Bruins Vs Penguins face off Sunday in Pittsburgh with playoffs at stake

The Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins meet Sunday in Pittsburgh with a season-series sweep on the line for Boston in bruins vs penguins. As of Sunday at 11: 20 a. m. ET, the game is set for a 4: 30 p. m. ET start at PPG Paints Arena, with playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference in focus.

Bruins vs penguins airs on TNT with streaming option listed

Sunday’s bruins vs penguins matchup will air nationally on TNT. The game is also available to stream on DIRECTV, with a 4: 30 p. m. ET scheduled start time at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

For radio listeners, the local broadcast is set to air on 98. 5 The Sports Hub.

Boston Bruins chase season sweep after 2-1 and 1-0 wins

Boston enters the third and final regular-season meeting between the teams having already won the first two matchups. The Bruins beat the Penguins 1-0 on Jan. 11, with Viktor Arvidsson scoring the lone goal. Boston followed that with a 2-1 win Tuesday, a game highlighted by goaltender Jeremy Swayman’s 35-save performance.

The Bruins are also coming off a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday at TD Garden, setting up a back-to-back that continues Sunday in Pittsburgh.

Marco Sturm, Korpisalo and the Eastern Conference standings entering Sunday

For Boston, Joonas Korpisalo is set to start in net Sunday in Pittsburgh. Bruins head coach Marco Sturm, in comments about the Penguins, said: “They’ve been a very good hockey team. They’ve been showing it all year long. Nobody is surprised anymore. They have speed, they have structure and they work. It was a handful in Boston the other day, and we expect the same type of game today. ”

In the standings, Boston sits in the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with 75 points. The Bruins are also looking for their first road victory since Jan. 17.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, is in third place in the Metropolitan Division and is three points ahead of Columbus. The Penguins have also lost three games in a row and four of five, adding urgency to Sunday’s matchup as both teams jockey for position.

Next up on the schedule is the confirmed start of Bruins-Penguins at 4: 30 p. m. ET Sunday at PPG Paints Arena.