You could hear a pin drop in TD Garden. A historic season in which Boston was unquestionably the best team in hockey and seemed destined to lift the Stanley Cup was snuffed out in an instant when Carter Verhaeghe beat Jeremy Swayman 8:35 into overtime to clinch the series for Florida. It was a stunning and painful end for the …
The Bruins bounced back from a poor performance on Wednesday to beat Florida 4-2 and regain the series lead 2-1. Boston controlled the flow of play for the bulk of the night, rarely giving Florida any good chances. Despite not having Patrice Bergeron or David Krejci in the lineup, the Bruins held Florida to just twelve shots through two periods. …
Any thoughts of a quick first-round cakewalk for the Bruins quickly dissipated on Wednesday night following a 6-3 trouncing by Florida. The Panthers scored four goals in the third period to pull away from Boston and even the series at one. With Patrice Bergeron missing his second consecutive game, the Bruins looked just as choppy and disjointed as Monday night. …
The Bruins’ 2023 Stanley Cup Playoff campaign is off and running following a 3-1 victory in Game One against Florida on Monday night. Linus Ullmark led the way, saving thirty-one of thirty-two shots, and three different goal scorers chipped in to give the B’s an early series advantage. The day did not start on the right foot for Boston. Hours …
It’s been spoken and written about ad nauseum about how well the Bruins have played this season, but it truly has been a historic year. Last Thursday night against Columbus they set a franchise record for wins and points in a season (121). On Saturday they became just the fourth team ever to win sixty games and fastest to clinch …
The Bruins have been missing both Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno from the lineup for just about a month, but that should be changing soon. Multiple sources have confirmed that Hall has been practicing with the team, but is still short of a full recovery. Head coach Jim Montgomery said that “he looked really good” but also denied Darren Dreger’s …
Following Tuesday night’s 6-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, the Bruins lost consecutive games for the first time since January. It was their third loss in four games since returning from a five day early March break. The skid has started to stir up some panic in the Bruins fanbase, not just for the losses themselves but the manner of …
With just about a quarter of the regular season left to play, the Bruins are comfortably in their familiar position atop the East. Eleven points ahead of Carolina and seventeen points ahead of Toronto, it’s increasingly certain that the road to the Cup will go through TD Garden. The biggest question to ask is who would the Bruins want to …
Over the last half decade or so, the Bruins have consistently been haunted by the same specter. A constant nagging flaw that is brought to the forefront of the franchise with every playoff elimination and been the subject of every offseason sports radio and reddit board rant since the infamous 2015 Draft; Depth Scoring. Seemingly year after year, each playoff …
On New Year’s Day, with the Winter Classic right around the corner, the NHL took to social media to ask one of the more hotly debated questions in the league: Is Brad Marchand a Hall of Famer? Naturally any discussion around the Bruins polarizing winger would elicit responses from both sides of the love/hate spectrum. He’s been one of the …
