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The Bruins, up 1-0 on the Maple Leafs after a convincing 5-1 victory in Game 1, are hoping the NHL takes care of Toronto's Nazem Kadri following a predatory and dirty hit on forward Tommy Wingels in the third period.
Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
A surprisingly sensational regular season that raised expectations multiple notches doesn't mean that anything less than a Cup championship will tarnish what the Bruins accomplished through the first 82 games.
Off the ice, Rick nash doesn't shy away from his fan- and media-generated reputation. He knows that when he came to Boston in the Feb. 25 trade with the New York Rangers, he brought with him his 200-foot game, his tough-to-control size and a past filled with unmet postseason production expectations.
When you play for the Bruins, there are a lot of legacies to live up to. Even if you're a fourth-liner.
Here's which players in particular the Bruins will have to be wary of at all times.
Sunday's loss to the Panthers gave the Bruins some hard lessons for what they're going to have to do in the playoffs to make sure they don't continue to replicate their performances of the past week and a half.
It took until the final night of the regular season, but the Boston Bruins now know their first-round playoff opponent.
The Bruins didn't seem like the team with the most to gain until it was too late Sunday night.
The 78-year-old national anthem singer has been a fixture at Bruins games for 42 years.
The NHL's playoff picture can get complex. Here's an effort at laying out what can happen for the Bruins to earn the No. 1 seed.
The Bruins can't spend too much time worrying about seeding. They have to get healthy and in sync now that they're on just their second losing streak of three or more games this season.
Every single one of the Bruins' games since mid-March has been played against a team either in the playoff structure or just outside of it. The trend will continue on Thursday night in Sunrise.
Fortunately, over the past few months, the 41-year-old Chara has let the world in.
"It's part of realizing you can't take a night off, no matter what night it is and who you're playing and what happened the night before. You have to be at your best."
