Bruce Cassidy Stands By Lineup Decisions After Brian Gionta's On The Ice OT Winner From Lightning
Bruce Cassidy's decision to dress Brian Gionta and play him in overtime was a head-scratcher, but the Bruins' coach stands by the move.
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Bruce Cassidy's decision to dress Brian Gionta and play him in overtime was a head-scratcher, but the Bruins' coach stands by the move.
The Boston Bruins -- and head coach Bruce Cassidy -- were not at all pleased with the work of the referees in Game 4 against the Lightning.
Bruins defenseman Torey Krug suffered a scary-looking ankle injury in the third period of Game 4 against the Lightning.
Brad Marchand cannot be stopped ... from licking opponents in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Offensively, the Bruins have some work to do against the Lighting. But they'll need to clean up their defense first.
It's officially Ryan Donato time.
After an initial push to start the second period, the Bruins never even came close to playing like the team that won 21 games in the regular season when allowing the first goal.
Boston fans didn't have much to cheer about during Wednesday night's Game 3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but they got to enjoy a pretty awesome honorary banner captain before the game.
"We didn't start the way we needed to at all."
Follow along as both the Bruins and Lightning seek to take a 2-1 lead in this second-round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
This may prove to be an unpopular opinion in the great city of Boston, but here goes: You have got to appreciate Game 2 between the Bruins and Lightning.
The Tampa Bay Lightning can't let the Bruins play like this in Game 2.
After the Bruins' 6-2 victory in Game 1 of their second-round series against Tampa Bay there should be a moratorium placed on any and all negative reviews of Rask and Nash.
A detailed look through the four Bruins-Lightning game to see what might apply in the upcoming playoff series.
The Bruins will have to quickly turn the page and get to work on preparing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Bruins have a lot of experience playing in Game 7's. For fans, that's not always the best thing.
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.
"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."
If the Bruins win on Tuesday? You can pretty much pencil them in as Atlantic Division champions.
It looked and felt like playoff hockey at the Garden, where Tuukka Rask and David Pastrnak were ready, willing and able to get physical.
Rask is known for being at his best when he's calm in net, but he can also have a temper that sometimes results in clumsy self-punishment, equipment destruction and the abuse of milk crates. The Bruins benefited from a little bit of both sides of Rask's personality in their 4-2 win against the Lightning at TD Garden.
The Boston Bruins are remarkably hot right now. Even when they don't play, they still win.
Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season Saturday, lifting the Boston Bruins over the Lightning 3-0.
Bruins general manager Don Sweeney has decided to subscribe to a philosophy of quantity over quality when it comes to his defensemen, while his Tampa Bay counterpart Steve Yzerman has decided it's more important to have an elite top three defensemen rather than have nine capable blueliners available for the playoffs. Now comes the fun part: seeing whether the Bruins or Lightning go deeper in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs after the decisions their GMs made leading up to the 3 p.m. NHL Trade Deadline on Monday.
It should've been no surprise that when it came time to select a starting goaltender for the Bruins' showdown with the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday, Cassidy was willing to take a risk.
Nearly 50,000 Massachusetts residents entered the 250th Anniversary Low Number Plate Lottery.
Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right wrist.
A super El Niño is quickly brewing, and will likely have a big influence on weather in Massachusetts and around the world.
Loved ones of fallen first responders know the tough road ahead for the family of fallen Massachusetts State Trooper Kevin Trainor.
A Stoneham, Massachusetts student playing "senior assassin" was handcuffed by police after a 911 caller reported a man with a gun.
Tributes are continuing to pour in for Trooper Kevin Trainor, who was killed by a wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Lynnfield.
A Stoneham, Massachusetts student playing "senior assassin" was handcuffed by police after a 911 caller reported a man with a gun.
Another push is underway to legalize traffic cameras in Massachusetts.
A super El Niño is quickly brewing, and will likely have a big influence on weather in Massachusetts and around the world.
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a teenage girl in Boston Wednesday night, police said.
Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, the Brain Care Score, shows how lifestyle changes can be beneficial, cutting the risk of dementia.
There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
The I-Team has learned the Massachusetts Dept. of Health wants to take away pepper spray and non-lethal restraints from Tewksbury State Hospital safety officers.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
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."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
April 20 is Patriots' Day and Marathon Monday in Massachusetts. Here's what's open and what's closed.
Best Bees installs and manages professionally maintained hives for homes, businesses, and institutions.
Known for his sustainable cooking and farm-fresh ingredients, Woods Hill's Charlie Foster is a leader in the farm-to-table movement.
Gaining Ground in Concord, Massachusetts is one of the region's leading non-profit farms dedicated to hunger relief.
Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor is a 114-acre destination just 4 miles from downtown Boston.
A modern school with a historic aesthetic, St. Benedict Classical Academy in Natick blends contemporary design with timeless style.
Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right wrist.
Jaylen Brown was back streaming on his Twitch platform after turning heads by saying this was his favorite year despite the Celtics blowing a 3-1 series lead to the Sixers.
Sonny Gray pitched five innings in his return from injury and the Boston Red Sox finished a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 4-0 win.
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye said he doesn't think the head coach's off-field issues will be a distraction for the defending AFC champions this upcoming season.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch also received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine.
A Boston man says he's lucky to be alive after jumping into the Charles River to save his dog.
Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
A soccer coach in Ludlow, Massachusetts plans to pay it forward after winning big on a lottery scratch ticket.
The Rumney Rocks Climbing Area is partially closed as nesting peregrine falcons could attack rock climbers.