The Bruins gave the Philadelphia Flyers an afternoon shellacking at TD garden. In front of the 139th consecutive sell-out crowd, the B’s connected for three tallies in the first period to set the tone for their 16th win of the season, tying them for most in the east. That total comes despite Boston having played [...]
The Bruins fell 4-3 to the Capitals in Game 5 and now face playoff elimination when they play tomorrow in Washington. In a game where momentum swung back and forth several times, a late power play goal by Troy Brouwer gave the Capitals the decisive lead. The game on Saturday afternoon [...]
The Bruins lost in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday afternoon when Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom sent a wrist shot into the twine just 2:56 into the second overtime session. Game 2 played out much the same as Game 1 did, as a goaltender’s duel between Tim Thomas and Braden Holtby. However, this time it was the [...]
The Boston Bruins defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night in front of the 108th consecutive sellout crowd at TD Garden. In a rematch of the All Star Game captains, Team Chara prevailed over Team Alfredsson once again (though this time by a slimmer margin).
In the first game after coming back from the All [...]
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On a historic night, The Boston Bruins got the goals when they needed them and fought their road woes of this series to capture the Stanley Cup. Tim Thomas shutout the Vancouver Canucks with 37 stops, making it the second Game 7 of these playoffs where the Bruins shutout a potent offense to advance. This [...]
Update 10:05 Third Period Intermission: The Bruins still lead by a score of 4-0. The scoreless second period featured some great chances for both teams, but Tim Thomas has been outstanding for Boston as he continues his record-setting tear through the 2011 Playoffs and Corey Schneider has stepped in and looked comfortable since replacing Luongo [...]
The Boston Bruins have been a different team since Nathan Horton went down. Up until that moment in the first period of Game 3 the Bruins had played right at the Canucks level, losing in two heartbreaking tilts that could have conceivably gone the other way. After seeing their teammate violently concussed, Boston players regrouped [...]
The intensity was there right from the start of the game. It just took 20 minutes for the goal scoring to kick in. But once the Bruins started scoring on Roberto Luongo it seemed they could do little wrong. Boston’s neutral zone play was superb, getting sticks in passing lanes and creating chances off of [...]
For a second consecutive game the Boston Bruins lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Vancouver Canucks. The Bruins held a lead early in the third period thanks to contributions from their first line and their second powerplay unit, but a tying goal by Daniel Sedin set up the game winner by Alexander Burrows just 11 [...]