WASHINGTON (AP) — Braden Holtby made 32 saves for his eighth shutout of the season, Nicklas Backstrom became Washington’s career assists leader, and the Capitals cooled the surging Boston Bruins with a 2-0 victory Sunday night. Holtby rebounded from being pulled during the second period of Friday night’s loss after allowing four goals on 22 […]
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Bruins take out Penguins, Crosby
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Being oblivious probably wasn’t the worst thing for Tuukka Rask. It took the Boston goalie a while to notice that the opposing Pittsburgh Penguins were playing without Sidney Crosby. “I didn’t know Crosby wasn’t playing until 5 minutes left in the first,” Rask said Saturday after he stopped 30 shots in a […]
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Spooner, Bruins veto Senators
After losing six games straight to open the door for other teams to get back in the playoff race, the Bruins (34-22-10) have won three straight and six of eight. Loui Eriksson added the other Bruins goal. Matt Puempel scored for Ottawa (30-24-11) as Craig Anderson faced 22 shots in his second straight start after […]
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Hockey: Bruins ground Red Wings
BOSTON (AP) — Boston coach Claude Julien believes his team showed what it can do when it’s pushed into a tough spot. That added desire helped them come through a two-day test with consecutive victories. Daniel Paille scored twice, including once short-handed, and Brad Marchand also had a short-handed goal to lift the Bruins to […]
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B’s, Marchand pick off Flyers
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s Brad Marchand worked harder during the offseason to be stronger late in games. The Bruins were sure glad he was out there Saturday. Marchand scored the tying goal and the game-winner in a 3-2 overtime victory against the Philadelphia Flyers, helping the Bruins in their fight for the Eastern Conference’s eighth […]
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Celtics wing Pelicans, 104-98
NEW ORLEANS — Isaiah Thomas scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics won for the fifth time in seven games, 104-98 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Louisiana native and former LSU star Brandon Bass added 17 points and Evan Turner had 14 for Boston. The […]
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Bruins experience flame-out in shootout
BOSTON (AP) — Sean Monahan scored Calgary’s first goal at Boston in more than eight years, and the Flames earned their first road win against the Bruins since 2003 with a 4-3 shootout victory on Thursday night. David Schlemko ended the shootout in the eighth round with a series of fakes on Boston goalie Tuukka […]
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Canucks, Lack frustrate Buins 2-1
BOSTON (AP) — Zack Kassian broke a 1-1 tie with a goal early in the third period and Eddie Lack preserved the lead with 13 of his 40 saves in the final period for the Vancouver Canucks in a 2-1 win over the struggling Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Daniel and Henrik Sedin both picked […]
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Bruins rebound, drop ’Hawks
Bergeron opened the scoring with his 200th goal, then added two assists in Boston’s four-goal second period and the Bruins snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 6-2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Reilly Smith had a goal and assist for the Bruins, who were 0-4-2 during the slide, their longest winless […]
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Stars fall on Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Jamie Benn scored twice and Trevor Daley scored the second of two short-handed goals for the Dallas Stars in a 5-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Kari Lehtonen stopped 41 shots and Vernon Fiddler ended Boston’s run as the only remaining NHL team that hadn’t allowed a short-handed goal […]