Boston Bruins

Frantic rally pushes Bruins past Pens

January 11, 2011

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Two months to the day of their last meeting, the Boston Bruins put on a repeat show by stunning the Pittsburgh Penguins with another late comeback. With less than a minute left to play in the game, veteran winger Mark Recchi tallied his 200th powerplay goal and gave the Bruins the lead over the Penguins for the first time all game. It was all the B’s needed. Coming into yesterday’s matchup, Boston was looking to make up for a heartbreaking overtime loss in Montreal on Saturday and to secure their second win in six games. The game was scoreless until halfway through the second period when Pittsburgh grinder Michael Rupp backhanded a sharp-an...

Bruins rally, stun Penguins 7-4

November 11, 2010

Chelsea Frajerman

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One way or another, it was going to be an interesting night in Pittsburgh. Bruins fans waited with baited breath to see how their team would fare without center David Krejci. On the opposite side of the ice, Penguins fans hoped to see their team capture only their third home win in the new Consol Energy Center. But it was Boston that breathed a sigh of relief after rallying in the third period to score five unanswered goals against contesting goaltender Brent Johnson. The first period, full of both goals and fights, set the eventful tone of the evening. Two scraps broke out in the first seven minutes of the game, pairing Shawn Thornton against Eric Godard, as well as Gregory...

Injury Update: Bruins Cautiously Optimistic

November 8, 2010

Chelsea Frajerman

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This morning, GM Peter Chiarelli met with reporters to discuss the injuries currently plaguing the Bruins. He announced that center David Krejci suffered a moderate concussion with some headaches and amnesia. Krejci will be reevaluated tomorrow and will have another baseline test at the end of the week. In the meantime, look for Patrice Bergeron to center the top line between Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton. Blake Wheeler will move to center the middle line between Jordan Caron and Mark Recchi, where he played during training camp. Daniel Paille will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the last ten games. Here's what the lines will look like: Lucic-Bergero...

Bruins Drop Two Straight, Krejci Hurt

November 7, 2010

Chelsea Frajerman

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Coming into this weekend, the Boston Bruins had only lost one game in regulation. In back to back nights, the Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues handed the B’s their second and third losses of the season in two disappointing outings. Friday, against the Caps, the Bruins allowed three goals in the second, and saw starting goaltender Tim Thomas pulled. Boston retaliated in the third and tied the game with goals by Michael Ryder, Nathan Horton, and Shawn Thornton in just under seven minutes. Hope didn’t last long; Washington answered with two more goals, and the Bruins couldn’t keep up. They had struggled to put shots on net the entire game, and were ultimately outshot 3...

Zdeno Chara signs 7-year, $6.5mil extension

October 9, 2010

Wally Brennan

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The Bruins have locked up their second star player in 24 hours, announcing this morning that captain Zdeno Chara has signed a 7-year, $41 million deal. The deal will take Chara through the 2017-2018 season, when he'll be 41. Interesting note -- with the extensions, Bergeron and Chara will carry a combined cap hit of $11.5mil. Their current deals combine for $12.25mil, so the Bruins are saving money on the extensions.

Patrice Bergeron Signs 3-year Extension

October 8, 2010

Wally Brennan

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The Bruins formally announced today that center Patrice Bergeron has inked a 3-year extension worth a total of $15 million. Bergeron, who's entering the final year of his contract, has had an excellent preseason in another step back from recovering from the major concussion suffered during the 07-08 season. Last year he led the Bruins in scoring with 52 points in 73 games. The deal includes a No Movement Clause (editorial: It's Peter Chiarelli -- of course it does). Next up for Chiarelli and the Bruins is trying to extend Zdeno Chara, who also has a deal that expires after this season. Chara recently said he'd like to play until he's 45 but reiterated that he is NOT looking for a lo...

Scrimmage gives sneak-peak into possible line combos

September 20, 2010

Wally Brennan

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The Bruins held their Black vs. White scrimmage this afternoon, and though many of the players involved will likely be in Providence or Juniors come opening night, there was some insight to be gained by the lines Claude Julien sent out. In a line that has been talked about since draft night as a near slam dunk, Julien finally made it seem official that Tyler Seguin would skate on the right wing with Patrice Bergeron at center and Mark Recchi on the left. Seguin assisted on Team White's only goal, feeding a pass from behind the net to Bergeron, who beat Nolan Schafer high glove side. Seguin has always been likely to spend his first pro season at RW, but the status of Marc Savard could c...

Savard to miss start of camp with post-concussion syndrome

September 17, 2010

Wally Brennan

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As if it wasn't bad enough that the Bruins blew a 3-0 series lead to the Flyers, this news just broke from training camp: According to Peter Chiarelli, Marc Savard will not skate or be available to the media for the near future due to symptoms of post-concussion syndrome. You can probably add "that are a result of Boston rushing Savard back for the Flyers series" to the end of that, but Chiarelli and the Bruins would never admit such a mistake, just like they won't admit to the mistake of Andrew Ference, Michael Ryder and Tim Thomas' contracts by keeping them around while buried up against the salary cap. More on this story when details become more clear.

Bruins trade Dennis Wideman, acquire Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell

June 22, 2010

Wally Brennan

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Peter Chiarelli is back, and he's back big. The Bruins have traded much maligned defenseman Dennis Wideman to the Florida Panthers in exchange for RW Nathan Horton and C Gregory Campbell. The Bruins also sent Florida the 15th overall pick in Friday's draft along with a 3rd rounder in 2011. Horton gives Boston something it sorely lacked during the 09-10 season -- a winger with the ability to put the puck in the net. Adding Horton along with either Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin immediately makes the Bruins' top six forward core loads better than it was, with a combination of Savard/Horton/No. 2/Bergeron/Krejci/Ryder/Lucic/Wheeler/Sturm composing the top two lines. Though the Bruins gave...