Bruins beat Habs, end losing streak

The Bruins ended their 10-game losing streak yesterday by beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-0. The Bruins dominated the first period, then in the second Montreal put the pressure on but Tuukka Rask was solid in net. In the third it was more back and forth by both teams but the Bruins held on for the win. This game also saw Blake Wheeler get into his first NHL fight, as he took on purse snatcher Ryan O'Byrne. It wasn't much of a fight as Wheeler lost his balance but was the only one to actually throw any punches. It was good to see Wheeler to stick up for himself after O'Byrne rammed his head against the glass.

David Krejci left in the first period and did not return to the game.

After the game, coach Claude Julien said that the injury wasn't serious and Krejci could be available for Boston's next game Tuesday night in Buffalo. Julien also said he would know more Monday.
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Other injury news, defenseman Johnny Boychuk will not need surgery for his fractured orbital bone that he got on Saturday when he took a Mikael Samuelsson shot up high. He will be out for 7-10 days, so he won't be playing until after the Olympic break.

The Bruins next game is on Tuesday at the Buffalo Sabres. Then the Bruins go to Florida to take on the Lightning on Thursday and then the Panthers on Saturday.

Bruins vs Thrashers tonight, Winter Classic on Friday

With Monday's loss to the Lightning, the Bruins are now 19-12-7 with 45 points for second place in the Northeast division, only behind the Buffalo Sabres by 7 points in the division. The Bruins are in 5th place in the Eastern conference. Tonight the Bruins play the Atlanta Thrashers (18-16-4) at 7pm.

The Winter Classic game is this Friday and I can't wait to watch it. Look at the pic below of Fenway Park from left field of the layout, posted by the Bruins Twitter feed.

Update @ 2:33 PM
Zdeno Chara has been named to Slovakia's Olympic hockey team. David Krejci has made the Czech Olympic team. Patrice Bergeron has made the Canadian Olympic team.

Update @ 6:34 PM
Marco Sturm has made the Germany Olympic team.

David Krejci diagnosed with H1N1

Today Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli announced that David Krejci has been diagnosed with H1N1 and will be away from the team until he is symptom free and fever free for 24 hours.

"Like most people, we are taking many precautions to try to prevent our players and staff from contracting the H1N1 virus," said Chiarelli. "Our medical staff is working with David to get him healthy as soon as possible, and our players and staff will continue to take precautions with hopes of preventing the spread of the virus to others in the organization."
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The Bruins play the Montreal Canadiens tonight, their first meeting this season and it should be good.

The Bruins recalled forward Mikko Lehtonen from the Providence Bruins (AHL) on an emergency basis.

Also today Peter Chiarelli announced that the Bruins have signed goalie Tuukka Rask to a two-year contract extension through the 2011-12 season.

Dennis Wideman will miss road trip

Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman will not make the 2-game roadtrip the Bruins will be on this weekend. Wideman has an upper-body injury that will keep him out of the lineup.

Another change will be the first two lines. Milan Lucic will move to the second line with David Krejci and Blake Wheeler. As Michael Ryder will move to the first line with Marc Savard and Marco Sturm. Hopefully this will provide an offensive spark that the Bruins need.

Bruins coach Claude Julien on the change:

"It might take a little pressure off, but more than that hopefully we'll have the focus we need to be successful and find the identity of our hockey team that we like so much."

"It's never a bad thing -- just a little tweak," said Julien. "We'll see if that will help...shake things up a bit."

"Maybe it will spark something, but I don't think [the change] is reflected [of anything] besides trying to get the best four line combinations."

"It's something different...I think Lucic has had real good success with Krejci before, they've worked well together when he's been on that line in the past," he said. "And with Michael...when you look back at the last game [when he] was a decent player."

"[You see that] when he works hard he creates chances and when he works hard he is strong on the puck."

"And with Sturmie [Marco Sturm] with speed and with Savvy you hope that somehow something can come out of [it]," said Julien.
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Bruins start slow this season

The Bruins haven't looked good this year, minus the second game vs the Carolina Hurricanes where they looked like last year's team. To me they seem not into games with the slow starts. The hitting has really not been there in the first two periods in most of the games. The Bruins have their first road trip this season starting on Friday where they take on the Dallas Stars. It's only a 2-game road trip though. They'll take on the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday. Hopefully things turn around on this road trip for the Bruins.

The Bruins are currently 2-3-0 through five games with four points and tied for third place with the Montreal Canadiens in the Northeast division. They have a total of sixteen goals scored and nineteen goals scored against them.

A few interesting stats: defenseman Derek Morris is a -4; David Krejci and Milan Lucic have 0 goals. Mark Stuart is playing well with a +4 rating (leading the Bruins in that stat).

Tim Thomas is 1-2-0 with a 4.00 GAA and a 86.8% save percentage. Tuukka Rask is 1-1-0 with a 3.39 GAA and a 88.3% save percentage.

Krejci likely to play tonight

Good news for the Bruins and for tonight. David Krejci is expected to play in tonight's game vs the Washington Capitals.

Bruins coach Claude Julien on David Krejci:

"The official (decision) will be (today), but right now things are looking good," Julien said after practice yesterday. "He's feeling better and more confident. He's ahead of schedule and a lot of the credit has to go to two different (parties): Obviously him, with how hard he's worked at it; but also our trainers for how hard they've worked. Donnie (DelNegro) and Scott Waugh have done a tremendous job in rehabilitating him and putting him ahead of schedule."
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The lines for tonight's game seem to probably look like:

1st line:
C - Marc Savard
LW - Milan Lucic
RW - Marco Sturm

2nd line:
C - David Krejci
LW - Blake Wheeler
RW - Michael Ryder

3rd line:
C - Patrice Bergeron
LW - Mark Recchi
RW - Chuck Kobasew

4th line:
C - Steve Begin
LW - Shawn Thornton
RW - Byron Bitz

G - Tim Thomas

Recent roster moves by the Bruins
On Saturday, the Bruins the following players were waived to go to Providence (AHL): Drew Fata, Drew Larman, Guillaume Lefebvre, Dany Sabourin, Trent Whitfield and Andy Wozniewski. None were claimed so they will be with the Providence Bruins. Mikko Lehtonen, Jeff LoVecchio and Adam McQuaid have also been assigned to Providence (AHL); and Kirk MacDonald has been returned to Providence.

On Monday, the Bruins sent forwards Zach Hamill and Brad Marchand to the Providence Bruins (AHL).

On Wednesday, forward Vladimir Sobotka was sent to Providence (AHL).

Bruins re-sign Krejci to 3-year contract

The Bruins re-signed forward David Krejci to a 3-year contract (worth $11.25M, $3.75M per year, source).

Krejci established a career high in games played, goals, assists and points this season with 22-51-73 totals in 82 games. His 51 assists ranked him second on the team behind Marc Savard, and he led the NHL with a plus/minus rating of +37. In 2009, Krejci also received the Bruins Seventh Player Award, given to the player who performs above and beyond expectations.
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This is good getting Krejci signed for a long-term contract as he is probably going to improve every season. Next season should be exicting. On Thursday Krejci underwent success hip surgery. Krejci will be forced to miss approximately four to six months.

Bruins injury update

Besides the known injuries with Marco Sturm, Andrew Ference, and Matt Hunwick, other Bruins players have had injuries while in the playoffs.

And just revealed today, a problem with Phil Kessel's shoulder, David Krejci's hip and a quick kidney stone surgery for Mark Recchi -- just to name a few – probably didn't help either.

It's becoming clear that Boston was a MASH unit by the second round. Mark Recchi had a rib injury and also had kidney stone surgery before Game 7. Krejci will have hip surgery that will sideline him for 4-6 months.

Phil Kessel revealed that he injured his labrum and rotator cuff in the game in Columbus. He will have shoulder surgery and he said he could be out as long as six months.
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I remember the game in Columbus when Kessel got layed out with a big hit and he landed against the boards awkwardly hitting his shoulder and missed some of the game after that hit.

Bruins vs Hurricanes game 7 summary

The Bruins have lossed game 7 in overtime by the score of 3-2 and are now out of the playoffs as the Hurricanes will move onto the Conference Finals to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. And guess who scored the series winner... none other than sucker puncher Scott Walker. I can only imagine what would have been if the league actually did their job and suspended Walker for 2 or more games. It hurts to see the Bruins lose, but seeing Walker score the series clincher just makes it more painful. The scoring summary for game 7 is below.

In the first period, at 7:42, Byron Bitz scored his first ever NHL playoff goal, assisted by David Krejci and Michael Ryder making it 1-0 Bruins. At 13:59, Rod Brind'Amour scored to tie the game 1-1.

In the second period, at 7:45, Sergei Samsonov scored to make it 2-1 Hurricanes.

In the third period, at 6:19, Milan Lucic scored (3) assisted by Marc Savard and Phil Kessel to tie the game 2-2.

In overtime, at 18:46, Scott Walker scored to win the game and end the series.

Tim Thomas made 34 saves on 37 shots against him. Cam Ward made 34 saves on 36 shots against him.

You can watch post-game interviews with Bruins players and coach Julien on bostonbruinsTV.

Bruins players line up to shake hands with Hurricanes players
Photo courtesy of Getty.

Bruins vs Hurricanes game 6 summary

Tonight the Bruins looked good, despite the end of the first period and the start of the second period, as they won 4-2 and have tied up the series 3-3 to force a game 7 on Thursday night. The scoring summary for game 6 is below.

In the first period, at 2:01, Mark Recchi scored (3) assisted by Patrice Bergeron and Chuck Kobasew, making it 1-0 Bruins. At 5:04, Steve Montador scored (1) assisted by David Krejci and Michael Ryder, making it 2-0 Bruins.

In the second period, at 2:49, Matt Cullen scored for the Hurricanes to make it a 2-1 lead for the Bruins. At 8:53, Marc Savard scored (6) assisted by Milan Lucic and Dennis Wideman, making it a 3-1 Bruins lead. The pass by Lucic was sweet. I will post this goal on the site when I get a chance. At 18:03, Chuck Kobasew scored (3) assisted by Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi, making it a 4-1 Bruins lead.

In the third period, at 7:20, Sergei Samsonov scored to make it a 4-2 game. The game would end at 4-2.

Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 33 shots against him. Cam Ward made 15 saves on 19 shots against him.

Hopefully Marc Savard will be ok enough to play in game 7 on Thursday as in the third period, Chad LaRose hit Savard with a knee-on-knee check. No penalty on the play but Savard went off the ice. He tried coming back on but couldn't and went to the locker room when there was a TV timeout. The Garden on Thursday is going to be jumping. I can't wait to watch that game on TV.

Hey look bandwagon Hurricanes fans holding up stupid signs like "Aaron 'One Punch' Ward", and another sign saying something about Zdeno Chara.

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I guess moron Hurricanes fans enjoy sucker punches and approve of them. And wow Aaron Ward was a big part of their Cup champion season a few years back. Wow how quick they forget or maybe they didn't even know he was on their team. Don't you hate bandwagon and dumb fans? :)

Bruins vs Hurricanes game 1 summary

The Bruins won 4-1 in game 1 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Game 2 will be on Sunday night. The stats for game 1 are below.

In the first period, at 1:34, David Krejci scored (3) assisted by Aaron Ward and Michael Ryder. At 18:50, Jussi Jokinen scored for Carolina to tie the game 1-1.

In the second period, at 7:21, Marc Savard scored (3) assisted by Phil Kessel and Milan Lucic to make it 2-1 Bruins. At 12:41, Michael Ryder scored (5), unassisted, to make it a 3-1 Bruins lead.

In the third period, at 7:21, Marc Savard scored (4) his second goal of the game, which was assisted by Phil Kessel, making it a 4-1 Bruins lead.

Tim Thomas made 26 saves on 27 shots.

Bruins vs Canadiens game 4 summary

The Boston Bruins won 4-1 in game 4 against the Montreal Canadiens and have swept the Canadiens and move on to round 2. The stats for game 4 are below.

In the first period, at 0:39, Andrei Kostitsyn scored for a 1-0 Montreal lead. At 17:27, Michael Ryder scored (3), an unassisted goal, to make it a 1-1 game. At 19:25, David Krejci scored (2) assisted by Michael Ryder and Milan Lucic to make it 2-1 Bruins.

In the second period, at 11:58, Phil Kessel scored (4) assisted by Patrice Bergeron, to make it 3-1 Bruins. At 12:43, Michael Ryder scored (4) assisted by David Krejci and Dennis Wideman, to make it 4-1 Bruins.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

Stay tuned as we wait to see who the Bruins will play in the next round of the playoffs. Right now it looks like it may be the New York Rangers in round 2, but you never know.

12 more wins to go.

Bruins vs Canadiens game 4 live update

Game 4 between the Bruins and Canadiens will be starting soon. Stay tuned to this post as I'll be updating it as the game goes along.

Update @ 7:24 PM
Montreal leads 1-0.

Update @ 7:27 PM

Ryan O'Byrne gets a 2-minute penalty for roughing. Bruins on the power-play.

Update @ 7:28 PM

Michael Ryder gets a 2-minute penalty for hooking. Bye Bruins power-play.

Update @ 7:38 PM

Kostopoulos to the box for interference. Bruins on the power-play.

Update @ 7:43 PM

Nice goal by Michael Ryder to tie the game 1-1. Nice effort by David Krejci to keep the puck going to the net that Ryder found from a nice pass from Roman Hamrlik, and then Ryder fired it pass Price.

Update @ 7:44 PM

Wow what a goal. David Krejci scores on a return pass from Michael Ryder to make it 2-1 Bruins.

Update @ 7:48 PM

The first period is over. Bruins lead 2-1.

Update @ 8:04 PM

The second period has started.

Update @ 8:07 PM

Laraque and Lucic get two minutes each. Bullshit, Laraque should have just got 2, Lucic didn't do shit. Laraque came in late to rough up Lucic. So Lucic gets 2 minutes for being roughed up.

Update @ 8:21 PM

Phil Kessel gets two minutes for slashing. Montreal on the power-play.

Update @ 8:24 PM

Bruins kill the Montreal power-play and Phil Kessel scores on a slight breakaway coming out of the box and getting a nice pass off the boards by Patrice Bergeron. Bruins lead 3-1.

Update @ 8:27 PM

Ryder scores with a nice wrist shot to make it 4-1 Bruins, from a nice pass from David Krejci.

Update @ 8:32 PM

Bruins to go on the power-play as a Montreal player shot the puck into the stands. Just before this the crowd cheered when Price got the puck and Price raised his arms to the crowd.

Update @ 8:39 PM

Lucic and Komisarek drop the gloves in front of the Montreal goal and Lucic lands the first punch which dazes Komisarek and almost goes down. Lucic wrestles Komisarek as he is off balance and eventually goes down to the ice.

Update @ 8:40 PM

The second period is over. Bruins lead 4-1.

Update @ 8:58 PM

The third period has started.

Update @ 9:18 PM

7:39 left in the third period.

Update @ 9:20 PM

Komisarek goes after Lucic and tries to rough him up. Komisarek got a 5-minute major and game misconduct. Lucic had a cut on his face from Komisarek's stick going up high on him. So shouldn't we see Komisarek suspended for this display?

Update @ 9:29 PM

2:15 left in the game. Montreal kills the 5-minute power-play as the Bruins mostly wasted the clock on that power-play.

Update @ 9:32 PM

Bruins to go on the power-play as Montreal gets a too many men on the ice penalty. 44 seconds left.

Update @ 9:34 PM

The Bruins win 4-1 and they sweep the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. On to round 2. The teams line up and shake hands. Komisarek missing from the hand shake.

Bruins vs Canadiens game 3 summary

The Boston Bruins won 4-2 in game 3 against the Montreal Canadiens. Game 4 will be on Wednesday. I will be doing a live game post update as well for that game. The stats for game 3 are below.

In the first period, at 11:52, Christopher Higgins scored. At 18:35, Phil Kessel scored (3) to tie the game 1-1, assisted by Dennis Wideman.

In the second period, at 3:36, Shawn Thornton scored his first goal in the playoffs, assisted by Byron Bitz and Stephane Yelle. At 5:16, Yannick Weber scored to tie the game 2-2. At 17:21, Michael Ryder scored (2) assisted by Dennis Wideman and Mark Stuart.

In the third period, at 19:23, Chuck Kobasew scored (2) an empty net goal, assisted by David Krejci and Zdeno Chara.

Game 4 is tomorrow night. Get ready Bruins fans!

Montreal's GM and coach Bob Gainey tells Montreal fans to not boo the American National Anthem.

"I feel like there's a confusion there with our fans," Gainey said Tuesday. They feel like booing the anthem is supporting our team, in that the anthem represents the Boston team."

"And I think if they could separate those two things, then we could respect the anthem of the United States of America and they could still participate loudly in whatever way they want to disrupt the Bruins."
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I thought this was only the second time that this has happened recently but I was wrong.

When told of Gainey’s statement, Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas said "that sounds like a very classy thing he did." Thomas, of Flint, Mich., was not put off by the booing.

"The same thing happened last year and it happened just about every time I've played here," he said. "I was prepared for it. I knew what was going to happen and I just ignored it."
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Bruins-Canadiens game 1 summary

The Boston Bruins won 4-2 in game 1 against the Montreal Canadiens. Game 2 will be on Saturday. I will be doing a live game post as well for that game. The stats for game 1 are below.

In the first period, at 13:11 Phil Kessel scored his first goal of the playoffs, assisted by David Krejci and Chuck Kobasew. At 14:41, David Krecji scored his first goal of the playoffs, assisted by Michael Ryder and Milan Lucic. At 16:19, Christopher Higgins scored to make it 2-1 Bruins.

In the second period, at 17:37, Alexei Kovalev scored to make it 2-2.

In the third period, at 11:15, Zdeno Chara scored his first goal of the playoffs, a power-play goal, assisted by Marc Savard and Phil Kessel. At 19:46, Phil Kessel scored his second goal of the playoffs into an empty net, assisted by Milan Lucic.

Tim Thomas made 26 saves on 28 shots against. Carey Price made 35 saves on 38 shots against.

Here is a video summary of the game, which shows some of the scrums at the end of the game.

Update @ 2:04 PM on 4/17/09
You can watch highlights of the game and video of the scrums at the end of the game on ESPN.com.

Bruins vs Canadiens game 1 live update

Game 1 between the Bruins and Canadiens will be starting soon. Stay tuned to this post as I'll be updating it as the game goes along. Here are the lineups for both teams for game 1 (source):

Bruins lines:
Axelsson-Savard-Kessel
Lucic-Krejci-Ryder
Recchi-Bergeron-Kobasew
Wheeler-Yelle-Thornton
Chara-Ward
Hunwick-Wideman
Stuart-Montador
Thomas

Scratches: Bitz, Ference, Hnidy


Canadiens lines:
Tanguay-Koivu-Kovalev
A. Kostitsyn-Plekanec-D'Agostini
Latendresse-Lapierre-Kostopoulos
Higgins-Metropolit-Laraque
Hamrlik-Komisarek
Schneider-Brisebois
Gorges-Dandenault
Price

Scratches: S. Kostitsyn, Stewart, O'Byrne, Weber


Update @ 7:13 PM
Milan Lucic with a huge hit on Patrice Brisebois.

Update @ 7:15 PM
Power-play for the Bruins coming up. Plekanec received two minutes for hooking.

Update @ 7:22 PM
Milan Lucic and Georges Laraque having some words. Lucic doesn't fall for the trap and just smiles at Laraque.

Update @ 7:30 PM
Another power-play for the Bruins, penalty on Roman Hamrlik.

Update @ 7:33 PM
Phil Kessel scores and it is 1-0 Bruins. Carey Price complains to the ref thinking he had the puck covered. It was not a power-play goal.

Update @ 7:35 PM
P.J. Axelsson and Zdeno Chara with good checks on Laraque. Laraque keeps trying to get Chara to take a penalty. Big Georgie go sit on the bench where you belong.

Update @ 7:38 PM
It's 2-0 Bruins as David Krejci scores on a backhander after some nice forechecking by Milan Lucic. And the crowd starts chanting "Carey!"

Update @ 7:40 PM
Higgins scores for Montreal, and it is 2-1 Bruins now.

Update @ 7:46 PM
The first period is over. Bruins lead 2-1.

Update @ 8:04 PM
The second period just started.

Update @ 8:11 PM
Patrice Bergeron gets a two minute penalty for hooking. Montreal on the power-play.

Update @ 8:17 PM
Bruins kill off the penalty. Lucic with a few big hits.

Update @ 8:26 PM
Plekanec gets two minutes for elbowing. Boston on the power-play.

Update @ 8:30 PM
Bruins don't score on the power-play. The Bruins are now 0 for 3 on the power-play.

Update @ 8:33 PM
Stephane Yelle gets called for a goalie interference penalty. Not sure about that one. Montreal on the power-play.

Update @ 8:38 PM
Alexei Kovalev scores with a wicked shot over Thomas' glove, wow what a shot. It's tied 2-2 now. It was not a power-play goal.

Update @ 8:40 PM
The second period is over and the game is tied 2-2.

Update @ 8:58 PM
The third period just started.

Update @ 9:18 PM
Bruins to go on the power-play as Josh Gorges takes a dumb cross checking penalty.

Update @ 9:21 PM
Zdeno Chara scores on the power-play with a big slap shot. Bruins lead 3-2.

Update @ 9:27 PM
Looked like P.J. Axelsson got injured blocking a shot. Hopefully it is not that serious.

Update @ 9:32 PM
P.J. Axelsson is back on the ice and looks ok.

Update @ 9:37 PM
Montreal pulled the goalie, Lucic stole a pass, went in and passed to Phil Kessel for the empty net goal. Lapierre then went in and tried to rough up Kessel, and then everyone got in it, scrum ensued. It's 4-2 Bruins now. 13.4 seconds left.

Update @ 9:47 PM
The game is over now, Bruins win game 1 with the score 4-2. There was a scrum at the end of the game with everyone getting involved. Steve Montador and Latendresse were first involved with each other. Mike Komisarek goes after Matt Hunwick of all people and tries roughing him up with face washes and gloved punches. The telecast showed Hunwick with a bloody right eye, and it looked like Bruins players were trying to get the attention of the refs after the game maybe for an eye gouge penalty or something.

Before the playoffs, the NHL told all teams they didn't want message sending at the end of games. And I'm guessing what happened tonight in the Bruins game, some players may get in trouble such as Lapierre or Komisarek.

Game 2 is on Saturday at 8pm EST. Should be another good one.

Update @ 2:01 PM on 4/17/09
You can watch highlights of the game and video of the scrums at the end of the game on ESPN.com.

David Krejci wins 7th Player Award

On Thursday night, before the Bruins played against the Ottawa Senators, David Krejci was awarded with the 7th Player Award, an award that goes to the player who has exceeded the expectations voted by fans. Last year rookie Milan Lucic won it. This was definitely my choice as well, as Krejci has put up some nice numbers in only his second NHL season.

Voted on by Bruins fans online at NESN.com, NESN's Seventh Player Award is an annual award presented to the Bruin who went above and beyond the call of duty and exceed the expectations of Bruins fans during the 2008-2009 season. In addition to the Seventh Player Award trophy, Krejci will take home a 2009 Dodge Ram, courtesy of New England Dodge Dealers.

This year, in his first full season with the Bruins, the 22-year-old Krejci established career highs in games played (76, previous career high 56), goals (22, previous 6), assists (49, previous 21), points (71, previous 27) and plus/minus rating (+36, previous -3). Krejci - who ranks second on the team and 24th in the entire NHL in points - is one of four Bruins to have played in all 76 games to date, while his +36 rating currently leads the league.
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Bruins explode vs Islanders

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving day. It seemed like the Bruins did as they started slow today against the New York Islanders, but then exploded and dominated the Islanders. The Bruins had a slow first period, which ended 1-0 Islanders. In the second period, Chuck Kobasew scored his 4th goal of the season, a power-play goal to tie the game. Later in the period, Michael Ryder scored on a nice wrist shot, his 4th goal of the season too. In the third period, the Bruins just broke it open. Blake Wheeler scored his7th goal of the season on a one-timer, from a nice pass by David Krejci. Ten seconds later David Krejci fought his way to the net with the puck and roofed it, to get his 6th goal of the season. A little later, on the power-play, Dennis Wideman scored on the power-play, his 6th goal of the season. The Islanders managed to score on a power-play to make it 5-2. But the Bruins didn't let down as Michael Ryder scored his second goal of the game, his 5th goal of the season. Phil Kessel finished the scoring with his 12th goal of the season, from a sweet pass by Milan Lucic.

Kessel, Krejci, Wheeler, Wideman all finished the game with a goal and an assist. Marc Savard finished the game with two assists. Manny Fernandez started and finished this game in net for the Bruins making 22 saves on 24 shots. There were two fights in this one as Milan Lucic and Brendan Witt fought, and Shane Hnidy took on Tim Jackman.

Bruins beat Sabres, play Panthers tonight

Wednesday night the Bruins were down 4-3 after the 1st period to the Sabres. But the 2nd and 3rd periods were owned by the Bruins outplaying the Sabres in every way just like their previous meeting. The Bruins won the game 7-4. Zdeno Chara and Chuck Kobasew each finished the game with 2 goals apiece (Chara now with 4 goals and Kobasew with 3 goals this season). Marc Savard finished the game with a goal (his 7th goal of the season) and 3 assists. David Krejci had a goal (his 4th goal of the season) and an assist. Marco Sturm didn't play because of an upper body injury, so Petteri Nokelainen played. Manny Fernandez started the game not to good, but got better as it went on. He made 25 saves on 29 shots, getting the win and is now 5-1-1 with a 2.55 GAA and a 91% save percentage.

And it's a joke not seeing Tim Thomas on the All-Star ballot, being 7-2 with a 1.78 GAA and a 94.4% save percentage, with 2 shutouts also.

The Bruins host the Florida Panthers tonight at 7pm EST. Expect Sturm to be out tonight and Nokelainen to play again. Saturday the Bruins play at Montreal which should be a good one. On Monday the Bruins are suppose to unveil their new Reebok third jersey. Read more about the new third jersey unveiling.

Bruins youngsters bring it vs Toronto

Tonight the Bruins won a big game against the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2. With Marc Savard and Andrew Ference already out for this one, Chuck Kobasew got hurt in the first period after taking a puck off one of his feet. But the Bruins youngsters and character players stepped up and helped the Bruins offense score six goals.

David Krejci had a goal and an assist. Matt Lashoff had two assists. Phil Kessel scored the fifth goal of the game which came at a good time. Milan Lucic had two assists, one which was a nice pass to Shawn Thornton where Thornton deked around Vesa Toskala to score his 4th goal of the season. Jeremy Reich scored an empty net goal to end the game, his 2nd of the season. Glen Murray and Marco Sturm added the other two goals in the game for the Bruins. I will try and post the Shawn Thornton goal and the Jeremy Reich goal.

Krejci recalled and Sobotka sent down

Yesterday the Bruins recalled center David Krejci from the Providence Bruins (AHL) and assigned center Vladimir Sobotka to Providence (AHL). In today's game against the Thrashers, Krejci played well and picked up an assist as well. I think this was a good move as Sobotka was providing grit and energy but the Bruins right now need all the offense they can get.

The Bruins stopped their 6-game losing streak and are now 19-16-4 this season. The Bruins next game is on Thursday when they play against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.

Bruins send Krejci down, recall Nokelainen

The Bruins have assigned center David Krejci down to the Providence Bruins (AHL) and have recalled forward Petteri Nokelainen. Nokelainen had three goals and five assists in eight games for the Providence Bruins.

Bruins get beaten up against Sabres

With the display that the Bruins showed on Tuesday it makes me sad and disgusting that I'm still a Bruins fan. The way that they are playing right now is a disgrace to the Bruins uniform. They were blown out by the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, outplayed, and pushed around all night and not one Bruin player did a thing about it. Rookie David Krejci made his NHL debut on Tuesday and only got to play three shifts for 2:07 of ice time because of a cheap high hit to the head by Sabres rugged winger Adam Mair. After the hit Andrew Alberts pushed Mair but that was about it as the Bruins didn't seem to care that a young rookie just got his clock cleaned. Krejci now has a concussion and will not play Thursday against the Sabres. Later in the game, Sabres Paul Gaustad hit Marc Savard from behind into the boards and not one Bruin came over to push/rough/attack or say a word to Gaustad. Savard may have embellished the hit a little but come on! Your best player gets hit into the boards from behind and nobody does a dam thing? What is that? Then later in the game Brad Stuart hit a Sabres player with a good hard clean hit, Mair came over to Stuart and gave Stuart a shot that knocked Stuart's helmet back. The play then went back into the Sabres zone and then someone finally went after Adam Mair, it was Wayne Primeau. Primeau followed Mair around the ice a little and challenged him to fight. They dropped the gloves and had an ok fight where not much landed by both guys. Nice to see someone finally show some emotion and do something to protect/stand up for a teammate. Even though Primeau did drop the gloves it looked like he wasn't that interested in fighting Mair at all.

The Bruins play the Sabres again Thursday night and I'm interested if the Bruins will do anything at all to send a message to the Sabres for payback for what happened on Tuesday. I hope they do but seeing the past few games I don't think that they will.