BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask made 33 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and Reilly Smith scored two goals to lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-0 rout of the Ottawa Senators on Friday night. The Bruins are 13-0-2 in their last 15 home games and have won eight straight in Boston. They […]
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Krejci inspires Boston, 4-1
BOSTON (AP) — David Krejci snapped a tie and set up Milan Lucic’s goal as the Boston Bruins earned a split of a two-game set with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night. Reilly Smith had a power-play and an empty-netter for Boston, which won its seventh straight at home. The Bruins haven’t lost there in […]
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AHL: Pirates top Bruins in shootout
LEWISTON — Mark Visentin is coming around to shootouts this season. After losing the last four he faced last season, Visentin stopped three of the five attempts he faced Saturday after making 45 saves in regulation while his Portland teammates beat Providence keeper Niklas Svedberg three times to lift the Pirates to a 3-2 win […]
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Bruins pick off Pirates
Talk about time being man’s greatest adversary. Twenty nine seconds. That’s how much time the Portland Pirates were away from taking all six points against Atlantic divisional rivals, the Providence Bruins this week. Bobby Robins’ goal for Providence tied the game up at three and the Bruins picked up the 4-3 win in a shootout […]
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Canadiens keep their distance from Bruins
MONTREAL (AP) — Max Pacioretty scored his ninth goal in the last nine games and the surging Montreal Canadiens stretched their unbeaten run to nine with a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Tomas Plekanec also scored for Montreal (18-9-3), which jumped a point ahead of Boston (18-8-2) into first place in […]
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Red Wings pound Bruins
DETROIT (AP) — Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar each a goal and an assist in the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Justin Abdelkader and Drew Miller and also scored for Detroit. Johan Franzen had three assists, Joakim Andersson two assists and Jonas Gustavsson made […]
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Rask, Bruins turn back Rangers
NEW YORK (AP) — Tuukka Rask had his busiest game of the season, just how he likes it. Rask, playing on a second straight night, stopped all but one of the season-high 44 shots the Boston Bruins allowed and lifted his club to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Rask gave […]
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Bruins get lift from Lucic’s OT goal
BOSTON (AP) — Milan Lucic scored on a breakaway with 49 seconds left in overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Lucic blocked Cam Atkinson’s shot just inside the blue line and the puck took a big bounce toward the Columbus end with nobody […]
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Bruins jolt Lightning, 3-0
BOSTON (AP) — Clearly, Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos’ injury was on everyone’s minds. The Boston Bruins were able to get back to playing hockey a lot quicker after it happened.Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken […]
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Rask, Bruins put a stop to Panthers
BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask made 23 saves and the Boston Bruins got goals from four different players to hand the Florida Panthers their seventh straight loss, 4-1 on Thursday night. Rask improved to 9-1 against Florida in helping Boston win for the third time in its last seven home games. The Bruins have won […]