All Entries Tagged With: "penalty kill"
B’s Stage Late Comeback, But Fall To Caps 3-2 In The Shootout
BOSTON– On Thursday evening, the Boston Bruins were out to continue their most recent three-game winning streak, when they hosted the Washington Capitals at TD Garden. Unfortunately for Boston, they were unable to secure a playoff berth – which they would have done, had they won – as they fell 3-2 in a shootout. Things [...]
B’s Take Down Bolts 5-2 At TD Garden, Plus Stamkos Speaks On Tampa’s Difficult Season
BOSTON– On Tuesday evening the Boston Bruins looked to continue their most recent hot streak – after winning four of their previous five games when they hosted Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning at the TD Garden. The B’s took care of business against the Bolts — despite Stamkos’ phenomenal individual effort — taking [...]
GameDay: Boston Looks To Stay Hot Against Stamkos And The Bolts
Teams: Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins Records: Tampa Bay 35-33-7 (77 Points) , Boston 44-28-3 (91 Points) Location: TD Garden , Boston, Massachusetts Time: 7:30 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Lightning 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 3 ……. Bruins 3 , Anaheim Ducks 2 [...]
Thomas’ 40-Save Performance Lifts Boston To 4-2 Victory In Los Angeles
On Saturday evening, the Boston Bruins hoped to right the ship after dropping their road-trip opener in San Jose on Thursday. Fortunately for the hoards of B’s fans who stayed up for the late start, the B’s came through with an important 4-2 win at the Staples Center. After a scoreless first period, Patrice Bergeron [...]
Shark Bite: Sleepy Bruins Fall 2-1 In San Jose
On Thursday evening, the Boston Bruins were looking to build on their recent two-game home winning streak when they took their talents out west for a showdown with the San Jose Sharks at the HP Pavilion. Unfortunately, it seemed as though the B’s left their new-found momentum back in Boston when they made the 3,000 [...]
How Sweep It Is: Third Line Leads Boston To 8-0 Romp, Season Sweep Of Toronto
BOSTON– After snapping a season-long four-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins were looking to start a new trend on Monday evening when they played host to the Northeast division rival Toronto Maple Leafs. If Monday’s effort is any indication of things to come [...]
Gaudreau’s Pair Leads Boston College Past Maine To Capture Third Consecutive Hockey East Championship
BOSTON– (#4) Maine Black Bears 1 @ (#1) Boston College Eagles 4 – FINAL Power-Play: Black Bears (0-5 / 0 %) — Eagles (1-3 / 33 %) Penalty-Kill: Black Bears (2-3 / 67 %) — Eagles (5-5 / 100 %) Shots: Black Bears (42) — Eagles (43) Recap: Things got out to a fast [...]
Bergeron, B’s Snap Skid With 3-2 Shootout Win Over Philly
BOSTON– On Saturday afternoon the Boston Bruins were out to buck their most recent trend of sub-par hockey when they hosted one of their most heated rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers. On a warm St. Patrick’s Day afternoon, the day after losing the Northeast division lead to the surging Ottawa Senators, the B’s undoubtedly expected a [...]
Black Bears Upset BU, Will Face Boston College For Hockey East Championship
BOSTON – (#4) Maine Black Bears 5 @ (#3) Boston University Terriers 3 – FINAL Power-Play: Black Bears (4-6 / 67 %) — Terriers (1-2 / 50 %) Penalty-Kill: Black Bears (1-2 / 50 %) — Terriers (2-6 / 33 %) Shots: Black Bears (44) — Terriers (31) Recap: The Terriers would jump ahead early [...]
Kreider, Eagles Down Providence 4-2 En Route To Third Straight Hockey East Title Game
BOSTON – (#7) Providence College Friars 2 @ (#1) Boston College Eagles 4 – FINAL Power-Play: Friars (0-2 / 0 %) — Eagles (1-4 / 25 %) Penalty-Kill: Friars (3-4 / 75 %) — Eagles (2-2 / 100 %) Shots: Friars (29) — Eagles (34) Recap: This one got off to a hot start [...]
Meltdown In Tampa: B’s Hammered In 6-1Throttling At The Hands Of The Bolts
On Tuesday evening the Boston Bruins looked to reverse their recent fortunes after dropping both games of a weekend doubleheader against the Capitals and Penguins. The hosting Tampa Bay Lightning were also coming off a weekend loss, when they fell 4-2 to the Hurricanes on Saturday. To say that things got off to a “hot [...]
Semin, Caps Hold Off Late Surge To Edge Bruins 4-3 At TD Garden
BOSTON – On Saturday afternoon, the Boston Bruins looked to improve on their recent two-game winning streak when they welcomed Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals to town for a showdown at the TD Garden. It was a tale of two halves in the first frame as the Caps took control from the opening puck [...]
Boychuk, Bruins Use Strong Third Period To Down Sabres 3-1 At TD Garden
BOSTON – On Thursday evening the Boston Bruins played host to the Buffalo Sabres in the fifth of six meetings between these two Northeast division foes for the 2011-’12 campaign. The B’s were out to put a stop to a streaking Sabres team that has caught fire recently, in hopes of putting together a last [...]
B’s Fight Hard, But Are Beaten By Better Rangers Team
On Sunday afternoon the Boston Bruins (or what’s left of them) walked (or limped) into Madison Square Garden for a date with the number one team in the Eastern Conference. A Boston squad missing a full quarter of it’s regulars took on a tough Rangers squad in hopes or turning around their recent two-month-long slump. [...]
Rask Injured, Isles Edge Bruins 3-2 At TD Garden
BOSTON – After twice posting a six spot on the Islanders this season, the Bruins welcomed New York to town on Saturday afternoon in search of their first set of back-to-back wins in over a month and a half. Playing in the middle contest of a Big-Apple trifecta (NJ on Thursday, NYI Saturday, NYR Sunday), [...]
Krejci Turns The Trick As B’s Down Devils In OT
BOSTON – On Thursday, the Boston Bruins played their first of seventeen games on the slate for the month of March with one goal in mind: Finding consistency. Following a 5-7-1 February, which saw them shutout in five games, the B’s were looking to get things back on track with a strong effort against the [...]
Thomas’ 37 Stops Not Enough As Sens Blank B’s
Following Peter Chiarelli’s deadline wheeling and dealing on Monday afternoon, the Bruins were back at it on Tuesday evening as they hosted the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden for the third and final time this season. The game did not begin the way the B’s envisioned it as it took them nearly seven minutes to [...]
Miller, Sabres Edge Bruins In Shootout
Entering Friday night’s showdown at the First Niagara Center, revenge was undoubtedly on the minds of the Boston Bruins. After all, they were set to play against the very same Sabres team that ran them out of town with a 6-0 blowout victory back on February 8. Both teams got off to a slow start [...]
Marchand Sparks Bruins To Pivotal 4-2 Win In St. Louis
On Wednesday night the Boston Bruins ventured to St. Louis to face the best defensive team in the NHL in dire need of a victory. Fresh off the heels of two-game losing streak and a streak that’s seen them go 7-9-1 over their last 17 games, the Black and Gold took on the surprisingly resurgent [...]
Boston’s Struggles Continue As Lundqvist Blanks B’s At TD Garden
Back in November, fans and hockey pundits alike began to recognize the fact that all the Bruins needed in order to secure themselves a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and a chance to defend their Championship was to play .500 hockey the rest of the way. These sentiments would echo on through December and [...]
