NHL Sunday: Penguins beat Bruins for 9th straight victory

There were four games on the schedule for the NHL on St. Patrick’s day, and all in all in was a good day to be watching hockey drunk. The Penguins beat the Bruins in a matchup of Eastern Conference powers, and elsewhere in the NHL teams battled for playoff positioning -- or just for a chance to inch closer to that final playoff spot.

Get caught up on last night’s NHL scores with recaps from our network of SB Nation team blogs. Here’s a quick glance at the full night of action:

If you look up the word “quitter” in the dictionary, you know what you’ll find?

The definition of the word, “quitter,” obviously.

As pointed out by Capitals reporter Stephen Whyno on Twitter, Poti has had neck and back injuries in the past couple of months, so its possible he aggravated one of those in the game.

Injuries to their defensemen have been a regular occurrence lately for the struggling Capitals, as Brian McNally noted in a tweet:

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The team isn’t being any more specific than saying that Letang injured his “lower-body,” so here’s footage of the play that caused the injury. Take a look and see if you can tell how and where Letang got hurt:

(Gif from The Pensblog)

That would complete the scoring for the rest of the game.

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The Jets will aim to keep surging in the lackluster Southeastern conference against the Senators, who are still fighting to pull out of a 2-2-4 skid.

NBC Sports Network this evening features two teams that have failed to live up to lofty expectations this season, as the Sabres travel to Washington to face the Capitals.

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