Maple Leafs Beat Bruins 4-3, Avoid Elimination In Game 5
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Game 5 on Saturday night and avoid playoff elimination.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Game 5 on Saturday night and avoid playoff elimination.
The Bruins received some good news ahead of their potentially series-clinching Game 5 on Saturday.
The Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 to take a 3-1 series lead. But there were other numbers on the postgame stat sheet that had to be disturbing from the Bruins' perspective despite the crucial victory.
When Patrice Bergeron misses a playoff game, it has to be something serious.
Forced into the rare position of having to carry the Bruins in Game 4 against the Maple Leafs, Tuukka Rask responded with 31 saves on 32 shots in a 3-1 win.
Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Tuukka Rask made 31 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday night to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
The Bruins' defensive corps may get one of their young contributors back as they look to take a commanding lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
For the seventh year in a row, Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron is a finalist for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.
Bruins fans can finally plan their weekend.
There may be no job in sports that's more difficult to maintain consistent performance. One need look no further than Frederik Andersen for the perfect illustration of the extreme swings that can happen from one night to the next.
Two nights after setting all kinds of Bruins and NHL records with a six-point game and finishing the night in a shower of hats, Pastrnak probably needed to be showered in ice packs.
A bad penalty call cost the Bruins a goal in their Game 3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night, and though they're pretty ticked off about it, they're not going to let those feelings linger into Game 4.
Ryan Donato got his first taste of NHL playoff action on Saturday night, but the rookie will be heading back to the press box for Game 3.
The Bruins' first line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak has reduced Auston Matthews to a score-less pedestrian player on the ice.
Boston blew out the Toronto Maple Leafs for the second straight game, leading the Bruins to a 7-3 victory Saturday night.
Proceeds from a raffle at Game 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs Saturday night between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs will be donated to the family of slain Yarmouth Police Officer Sean Gannon.
Nazem Kadri didn't like a hit that he saw delivered by Tommy Wingels on Thursday night, so he delivered what he believed to be some on-ice justice.
He's no star, but Adam McQuaid stood out in Game 1 with a couple of lengthy second-period penalty-kill shifts which helped preserve a 1-1 tie and set up the Bruins for a four-goal outburst.
"It's probably a good thing that it went numb right away, that I didn't really feel a whole lot after that. I know my ear was kind of hanging on for dear life. I'm just happy to have it."
David Pastrnak became the 12th player in Bruins history to record a three or more points in a playoff game at 21 years of age or younger, and then celebrated by wearing a unique hat.
Everybody knows what comes around once the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin: incredible goals, big hits, flashy saves, and ... neck licks?
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.
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.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
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Lindsay Clancy's trial continued Wednesday, though testimony for the day ended earlier than expected.
Video released Wednesday shows Karen Solomon, who is wanted for questioning in the death of her Worcester, Massachusetts, police officer husband.
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An 8-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a large tree branch at YMCA Camp Chickami in Wayland, Massachusetts.
A young Roxbury mom says her car was supposed to be in an auto repair shop; instead, it was out on the road and it came back with more issues.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.
Massachusetts has seen more than 100 cyclospora cases this summer, with some linked to lettuce.
Several people in New Hampshire have cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
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Apartment rental scams are rising in the Boston area, according to the FBI. They said there have been nearly 500 victims.
An I-Team investigation into a brazen case of alleged land theft in Concord, Massachusetts has led to criminal charges nearly two years later.
With the Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses strike looming, some parents of newborns in the NICU are sounding the alarm.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
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A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
The immersive WNDR Museum in Boston's Downtown Crossing is set to close down just two years after it opened.
Panera Bread is moving its headquarters from St. Louis to Weston, Massachusetts.
Breaking Grounds Cafe, a Peabody, Massachusetts coffee shop known for employing people with disabilities, is closing.
The buildings that house the Somerville Theatre and the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts are for sale.
Golden Temple and Party Favors in Brookline are closing after a combined 100 years in business.
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House has become one of New England's most imaginative seaside estates.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
New England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown got a chance to face his former team on Wednesday as the Philadelphia Eagles were in town for the first of two joint practices.
Adley Rutschman hit his first homer as a member of the Red Sox and Boston beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, and the Red Sox dismantled the Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday night.
Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe, and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 8-3 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay.
Natick says it is installing a new floating boardwalk across Pickerel Pond.
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Some of the oldest military veterans in Massachusetts were honored with special flights on Friday in a World War II-era aircraft.
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