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Ice Breakers: Bruins-Flyers, Game 2

By Brian Kintz ⋅ May 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After an exciting, edge-of-your-seat thriller in Game 1, tonight’s Game 2 between the Bruins and Flyers surely has a lot to live up to.
Optimists would consider Boston’s five-goal offensive outburst, capped by the storybook game-winner by Marc Savard, reason to celebrate, and it certainly was. But Saturday’s Game 1 provided plenty of fodder for [...]

Savard Scores OT Game Winner In Heroic Return to Send Bruins Past Flyers

By Erikk ⋅ May 1, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Marc Savard, Boston’s offensive spark who had not played in an NHL game since suffering a Grade 2 concussion on March 7, scored the game-winning overtime goal to give the Bruins a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the first game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semi-finals. Savard, playing in his first playoff game [...]

Bergeron Gets Game-Winner, Bruins Lead Series 2-1

By KC Downey ⋅ April 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Rub your eyes again. The sixth-seeded Boston Bruins are now two wins away from advancing to the second round. Something that seemed so improbable just weeks ago is now a reality. The Bruins are a good team…well at least they’re playing like it.
In his 45,090,000th playoff game (well, really 154th), Mark Recchi did his part [...]

Bruins Help Themselves in Playoff Push, Beat Sabres 3-1

By Greg ⋅ April 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Needing a win to help its playoff chances, the Boston Bruins hosted the Buffalo Sabres Thursday night. The Sabres gave the B’s a gift before the game even started, as they sat their All-Star and Olympian goalie Ryan Miller. Miller is 40-18-8 on the season so it’s a good thing that he wasn’t playing. Instead, [...]

Bruins Can’t Capitalize, Lose 3-2 in OT

By Brian Kintz ⋅ April 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

They were able to gain one precious point from Monday’s game in Washington, but the Bruins couldn’t seal the deal in overtime against the league’s best team, losing on a Brooks Laich power play goal not even a minute into the extra period, falling to the Caps 3-2 at Verizon Center.
Dennis Wideman, who scored the [...]

Bruins Maintain Grip on 8th Playoff Spot

By KC Downey ⋅ March 21, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In many respects, the Bruins’ season ended in Thursday’s 3-0 loss to the Penguins. While they won a fight against Matt Cooke as a form of retribution for Marc Savard’s season-ending concussion, they played some of the most uninspired hockey you’ll ever see in mustering only 17 shots on goal. How can a team fighting [...]

Bruins De-Claw Panthers In Exciting Pre-Olympic Finale

By John ⋅ February 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

For a while, it looked like the 10-game losing streak Bruins might be back, but they pulled out a fourth straight win, 3-2 in a shootout. They got off to an inauspicious start, when Derek Morris was called for hooking, giving Florida a power play 10 seconds in. The Bruins managed to kill it off, [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Senators, Monday 1-18

By Brian Kintz ⋅ January 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bruins (23-16-8) return home to TD Garden this afternoon for a holiday matinee skate with the Ottawa Senators (24-21-4). Boston and Ottawa are separated in the standings by just two points, with the Bruins currently occupying the fifth spot in the East and Ottawa sitting in the seventh seed.
Boston is coming off a [...]

Battered Bruins Struggle to Score Again, Lose 3-1

By KC Downey ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

With word that the team has lost center Marc Savard and forward Byron Bitz for an extended period time, the Bruins face an up-hill battle over the next couple months. With the 2010 Winter Olympics in February, the league’s schedule becomes tighter heading toward the big event, which means 3-4 games per week. That’s not [...]

Boston Bruins Mid-Season Report Card

By Erikk ⋅ January 5, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Having played their 41st game of the season – a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers – the Boston Bruins are now halfway through their regular season and currently stand at 21-13-7, for a total of 49 points. Despite a sluggish start during which they alternated wins and losses (until they hit two three-game [...]

Bruins All-Decade Team: 2000’s

By Erikk ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The first decade of the new millennium has been a pendulum for the National Hockey League: it has seen the disappointment of a lockout during the 2004-2005 season coupled with the high expectations of “the Next One,” Sidney Crosby. The Boston Bruins had the same swings, ranging from the excitement of a first-place finish in [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Blackhawks, Friday 12/18

By Brian Kintz ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

While the focus for many area hockey fans has turned to the preparations for the upcoming Winter Classic game at Fenway, the Bruins still have seven games to go before the big festivities. That schedule begins this evening in Chicago, where Boston (16-10-6) will face off against the Central Division leading Blackhawks (21-8-3) in [...]

Bruins Down on Defense: Stuart, Wideman Out

By Erikk ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Bruins defense is going to have some holes during their upcoming three-game road trip. Blueliners Mark Stuart is set to miss 4-6 weeks with a broken sternum suffered during Monday night’s 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers and Dennis Wideman will miss at least Friday night’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks with an [...]

Ice Breakers: Bruins-Maple Leafs, Thursday 12-10

By Brian Kintz ⋅ December 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s been a quiet week for the Black and Gold since their Saturday night stomping of Phil Kessel and the Toronto Maple Leafs (10-13-7). Behind a nifty hat trick by Marc Savard, the Bruins (15-9-5) were able to pummel the young Toronto squad, racking up seven goals en route to a 7-2 beatdown. [...]

Bruins Hang On For 4-3 SO Victory Over Atlanta Thrashers

By Erikk ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

At times it was ugly. At times it was long. But overall, two points are two points and the Boston Bruins will take those however they can, even if it means being forced to a shootout, which is exactly what happened in Thursday night’s 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.
In front of an impressively sparse [...]