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Philip Tomasino scores a goal in the third period, the Penguins beat the Bruins 2-1

Philip Tomasino scores a goal in the third period, the Penguins beat the Bruins 2-1

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Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves for Boston.

The winning goal was Philip Tomasino’s first score of the season. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

BOSTON — Philip Tomasino scored the deciding goal in the third period, Tristan Jarry made 31 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Friday night.

Tomasino’s first goal of the season with 12:34 remaining came when the forward went in from the left circle after the Bruins failed to clear the puck. Pittsburgh’s Rickard Rakell scored his ninth goal of the season with less than a second left in the second period.

Charlie Coyle scored and Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves for Boston.

Coyle scored 1:24 into the game, taking advantage of a breakdown in the Pittsburgh zone for his fifth goal of the season. The Bruins were eight-tenths of a second away from holding a 1-0 lead heading into the third period, but Rakell scored on a pass from Sidney Crosby behind the Boston net to tie the game.

Penguins: Playing his second game with a Pittsburgh team that has now won two in a row, Tomasino was credited with six shots on goal. The 23-year-old was traded by Nashville earlier in the week.

Bruins: Boston went 0 for 3 on the power play.

With eight minutes remaining and the Penguins up one goal, Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang saved a goal as Coyle looked at an empty net.

Crosby now has 15 assists and eight goals in 25 games. The Pittsburgh great and Wayne Gretzky are tied for the most points per game seasons in NHL history with 19 each.

Penguins: Return home to face Calgary on Saturday night.

Bruins: will host Montreal on Sunday.