Derek Morris News

When he arrived at TD Garden prior to last night's game, Steve Begin was surprised to see his jersey hanging in his stall with some additional tailoring on the front: the "A'' that had previously been on the sweater of Marco Sturm.

Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Boston Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Saturday night, sending the Sabres to their first consecutive losses of the season.

The Bruins were just 52 seconds away from hitting a pretty ignominous milestone last night.

Bruins center Patrice Bergeron forced the overtime when he scored at 19:08 of the third period.

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers protects the net against Derek Morris #53 of the Boston Bruins on November 1, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Boston Bruins acquired Patrick Eaves for the sole purpose of buying him out last summer, so while the Red Wings forward technically renewed acquaintances with a former employer on Tuesday, Eaves' connections with the Bruins are tenuous at best, as the Boston Globe's Fluto Shinzawa noted: November 4, Boston Globe : On July 24, hockey was not on ...

The Bruins are in a tough place right now and they could be there for some time, unless their shooters create better looks at the net, their scorers reclaim their touch, or opposition netminders get uncharacteristically charitable during the holiday season and hand the Black-and-Gold gift-wrapped goals with festive ribbons on top.

Rookie Tuukka Rask turned aside 19 shots for his second shutout in eight NHL starts, and Blake Wheeler and Vladimir Sobotka set each other up for goals to lead the Boston Bruins to a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers protects the net against Derek Morris #53 of the Boston Bruins on November 1, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Boston Bruins certainly saved their best for last - last day of the month that is - with a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers yesterday afternoon at the TD Garden.

Former Black Bear Dustin Penner has been the finisher on the Oilers ' first line with center Shawn Horcoff and right winger Ales Hemsky .

The good news for the Bruins: Zdeno Chara is healthy. The not-so-good news: Chara is healthy.

The Ottawa Senators hosted the Boston Bruins at Scotiabank Place Saturday October 24, 2009.

Derek Morris had the second-to-last chance and Zdeno Chara had the last chance. Trailing on a late goal by Dainus Zubrus, the Bruins pulled Tim Thomas out of the net and Chara jumped over the boards.

Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn has a way of thinking about the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic that always keeps the upcoming New Years Day event at Fenway Park fresh in his mind.

For most of 2007-08 and a stretch of 2008-09, Patrice Bergeron was in a most uncomfortable position: out of uniform, dizzied by concussions, forced to watch his teammates make up for his absence.

The Ottawa Citizen newspaper termed it ``A grisly win,'' which no doubt sounded just fine to the Bruins .

The Boston Bruins will try to continue their recent dominance of the Ottawa Senators when the Northeast Division rivals meet tonight at Scotiabank Place.

Steve Begin's third-period tally proved to be the game-winner, as the Boston Bruins edged the Nashville Predators, 3-2, at TD Garden.

Patrice Bergeron scored the game-winner in a shootout, as the Boston Bruins rallied to edge the Ottawa Senators, 4-3, in a battle between these two Northeast Division rivals at Scotiabank Place.