All Entries Tagged With: "Daniel Paille"
Fleury, Malkin Lead Pens Past Struggling Bruins
Hockey is a strange game folks. When things are going your way, everything seems to be clicking, you play with confidence, you tend to get the breaks here and there. You feel as if nothing is ever going to go wrong. However, when you’re struggling it’s a completely different ball game. All of a sudden [...]
Ward Stops 47 As B’s Are Again Stymied By ‘Canes
Throughout my years of watching sports, I’ve never been fond of the expression “they just have your number” in response to being beaten repeatedly by the same team. However, watching each of the four meetings between the struggling Carolina Hurricanes and the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins I’ve begun to think that my belief is [...]
GameDay: Bruins & Canes Set To Meet For Final Time This Season
Tonight the Boston Bruins will play their fourth and final match-up of the season against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. The B’s are coming off a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday evening and will be playing in the second game of a three game home-stand. The ‘Canes will be playing in their [...]
B’s Use Third Period Rally To Edge Sens 4-3 At TD Garden
The surprising Ottawa Senators have drawn fame this season from their ability to overcome early deficits and rally from behind to win games in the third period. Unfortunately for the squad from Canada’s capital, these roles were reversed on Tuesday in a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins. Recovering from a 1-0 [...]
GameDay: Bruins Begin Second Half With Showdown Against Sens
On Tuesday evening the Boston Bruins will officially kick off the second half of their season when they take on the division rival Ottawa Senators at TD Garden. Only four points separate the two teams in the race for the Northeast crown, although the Sens have played in five more games than the Bruins have. [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 20-23-4 with 44 points through 47 games. After 47 games last season, the Bolts were 27-15-5 with 59 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by ten points. Tampa Bay is in 13th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, nine points [...]
How They Stack Up: Bruins Mid-Season Report Cards
Through forty-two games of the 2011-’12 regular season, the Boston Bruins have proven themselves a truly resilient bunch, and deserving of another chance at Lord Stanley’s Cup this spring. After a 3-7-0 start to the year, the Black and Gold have emerged from a slow start to build up a 59-point total through the mid-season [...]
Old-School Rivalry Taking On New Feel As B’s Sink Habs 2-1 At TD Garden
Once upon a time, the rivalry between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens was revered as one of the best in all of sport. A time when every meeting between the two Original Six foes was regarded as “must-watch television”, where each and every hockey fanatic in New England and Quebec, casual and die-hards [...]
Thornton’s Penalty Shot, Third Period Domination Enough To Lead Bruins Past Jets
On what was a far more exciting Mid-January night than one would have expected, the Boston Bruins were able to use a strong third period effort to up-end the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and right the ship after a Saturday matinee loss to the Vancouver Canucks just three days ago. Through forty minutes of surprisingly exciting [...]
GameDay: B’s Look To Get Back On Track Against Wheeler, Jets
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins will look to bounce back from their 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, when they host Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and the rest of the Winnipeg Jets. The B’s and Jets have met twice already this season, with each team winning one game. This first meeting saw the Black [...]
Canucks Edge Bruins In Penalty-Riddled Finals Rematch
In a game that saw 30 penalties, 18 power-plays, a penalty shot, and a combined 107 minutes of penalties, the Vancouver Canucks exacted a small bit of revenge against the Boston Bruins, as they defeated the B’s by a 4-3 score. With a chance to showcase arguably the two best teams in the league, and [...]
Bruins Put Out The Flames, Route Calgary For 9-0 Victory
On a night less than 48 hours in advance of a highly anticipated Stanley Cup Finals rematch with the Vancouver Canucks, it would have been easy to expect a “let-down” of sorts in Boston on Thursday evening when the Bruins played host to the Calgary Flames. Also, in a game that the B’s would be [...]
Top 10 Bruins Moments Of 2011
First off, as I return from a week long vacation from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year. Here’s to another splendid year in 2012… Now, with the year 2011 coming to a close tomorrow evening when the clock strikes midnight, I figured that now [...]
Divisional Series: The Beasts Of The Northeast
Over the next two weeks, the Boston Bruins will be given the luxury of a considerably light schedule, especially by NHL standards, with only three more games slated for the 2011 calendar year. This coupled with the beginning of winter break at colleges across the country, has left me with some extra time to write. [...]
Coach Julien Not Satisfied By Bruins’ 5-2 Win In Ottawa
Sometimes you just have to win ugly. As simple as that may sound, it’s often true in the game of hockey, especially in a league as competitive as the NHL. On Wednesday night, for the second consecutive evening the Boston Bruins won their second straight game without the services of captain Zdeno Chara. In a [...]
Rask’s 41 Stops Enough To Bury Struggling Kings
On Tuesday evening at the TD Garden the Boston Bruins were able to begin what they hope will be another extended winning streak, shutting down the Los Angeles Kings to the tune of a 3-0 victory. Backstopped by 41 saves from Tuukka Rask, –who recorded his 1st shutout since March– the B’s used two tallies [...]
The Perfect Trade: 10 Months Later
In the NHL, most deadline deals orchestrated by genius General Managers in the heart of winter are one-sided. In a sense that you have “buyers” and “sellers”. One team looking to bolster their chances for a deep run in the playoffs, while the other is looking to collect assets to build upon for the future. [...]
Bruins’ Point Streak Comes To A Close As Pavelec Outshines Rask In Winnipeg
All good things must come to an end. Right? At least that’s what I’ve learned. On Tuesday night, in front of a raucous Winnipeg crowd, the newest incarnation of the Jets were able to halt the Boston Bruins’ four game winning streak and their 15-game point streak all in one foul swoop. Backstopped by 34 [...]
Boychuk, B’s Ride Monster 3rd Period Past Leafs For 4th Straight Win vs Toronto
In sports, sometimes a team just has your number. Whether it be through coincidence, luck or purely superior talent, sometimes an opponent can just get into your head, whether you are willing to admit that or not. As the Toronto Maple Leaf players went on record as not being mentally affected by yet another loss [...]
Red Wings Edge Bruins 3-2 in Shootout Win
Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi scored goals in the shootout with Bertuzzi netting the game-winner, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden in the first “Thanksgiving Showdown” in Beantown. The win snaps the Bruins’ 10-game winning streak, while the Red Wings extend their winning streak to [...]