Scott Hartnell said that from the drop of the puck, the Flyers werent ready to play, and the Bruins were toying with them. Kimmo Timonen said Boston beat them in every aspect and skated circles around them. And Flyers coach Craig Berube said his team is fragile right now and sorely lacking confidence. Whatever ails the Flyers, they have dropped from the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference all the...
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PHILADELPHIA Tuukka Rask looked refreshed and energized while cruising through a solid 25-save effort in Bostons 6-1 romp over the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon. In one sequence, a Kimmo Timonen blast created a fat rebound in front of the net that Wayne Simmonds was able to reach for a put-back attempt....
PHILADELPHIA While a simple glance at the conference standings and statistics would tell you that the Boston Bruins are a superior hockey club to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Bs also had some key advantages to capitalize on in the City of Brotherly Love. The Bruins were coming off an idle four days where they split the time off evenly between full off days (two on Tuesday and Wednesday) and practice...
PHILADELPHIA Facing an opponent with a leaky defense a slumping goaltender, one might have guessed that some of the Bruins struggling offensive performers would find the range. Thats exactly what happened as Zdeno Chara and Jarome Iginla both scored two goals apiece to snap long goal-scoring droughts, and Reilly Smith also snapped a seven game goalless stretch in Bostons 6-1 pounding of the Flyers...
PHILADELPHIA Completely overshadowed in the Bruins blowout win over the Flyers on Saturday afternoon was the return of young defenseman Dougie Hamilton to the Boston lineup. Hamilton didnt figure in any of the six goals scored in Bostons 6-1 stomping of Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center, but the 20-year-old played a strong 18:55 of ice time while starting the game in a pairing with Torey Krug....
- - - Blues 4, Islanders 3 (shootout) Alexander Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk scored in the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. The Islanders (21-25-8) looked like they had won in overtime when Thomas Vanek tipped in a shot by John Tavares but the goal was overturned after a replay because Vanek appeared to kick the puck into the goal. Vladimir Tarasenko scored...
s second goal to extend his points streak to 10 games. Victor Hedman assisted on all three Johnson goals. No. 2 Star: Jarome Iginla, Boston Bruins Iginla is enjoying his first season in Beantown and Saturday he recorded a four-point afternoon during a 6-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers. Zdeno Chara also scored twice and became the eighth Bruin this season to reach double-digit goals. Tuukka Rask made...
THIS WEEK’S NEWS, NOTES AND NUMBERS… STATS & NOTES YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING… BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: The Bruins will host Montreal for the first time this season on Jan. 30th. It will be their 28th home game (53rd overall), which will be th......
The Bruins are getting a much-needed reinforcement. Dougie Hamilton has been cleared for contact and returned to Bruins practice on Friday after missing four games with concussion-like symptoms. "It's just kind of frustrating [being injured] so hopefully I can get back and get back into the rhythm," said Hamilton. Bruins Insider Joe Haggerty says Hamilton has shown he can contribute on the ice, but...
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WILMINGTON Matt Bartkowski played some of the best hockey of his NHL career during last springs playoff run for the Boston Bruins when the 25-year-old averaged 19:47 of ice time per game. So it makes sense that the 25-year-old has picked up his game over the last week as the Bruins have begun feeding Bartkowski more ice time as the regular left defenseman in Bostons second D pairing. The young only...
Few expected the Tampa Bay Lightning to be co-leading the Atlantic Division deep into January after Steven Stamkos went down with an injury early in the season. The Colorado Avalanche have been a surprise in their own right under first-year coach Patrick Roy. Tampa Bay will look to end Colorado's four-game road winning streak while winning a third straight contest Saturday night. The Lightning (30-16-5)...
The Flyers (25-21-6) will try to avoid a fourth consecutive loss when they take on the Boston Bruins (31-15-3) for the first time this season on Saturday afternoon. Puck drop is set for 1 p.m. (CSN) at Wells Fargo Center. This is the first meeting between these two clubs since Steve Mason made 39 saves to guide the Flyers to a 5-2 victory over Boston on April 23, 2013 last season. The home team has...
WILMINGTON Its the last four day break the Bruins will get until the NHL shuts down for the Olympics, and Claude Julien was confident that the team used the breather to its advantage. The Bruins nixed practice on both Monday and Tuesday, and then held high energy practice sessions with a near full contingent of players at Ristuccia Arena. Now the Black and Gold prepare to get back on the treadmill...
ll continue." Boston (31-15-3) is 2-0-1 in its last three and will try to add to that momentum by avoiding a third consecutive defeat to the Flyers (25-21-6) in the first matchup between the clubs this season. I...
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WILMINGTON While Claude Julien couldnt say exactly when center Chris Kelly is going to return to the lineup, the third line pivot will be taking the road trip through Philadelphia and Long Island with the rest of the Bruins this weekend. Kelly also returned to the practice ice with his teammates on Thursday for the first time since his right ankle was fractured by a Pascal Dupuis slash back on Dec....
WILMINGTON, Mass. Apparently, Kevan Miller likes to walk around the Bruins dressing room without a shirt on. Claude Julien also had his fun saying that he was have spent a lot of time working on his beach body while growing up as a hockey fan in Los Angeles. Its not HockeyTown USA in California, but its getting there, said Miller. There are more and more [NHL] players coming out of California....
WILMINGTON, Mass. Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid left the shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday with a leg injury sustained in the second period, and missed the victory Monday over the Los Angeles Kings. The Bruins called Zach Trotman up from Providence to fill in for McQuaid on Monday, and once again called on the rookie blueliner Thursday at practice at Ristuccia Arena when No. 54 couldnt...