Tuukka Rask recorded the shutout for the Bruins Tuesday night. So, of course, Tim Thomas had to stand on his head the following night to prove he still deserves to be the starting goaltender. Thomas finished with a season-high 47 saves, including 21 saves alone in the third period, to lead the Bruins to a [...]
Two months into the NHL season, several coaching changes are in order. While that’s sure to shake things up, many surprise teams are still going strong. Florida and Minnesota have healthy leads, Toronto’s still hanging in there, and the Coyotes and Stars are leading the way in the Pacific. Vancouver and Boston are both on [...]
We’re now a month into the hockey season, and the defending champs continue to disappoint. Toronto, Ottawa, Florida and Edmonton are all just a few examples of surprising teams early on. It’s still fairly crowded as far as playoff contenders go, though a few teams seem to be fading already. There’s still plenty of time [...]
On a great offensive night, the Bruins turned around their recent struggles with a nice 5-3 win against Ottawa. Boston had been struggling coming into action on Tuesday night, and needed a strong performance to begin turning their season around. They had lost their previous two games to Montreal, and came into the game against [...]
Happy Halloween, Hub hockey fans! You need not look far for anything scary this year! Just check out the NHL standings, where you’ll find the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins (3-7-0, 6 points) dead last in the Eastern Conference and second worst in the league (thanks to the Columbus Blue Jackets, who at 2-9-1 [...]
With the division already locked up, the Bruins were looking to give the TD Garden fans one last reason to cheer on Saturday before the postseason begins. They did just that, shutting down the Senators (and ending their playoff hopes) in a 3-1 win. Tim Thomas, assuming he doesn’t play in the regular season finale [...]
Who would guess this team could be this good? With a six-game road trip spanning across Canada at the end of February and into March, there was no guessing the Boston Bruins would go a perfect 6-0, or was there? After making a couple of trades before the deadline, the B’s have been unstoppable. On [...]
The Bruins (36-19-7), fresh off beating the Western Conference cellar dwellers in Edmonton Sunday night, wrap up their season-long, six-game road trip this evening as they head back to Canada’s capital to face off with the Eastern Conference’s cellar dwellers, the Ottawa Senators (21-32-9). This Ottawa Senators team a much different one than the Bruins [...]
It was a nice day in Boston on Friday. Temperatures reached 60 degrees, which has to get you thinking about spring. If you’re a hockey fan and spring is nearing, that means one thing: it’s time to think about the playoffs. Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli was in the same mindset Friday, dealing for defeseman Tomas [...]
Fresh off a 6-3 win over the Islanders last night, the Bruins (32-19-7) travel north tonight to take on the Eastern Conference cellar dwellers, the lowly Ottawa Senators (18-30-9). The B’s were able to snap a season-long three-game losing streak on Long Island last night, in a game that featured six different goal scorers for [...]
Not long after the ugly 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs Tuesday night, Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli completed a trade for Ottawa Senators center Chris Kelly. The Bruins will trade their 2nd round draft choice in 2011. “He has a lot of playoff experience,” said GM Peter Chiarelli. “He’s good on faceoffs. He’s a [...]
If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. On Tuesday night at the TD Garden, Patrice Bergeron celebrated his first career hat trick…twice. Bergeron had originally scored three goals, but had one later taken away (it was assigned to Brad Marchand) after the Bruins faithful threw their hats on the ice. Bergeron, of [...]
The Bruins (22-12-7) kick off a four-game homestand this evening on Causeway Street, facing off with division rivals: the Ottawa Senators (16-20-6) at TD Garden. The B’s made quite the comeback in last night’s 4-2 win over the Sidney Crosby-less Pittsburgh Penguins. Down 2-0 with under four minutes to play, Boston rattled off four unanswered [...]
The red-hot Capitals (70 goals, by the way), show no signs of stopping anytime soon, especially when they’re gunning for another President’s Trophy. Though the Red Wings are making a challenge. And Boston’s doing quite well, when they’re on the road, anyway. Buffalo’s making a push to become relevant again, while St Louis is slipping. [...]
The Bruins dropped their fourth game in their last five, and fell to third place in their division, as Ottawa’s Brian Elliott stonewalled them with a 2-0 31-save shutout. Boston goalie Tim Thomas lost for the first time this season his record dropped to 8-1-0. Erik Karlsson and Daniel Alfredsson scored for the Senators, who [...]