The Bruins were given the rare gift of an immediate do-over and they made the most of it on Saturday night at the Garden. After the Blue Jackets romped over the B’s in Columbus on Friday, the B’s walloped the Jackets, 4-0, before heading out on a tough road trip in Washington, New York and … Read more
After Bruins management claimed Oliver Wahlstrom off waivers earlier in the day, every player on the team performed like the newcomer was coming for his job in Vancouver on Saturday night. In a 5-1 romp over the Canucks, the B’s got contributions from up and down the lineup and ran away from their opponents, a … Read more
David Pastrnak took part in the Bruins’ morning skate in Winnipeg on Tuesday and coach Joe Sacco confirmed that the tam’s leading point man will be in the lineup when the B’s take on the Jets at 8 pm. Pastrnak was held out of practice on Monday with what Sacco said was an upper body … Read more
Brad Marchand shed the goat horns just in time to avert disaster and lift the Bruins to a 4-3 overtime victory over the Calgary Flames at the Garden on Thursday. Off a lost offensive zone faceoff, Elias Lindholm stole the puck behind the net and fed Marchand out front. Dustin Wolf made the initial save … Read more
Now that was better. The Montreal Canadiens may have represented a sizable drop-down in quality of opponent for the Bruins at the Garden on Thursday, but the B’s game looked a lot more like what the brass envisioned when it assembled this team in the offseason in a 6-4 victory in the home opener. It … Read more
Less than two weeks ago, Jim Montgomery tore into his Bruins’ players, bag-skated them and then sent another message when talking to reporters after the session. “We’re not playoff-ready yet,” declared the B’s coach. Now? Well, they’re getting there. The B’s could have made life easier on themselves a little easier if they had taken … Read more
In their biggest game of the year, for their psyche as much as for the standings, the Bruins did what their coach told them to do. To paraphrase Jim Montgomery’s Monday morning admonishments, they woke the bleep up. The B’s shook off three one-goal deficits and took their first lead of the game with 2:31 … Read more
