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What we learned: The Bruins are on to Carolina
April 29, 2022
The only significant development from Game 82 of the Boston Bruins’ regular season came at the final horn. Both the Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs trotted out their de facto JV lineups for Friday’s matchup. A handful of notable stars, including Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and John […]
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Another Patrice Bergeron milestone and other Bruins-Sabres takeaways
The Boston Bruins had a single priority entering Thursday: staying healthy before providing rest for their battle-tested core in Friday’s regular-season finale against the Toronto Maple Leafs. They achieved that goal during a 5-0 victory in their final matchup of the year with the Buffalo Sabres. Bruce Cassidy’s club checked off some other items on […]
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What we learned: Bruins declaw league-leading Panthers
April 26, 2022
The Boston Bruins’ marquee names came to play in their 4-2 win over the league-leading Florida Panthers on Tuesday at TD Garden. Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Taylor Hall each finished with a pair of points, while Erik Haula and Jake DeBrusk helped fill the opposite net. Linus Ullmark stopped 19 of 21 […]
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Taking a look at Bruins’ potential first round playoff matchups
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are right around the corner as the Boston Bruins’ regular season winds down with their final three regular-season games this week. Currently holding down the first wild-card slot, the Bruins would play the Metropolitan Division winner if the standings remain as is. The Carolina Hurricanes have a four-point lead over the […]
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What we learned: Bruins sweep Habs on an emotional night in Montreal
April 25, 2022
The Boston Bruins embarked on a unique schedule in the final five games of their 2021-22 regular season. They received a spark from a trio of reinforcements in David Pastrnak, Linus Ullmark and Hampus Lindholm during Saturday’s 3-1 win over the New York Rangers. But they kept the three recent returnees in Boston for Sunday’s […]
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What we learned: Reinforcements spark Bruins past Rangers
April 23, 2022
The Boston Bruins received a trio of reinforcements ahead of Saturday’s matinee with the New York Rangers. All three wasted little time making an impact. Hampus Lindholm and David Pastrnak combined for the game’s first goal late in the opening stanza. Pastrnak notched his 39th tally of the year with Lindholm setting up the transition […]
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Brad Marchand working through a late-season slump
April 22, 2022
Given the slew of injuries over the past few weeks, the Boston Bruins haven’t performed all that poorly. But they know they have room for improvement in their five tuneup games before the playoffs. With David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm, Linus Ullmark and a handful of other players in and out of the injury list the […]
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What we learned: Bruins’ defensive mistakes prove costly in Pittsburgh
After stringing together a pair of solid victories over the Pittsburgh Penguins and the St. Louis Blues, the Boston Bruins struggled to produce much of anything on either side of the puck in their rematch with the Penguins. The Bruins could not solve Casey DeSmith despite throwing 52 shots at the Pittsburgh netminder. The offensive […]
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What we learned: Bruins overcome Blues with McAvoy OT winner
April 20, 2022
The Boston Bruins stopped the proverbial bleeding in a needed win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon. They encountered a pair of self-inflicted Blues before earning their second straight win Tuesday night in St. Louis. Some of Boston’s troubling trends continued with the slumping power play extending its skid to 28 straight attempts without […]
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What we learned: Bruins clinch another playoff trip in win over Pens
April 16, 2022
Postseason bound. The Boston Bruins clinched their sixth consecutive playoff trip after taking down the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2-1, Saturday afternoon at the TD Garden. “We have a standard here, right?” head coach Bruce Cassidy said after the Bruins snapped their first three-game skid of the 2021-22 season. “So we’re not going to go out and […]
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