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Game Day Preview: Bruins at Senators
November 24, 2016
In both a figurative and literal sense, Zdeno Chara is a big loss. The Bruins figured that out first hand on Tuesday night after Chara left the game after his first shift in the second period of the team’s 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues. With Chara out, the shorthanded Bruins D was overmatched […]
Read More »Loss of Chara outweighs loss to Blues
November 23, 2016
Two days before Thanksgiving, Tuesday’s loss to the Blues showed how thankful the Bruins are to have Zdeno Chara around, even at 39-years old. After a solid first period for the Bruins that saw them jump out to a 1-0 lead behind the franchise’s 20,000th goal off the stick of David Backes – his first […]
Read More »What we learned: Blues give Bruins early agita
Big week for the home team. Five games in eight days; four at home where the Black and Gold eclipsed .500 for the first time this year and only the second since the beginning of last season. At 4-3-0 at TD Garden – and three straight for the first time since last Thanksgiving week – […]
Read More »Despite goal, Backes, Bruins, feel the Blues
If only David Backes could’ve given his former teammates an extra piece of meat. A night after hosting a few his fellow Blues peers for dinner at his new place in Greater Boston, Backes was on the other side of the ice facing a team that gave him his break in the National Hockey League, […]
Read More »Game Day Preview: Bruins vs. Blues
November 22, 2016
The last several meetings featuring Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues been physically taxing and closely contested. Even with David Backes now donning the Black and Gold instead of Blue and White, things should be no different at TD Garden tonight when the two teams meet for the first time in 2016-17. Just how close have […]
Read More »Adjusted to new home, David Backes set to face former team
BRIGHTON — It’s a story that the media often looks forward to discussing: a player facing his former team for the first time. At TD Garden tonight, David Backes will have the honors of facing the St. Louis Blues for the first time since he signed with the Bruins during the off-season. “I have a lot […]
Read More »With man advantage, Bruins look to power on
November 21, 2016
It would take you both sets of fingers and toes to count on when evaluating all the positives in the Bruins’ 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night, but if there was one that certainly stood out let it be this; the extreme effectiveness on the man-advantage throughout the contest. Entering the night […]
Read More »What we learned: Bruins ground Jets
November 20, 2016
You well know about that Thanksgiving fact and playoff teams: Those not in the top-8 into Thanksgiving are not playing after the 82nd regular-season game some 70 percent of the time. Into Saturday night’s contest with the Winnipeg Jets, the Boston Bruins were tied for that final wild card spot with Columbus. Of more important […]
Read More »What droughts? Marchand and Bergeron back on the board
November 19, 2016
No one would know that both Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron were on scoring droughts if it wasn’t for the fact of basic statistical analysis. Watching Bergeron and Marchand play on a nightly basis has been a joy for all loyal Bruins supporters around The Hub since the duo was formed in 2010-11. Whatever inconsistencies […]
Read More »Game Day Preview: Bruins vs. Jets
For the Boston Bruins, another test is upon them. Not only are they facing the high-powered Winnipeg Jets tonight at TD Garden, but they’ll be without the services of David Pastrnak for a second straight game with an upper body injury. This isn’t exactly anything new for the Black and Gold. Pastrnak will be missing […]
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