"Chris Kunitz's comeback has been delayed, at least for a few days. The Penguins had hoped he would return from an undisclosed injury this weekend, but he was not in uniform when they faced Boston Saturday night at TD Garden. "His response to his injury, with an [increased] workload isn't where it needs to be to play without fear of hurting the injury further," coach Dan Bylsma said. Kunitz, who has sat out 13 consecutive games, could play when Buffalo visits Consol Energy Center Tuesday. "Let's hope so," Bylsma said. Kunitz had five goals in the 10 games before he was injured and still ranks second on the team with 18. Only Sidney Crosby, who has not played in more than two months because of a concussion, has more, 32. Overcoming a nightmareBoston made some history last spring and has lived to tell about it. The Bruins became just the third team in NHL history -- and the first since the 1975 Penguins -- to lose a best-of-seven playoff series after winning the first three games when they collapsed against Philadelphia in the second round. Losing that way obviously was traumatic, but there doesn't seem to have been a carryover, because the Bruins were fourth in the overall standings before the games Saturday and are a very real threat to finish first in the Eastern Conference, if not the entire league. "We tried to focus on the new season and leave everything behind and have a fresh start," Boston captain Zdeno Chara said. "It's sports. Sometimes, crazy things like that happen." Perhaps, but that didn't make it any easier to live with at the time." Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11065/1130041-61.stm
