Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

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The Boston Bruins (33-20-5) started slow, but shut down the Columbus Blue Jackets (29-21-7) and won 4-2 on Thursday night inside TD Garden.

Konecny scored his team-leading 23rd goal of the season, sliding the puck past Jeremy Swayman off a drop pass from Christian Dvorak at 3:41 of the third. Konency then set up Drysdale for a wrister that made it 2-0 with 8:05 left.

Joonas Korpisalo returned from Italy with a bronze medal in his pocket. On Thursday night, the Finnish Olympian was golden for the Bruins. Korpisalo stopped 36 shots, including some 10-bellers, passed concussion protocol after a heavy second-period hit, and earned the No. 1 star as Boston dispatched Columbus, 4-2, at TD Garden.

The Boston Bruins returned from their Olympic break Thursday, playing their first game back against the Columbus Blue Jackets.