TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, Patrick Marleau had two goals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Monday night in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series. James van Riemsdyk also scored and Mitch Marner and Morgan Rielly added two assists each ti […]
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NHL playoffs: Matchup dynamics make Eastern Conference tough to predict
Seeding means nothing in the giant game of rock, paper, scissors that is the Eastern Conference playoffs. Top-seeded Tampa Bay lost all three meetings this season against eighth-seeded New Jersey, Toronto beat Boston three out of four times and records don’t matter when Pittsburgh and Philadelphia meet in another battle of Pennsylvania. The Penguins are […]
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Panthers spoil Bruins’ bid for top seed in East
BOSTON (AP) — Roberto Luongo came off the bench to shut down Boston in the third period, and the Florida Panthers dashed the Bruins’ hopes of getting the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 4-2 win Sunday night. The Bruins trailed Tampa Bay by a point heading into the regular-season finale but […]
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Giroux’s OT goal lifts Flyers over Bruins
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wayne Simmonds just had to tap the puck over the blue line but couldn’t. Then Andrew MacDonald fanned on a clearance. Patrice Bergeron pounced on the extra chances, tying it for the Boston Bruins with 3.8 seconds left and leaving the Philadelphia Flyers stunned. It took Jakub Voracek’s pep talk and Claude […]
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Bergeron has goal, two assists as Bruins beat Lightning to take over first place
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron had a goal and two assists and the Boston Bruins took over first place in the Eastern Conference with a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Tim Schaller and David Pastrnak scored goals 32 seconds apart in the final minute of the first period and Brad Marchand […]
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Pastrnak scores with 12 seconds left to lift Bruins over Stars
DALLAS — David Pastrnak broke a tie with 12 seconds left and the Boston Bruins scored three straight goals in the third period to rally past the fading Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night. A scramble followed a faceoff in the Dallas end, and Brad Marchand passed to Pastrnak in front. While falling down, he […]
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Blue Jackets spoil Donato's debut in OT
BOSTON (AP) — Cam Atkinson scored 2:55 into overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-4 victory over Boston on Monday night for their eighth straight victory, spoiling a splendid NHL debut for Bruins forward Ryan Donato.Sonny Milano, Boone Jenner, Thomas Vanek and Artemi Panarin also scored for the Blue Jackets. Nick Foligno […]
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Rask, Bruins hand Lightning first shutout of season
TAMPA, Fla. — Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season and lifting the Boston Bruins over the Lightning 3-0 on Saturday night. It was Rask’s third shutout of the season and 41st of his career. It was also the first time the Lightning failed to score a […]
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Blackhawks get back at Bruins
CHICAGO (AP) — One day after a flurry of Boston power-play goals doomed them, Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks tightened up and turned the tables on the Bruins. Kane scored a tie-breaking power-play goal with 3:16 left in the third period and had an assist, and the Blackhawks beat Boston 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. […]
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Gionta, Nash help streaking Bruins power past Chicago
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins found different ways to win during their perfect homestand. Brian Gionta and Rick Nash scored power-play goals just over a minute apart, and the Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-4 on Saturday to finish their homestand at 6-0. The goals came during a double-minor penalty on Chicago’s Patrick Kane. Coming […]