Patrice Bergeron 'Looking Good,' Likely To Play In Game 5
The Bruins received some good news ahead of their potentially series-clinching Game 5 on Saturday.
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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.
With the NBA and NHL Playoffs chugging along, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
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.
The Golden Knights have won the first playoff series in franchise history thanks largely to the play of goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
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.
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.
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.
The puck drops Wednesday night in three series, and so the NHL's death march to the Stanley Cup begins.
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.
Will this be the Winnipeg Jets' year? They'll be tough to beat with Connor Hellebuyck in the net.
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.
