Bergeron made it 12 straight scored by Penguins' opponents.

The Penguins , whose power-play futility stands at 0 for 23 over six games (including 0 for 2 last night), hadn't lost on the road before they collapsed against the Kings and allowed four scores.

Fleury regained some steady footing after shaky starts at Los Angeles and San Jose. He had allowed seven goals on 26 shots before last night, but stopped 26 against the Bruins - including several sharp saves to keep his club close.

"I felt better," he said.

If only some of his injured teammates could say the same.

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