After going winless in four games, the Bruins bounced back with a solid overtime win Tuesday over Detroit. Can they make it two in a row against Pittsburgh and add some symmetry into the break with a .500 home slate at 12-12-0?

One impending stat – They have but six two-or-more-win streaks all season; only two since December 1.

All thanks in large part to scoring two or fewer goals in exactly half of their 51 games into Tuesday, but on the bright side, the Black and Gold have lit three or more lamps in 10 of their last 15 games.

Tuukka Rask 23-12-4, 2.13 GAA vs. Matt Murray 17-5-1, 2.35 GAA. Rask at 8-6-2 with a 2.25 GAA in 16 career regular season games against the Stanley Cup champion Penguins. Murray at 2-0-0 with a 1.98 GAA. The third game of the season against Pittsburgh and first at TD Garden after Boston dropped three of the four previous points.

Brad Marchand in the lineup after a morning meeting with the NHL Department of Player Safety, and escaping suspension for his nasty trip on Niklas Kronwall Tuesday night, but $10,000 in the red with the fine.

“I’m going to be honest with you,” Claude Julien said after a big Marchand contribution, “we’re lucky that we didn’t lose him tonight. I’m going to stand here and say we’re lucky we had him tonight.”

Indeed, they were. Thirty to go after the break with Toronto in third place in the Atlantic and surging with five games in hand means another likely footrace to April for the eighth and last playoff spot once again for the third straight year.

After going 4-0-1 in their last five at home against Pittsburgh, here’s what we learned as the B’s continued that streak, pinning a hard-fought win over the Penguins in the 4-3 final.

Carlo gaffe gets Pittsburgh out in front

Coulda shoulda woulda when David Krejci hit the post on a Penguins’ turnover just 50 seconds in. But the early lead would go the visitor’s way when Justin Schultz sent a centering pass from behind Rask – and onto Brandon Carlo’s stick. The rookie defenseman – in so tight – attempted to clear the puck but actually and accidentally shot it directly into an open Bruins’ net for the 1-0 lead at 7:37.

“We need to be patient with some young players,” Julien said about Carlo who would redeem himself before leaving the game with a lower-body injury in the third period, “and the mistake he made, it goes off his stick and it spins in the net.”

A minute later, Carlo took two and Pittsburgh’s vaunted power play – fourth best in the NHL – went to work. Sidney Crosby sent a thread-the-needle pass across the dots to old friend Phil Kessel who had more daylight than Carlo to put the Pens up by two at 11:26.

Marchand pulls B’s even; Nash gives the lead in spirited second period

.@BMarch63's first of the night, shorthanded 👌 pic.twitter.com/nBC7DfISC7

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) January 27, 2017

The Bruins had scored three shorthanded goals in their last 12 games, tied with Toronto for the most in the NHL over that span. Marchand would put his team at No. 1 when he swooped in on Murray at 1:38 with Adam McQuaid in the box. Patrice Bergeron and Kevan Miller assisting.

Boston’s first line went to work with David Pasternak taking a point-blank shot on Murray with the rebound back to Marchand who quickly tied the game with his team-leading 21st goal. Carlo getting a little retribution with an assist also among some key shots blocked.

At 10:25 – and with each team short a man — Torey Krug put a routine shot on Murray that deflected out to Riley Nash for his third of the season. Dominic Moore (7th Player Award?) also assisting.

A fracas among Kessel, Eric Fehr and David Backes put Boston on the man-advantage at the 16:00 mark to no avail. The last minute included a solid bout between Colin Miller and Scott Wilson – clear decision Miller, and another Bruins’ power play that extended 1:13 into the final 20. The shot total on Boston’s side, 16-4; second-period penalty minutes advantage Pittsburgh, 25-13.

“We needed to be emotionally connected to this game, Julien assessed. “And you know, you saw [David] Backes coming out and throwing some big hits and we started making plays and that’s what we need. It’s – you need to build around things like that and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

B’s 19-0-2 when leading after two periods

Make it 20-0-2 in the nail-biting third.

“I liked the fact that we didn’t sit on our heels,” Julien said about the final 20. “We just went after these guys and continued to put some pressure on them.”

That early power play would prove big when Bergeron poked it barely by Murray 51 seconds in for a 4-2 lead. The play survived review that clearly showed the puck over the line. Pastrnak and Ryan Spooner assisting.

The Penguins put the 17,565 on the edge of their seats when Patric Hornqvist beat Rask in a blink of the eye from five feet out at 10:35.

Exchanged power-play opportunities in the last four frantic minutes and then a last-minute penalty to Colin Miller to give the Pens the advantage for the last 30 seconds with a 6-on-4. All went for naught and the 52nd game would go Boston’s way in the 4-3 final.

“We either don’t show up for the rest of the game and you get what you put in, or we make a push and bind together, stick together and play our hearts out, and we chose the latter,” Backes said about the come-from-behind win. “And you saw the result, and we get two points out of this game.”

All Star weekend brings much-needed rest

“We’ve hit our stride in these last two games,” Backes said. “We’ve got to bottle this up and be able to rekindle these feelings of what it takes to win and do all the little things and put that back on the ice when we get back together on Tuesday.”

“We’ve been the team that’s played the most games, and I can sense the fatigue in our hockey club,” Julien said. “Hopefully we can make the most of what’s coming up here and keep winning some games here so that we can at least stay with the bunch.”