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Pascal Dupuis scored his second goal of the game 1:24 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back star forward Evgeni Malkin by snapping their four-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.

Malkin, the reigning NHL scoring champion, had three assists in his return to the lineup after he missed seven games because of a shoulder injury.

Dupuis scored when goalie Tim Thomas mistakenly left a puck along the boards. Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal picked it up and fed it to Dupuis, who tucked in his 100th NHL goal and fifth this season.

The Penguins' Bill Guerin sent it to overtime when he scored with 0.4 seconds left in regulation off a feed from Malkin.

The Bruins, 2-0-3 in their past five, scored twice during the final 5:47 of regulation to take their only lead. David Krejci's 5-on-3 goal tied it, and Marco Sturm put Boston ahead with 2:29 left.

BOSTON (AP) - Tomas Vokoun stopped 40 shots for his third shutout of the season, and Cory Stillman scored in a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Boston's Tim Thomas made 23 saves in regulation and overtime to extend his shutout streak to 172 minutes, 28 seconds. He stopped the first three Florida attempts in the shootout, but Stillman beat him on the glove side to end it.

The Bruins have not lost in regulation on their four-game homestand.

Florida snapped a two-game losing streak.

BOSTON (AP) - Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the fifth straight game as the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Matt Hunwick backhanded a rebound under the crossbar, then had to wait 77 seconds for a whistle so NHL officials could consult a video replay and give Boston the goal. Mark Recchi had the 900th assist of his career, Daniel Paille had his first goal with the Bruins, and Patrice Bergeron added a short-handed empty-netter with 3.5 seconds left as Boston won back-to-back games for the first time all season.

Thomas recorded his 14th shutout - passing Andy Moog for 10th on the Bruins' career list - while handing Pittsburgh its second straight shutout.

BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins scoring leader Marc Savard will miss four to six weeks with a broken left foot.

The team's announcement Wednesday did not say when Savard injured the foot.

The forward has led the team in scoring each of the past three years. He did not miss a game last season, when he had 25 goals and 63 assists for 88 points. He has four goals and three assists this season.

The team recalled 32-year-old forward Trent Whitfield from Providence. He has scored three goals with eight assists this season. Whitfield is expected to be available for
Wednesday night's game with Nashville.

WEEI.com's Joe Haggerty reports that Boston Bruins center David Krejci describes himself as doubtful for the team's season opener, Oct. 1 against Washington. He gave his chances of playing in the game as 10 percent. Krejci skated with teammates today for the first time since offseason hip surgery.

In an interview today with Kevin Allen of USA Today, Phil Kessel said there has been no progress in his contract talks with the Boston Bruins and questioned whether he will be back in the black and gold this season. The Bruins considered trading the 21-year-old Kessel before this season's NHL Draft.

"It's at a stalemate and I don't know what's going to happen. ...I think it could go either way at this point," Kessel said.

Kessel said he had close to full range of motion in his surgically repaired shoulder, and said he should be ready to play in November.

The Providence Bruins open their 2009-10 season with a home game Sunday, Oct. 4, against Springfield. Click here to see the full schedule.