lt team. They move the puck extremely well. They are an older squad. They are experienced. They have a really good power play.We are going to have to get some rest (after Fridays game), come in in the morning, have our meetings and be focused. If we play like we did (against the Oilers), we

PITTSBURGH -- Theres a dry erase board in the Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room coach Dan Bylsma uses to remind his players about where they stand in their bid for a Stanley Cup. For the first time this post-season, the Penguins find themselves with a bagel next to their name after the Boston Bruins pulled away for a 3-0 victory in Game 1 on Sunday night. "Its a different look," Bylsma said. One that will only certainly get worse if Pittsburgh cant collect itself in Game 2 on Monday night. The Bruins rode David Krecjis two goals, Tuukka Rasks 29 saves and a hefty amount of antagonism to frustrate the Penguins into the kind of chippy play that does little favours to one of the NHLs most talented teams. For a spell in the second period, the Penguins seemed more intent in sending a message than evening the score. Forward Matt Cooke earned a major boarding penalty and a game misconduct for blasting Bostons Adam McQuaid behind the Bruins net. Forward Chris Kunitz was slapped with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after mixing it up with Bostons Rich Peverley and reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin traded punches with Patrice Bergeron at the end of the period. The fight was the fourth of Malkins seven-year career and a symbol of just how frayed the top-seeded Penguins appeared. "I think anytime you see Evgeni Malkin fighting hes away from his game," Cooke said. "Emotions are high." Cooke understands he and the rest of his teammates will have to keep them in check. The NHL declined to further penalize Cooke for his hit on McQuaid, meaning hell be back on the ice Monday, offering Cooke a sense of relief. Once one of the leagues most notorious hitters, Cooke missed Pittsburghs opening round loss to Tampa Bay two years ago while serving a suspension. He has since cleaned up his act, though watching the second half of the game from the dressing room gave him unwelcome flashbacks. "Ive been in that situation before and its no fun," he said. "Im thankful I can go out tomorrow night and help my team." The Penguins could certainly use it after the Bruins took away the open space the Penguins enjoyed during first and second round wins over the New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators. Whenever Pittsburgh did generate some momentum, Rask found a way to get a glove, a pad or a stick on whatever the Penguins threw his way. Having a handful of shots clang off the posts helped. So did a defence that made things uncomfortable for Sidney Crosby and the rest of the star-laden Penguins. "Tuukka stood tall and made a lot of saves at the right time," Bostons Brad Marchand said. "We just want to make sure we collapse low and try to take away lanes." Something the Penguins failed to do against Krejci. The NHLs leading scorer during the post-season pushed his point total to 19 with his sixth and seventh goals of the playoffs. He beat Tomas Vokoun with a semi-flubbed wrist shot in the first period then added a gritty score in the third period when he charged the net and knocked in a rebound. Its what Krejci tends to do this time of year. He put up a league-high 23 points in the 2011 playoffs while leading the Bruins to their first championship in nearly four decades. Hes on pace to crush that number through 13 games. "It definitely gives the rest of us a lot of confidence and makes us want to do our part too," Marchand said. "It flows all the way through the lineup when a guys going like that and creates energy for the rest of us and allows us to feed off of that." Bostons three goals tied for the most given up by Pittsburgh goalie Tomas Vokoun since he replaced Marc-Andre Fleury in Game 5 of the first round. Bylsma didnt place the blame for Pittsburghs worst loss of the post-season on Vokoun and doesnt seem intent on switching back to Fleury anytime soon. "We lost Game 1, but Tomas I thought played real well in the game," Bylsma said. "He made big saves." Rask just made bigger ones. A sprawling stop on Malkin at the end of the first period kept the Bruins in front and he appeared to get stronger as time wore on. Pittsburgh trailed all of 17 minutes in regulation during a five-game romp over Ottawa in the conference semifinals. Boston tripled that number in one game. Cooke praised Bostons preparation while hinting the Penguins werent as prepared as they needed to be following an eight-day layoff. The Bruins present a significant step up in class and a drastic shift in style over the Islanders and Ottawa. "Its a different game than weve seen," Cooke said. "Its round 3 and I think its an eye opener for us and expectations for how the games are going to go has to change. I think thats healthy for us. Now we can get it out and move forward." Boston expects nothing less. The Bruins flustered Crosby and Malkin in the opener. 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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Contrary to some pundits early expectations, the Vancouver Canucks and Washington Capitals have something in common.They are both having trouble scoring.The clubs will try to solve their problem against each other Saturday night as the Canucks (4-3-1) host the Capitals (3-2-1) at Rogers Arena.The Canucks have been shut out in their past two games, the latest being Fridays 2-0 setback to the Edmonton Oilers, and have lost four straight after opening with four wins.The Capitals, despite the presence of captain Alex Ovechkin and other snipers, have suffered two consecutive losses for the first time since March 2015. During the two losses, Washington has only scored three goals.Its definitely a little frustrating, Vancouver second-year defenseman Ben Hutton said about his teams lack of offense. All of us know in here our structure works. Weve seen it in a couple of our wins. We have to do our best to stay within our structure. Hopefully, some of our chances will start going in.The Canucks also hope to maintain their strong defensive play. They held Connor McDavid in check for most of Fridays game. Although McDavid did score, on a breakaway no less, Edmontons only other goal came on an empty-netter by winger Milan Lucic.The Canucks have also fared well defensively against most of their other opponents. They have not allowed more than four goals in a game.Captain Henrik Sedin wants to ensure that the Canucks prevent the Capitals from bucking that trend.They are an extremely deep team, he said. They roll lines and anyone can score on the team. Its going to be tough.The Canucks, who rely too much on Henrik Sedin and his twin brother Daniel for goals, can only wish they had as much offensive depth as the Capitals. In addition to Ovechkin, who scored 50 goals last season and is on a four-game scoring streak, the Capitals also boast proven scorers in Evgeny Kuznetsov, who produced more points (77) than Russian compatriot Nicklas Backstrom (71), Justin Williams and T.J. Oshie.But Capitalss coach Barry Trotz is not impressed with his teams offensive chemistry these days.dddddddddddd. In practice on Friday in Vancouver, he juggled his lines again after revamping them during Wednesdays 4-1 loss to the Oilers in Edmonton.Just spread them out a little bit and see what we can come up with, Trotz explained to The Washington Post. This is not a revelation. All coaches move (lines) around. Were spreading (offensive players) out a little bit, and hopefully itll give some teams something to think about.The juggling also appears designed to help Kuznetsov get going. He has just one goal and two assists to date.Its a message for us, Ovechkin told The Washington Post. We have to wake up and play better offense, obviously.Meanwhile, defenseman Erik Gudbranson wants to make sure that the Canucks are not napping if the Capitals do wake up.I have played them a lot in my career, said Gudbranson, 24, who joined the Canucks in an offseason trade after playing his first five NHL seasons with Florida. They are a very difficult team. They move the puck extremely well. They are an older squad. They are experienced. They have a really good power play.We are going to have to get some rest (after Fridays game), come in in the morning, have our meetings and be focused. If we play like we did (against the Oilers), we give ourselves a chance to win every night.Gudbranson will likely be tasked with defending Ovechkin as Vancouver coach Willie Desjardins takes advantage of having the last line change. Hutton will likely partner with Gubranson.Like his blue-line partner, Hutton is not putting much stock is Washingtons recent offensive troubles.They are a strong team and they have some star players, Hutton said. We have to be ready.Vancouver is expected to play without injured wingers Alex Burrows (undisclosed lower body problem) and Derek Dorsett (shoulder) as well as ailing Chris Tanev (ankle). ' ' '