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A dagger from the third line and other Bruins-Blue Jackets takeaways
January 3, 2024
The Boston Bruins picked up where they left off to begin their 2024 slate. But it took them a bit to find their groove against the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets. The Bruins slept their way through a flat opening 20 minutes. Over that stretch, they put forth a couple of static power play attempts and […]
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Takeaways: Bruins regroup to down Red Wings
December 31, 2023
The Boston Bruins entered the Christmas break losers of four straight. After Sunday’s showing against the Detroit Red Wings, they’ll enter 2024 with a three-game win streak. Their last game of 2023 featured heated tensions, scrappy post-whistle scrums, timely goals and multiple head-scratching calls from the officials. Yet, the Bruins, playing their second game of […]
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Bruins play to their forechecking identity against Devils
Maybe the Boston Bruins needed a mental reset after all. Despite facing a 2-0 deficit against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, Boston’s blue-collar work ethic eventually paid off. The Bruins exposed the middle of the ice in their attacking zone, capitalizing on high-danger looks, beginning with Jake DeBrusk’s fifth of the season following a […]
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Takeaways: Bruins ride special teams to end losing skid
December 28, 2023
The Boston Bruins entered the holiday break as a hobbled bunch after dropping their last four contests. After a strong performance against the Buffalo Sabres, it seemed that a three-day hiatus was exactly what the Black and Gold needed. The Bruins took the mental and physical reset and responded with a decisive 4-1 victory over […]
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4 holiday wish list items the Bruins could use amid their 4-game skid.
December 24, 2023
Over the last two weeks, the Boston Bruins have turned ’tis the season into Festivus for many New Englanders. Whatever good mojo they developed from another torrid run in October evaporated over the course of two months. The Bruins appeared bound to exceed expectations in their first year without Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci following […]
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Takeaways: Bruins put forth an uninspiring effort in Winnipeg
December 23, 2023
The Boston Bruins didn’t exactly arrive in Winnipeg as a confident bunch. They carried a skid of back-to-back overtime losses into Friday’s contest, both after failing to hold onto a one-goal lead against the Rangers and Wild. The efforts weren’t as much in question as the crunch-time execution from those pair of OT setbacks. And […]
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Another relinquished lead and other Bruins-Wild takeaways
December 20, 2023
For two teams who only meet twice per season, the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild seemingly bring out another side in one another. That trend continued Tuesday night during the B’s final pre-holiday home tilt at TD Garden. Following another slow start, Jakub Lauko provided the Bruins with a needed spark. On the ensuing shift […]
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Takeaways: Bruins ‘lunch pail’ effort goes for naught against Rangers
December 17, 2023
In honor of the blue-collar Bruins from the initial post-Big Bad era, the current crop of Boston skaters put forth a lunch pail effort against one of their longtime Original Six foes. Fresh off a wild overtime win on Long Island the night before, the Bruins began their latest era night honoring the original Lunch […]
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Bruins-Isles takeaways: What we learned from Boston’s “biggest win of the year”
December 16, 2023
A shorthanded Boston Bruins bunch nearly got run out of UBS Arena Friday night. But they turned a potential blowout into a gutsy performance against the New York Islanders. Jim Montgomery’s squad faced three separate deficits, including a 2-0 disadvantage after Alex Romanov and Simon Holmstrom scored 12 minutes apart during the middle stanza. Before […]
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Geekie and Swayman shine, but Bruins’ offense flattens in OT loss
December 14, 2023
The Boston Bruins entered Wednesday’s tilt in New Jersey without their top-line centerman and most well-rounded defensemen. At times, the Bruins appeared out of sorts without Pavel Zacha and Charlie McAvoy. Yet, against the up-tempo Devils, Jim Mongtomery’s club managed to leave Newark’s Prudential Center with a point. A hard-nosed effort from Morgan Geekie in […]
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