Derek Morris News

For a while, it was just a fluke, an anomaly, something to occupy the idle autumn minds of Hockey fans.

The planets couldn't have aligned any better for Bruins center Marc Savard , who this week is expected to sign a lucrative long-term extension that could tie him up for seven more years at a cost of about $32 million, according to The Boston Globe.

The flu, which has become a 30th opponent for the Bruins and most other NHL teams this season, continues to make itself an unwelcome visitor in the Boston clubhouse.

A preseason peek at the NHL schedule made this look like a great week to check out a near home-and-home series between last year's Stanley Cup winners and the regular-season champions of the Eastern Conference.

The Bruins ' sputtering offense, which can't seem to find a consistent flow, should be getting some reinforcements soon.

The Bruins, who wiped out a 1-0 deficit when David Krejci set up Daniel Paille for a second-period goal, were less than two minutes away from entering the second intermission tied at 1-1 against the Islanders last night.

The Boston Bruins will try to bounce back from a heartbreaking defeat and avoid a third straight loss when they host the New York Islanders tonight at TD Garden.

None of their last dozen opponents would dispute that, even if the B's record in that span is a rather mediocre 5-3-4. The problem is the team's inability to perform well both offensively and defensively within the same game.

The Penguins lost their third game in a row, 3-0, to the Boston Bruins tonight at TD Garden.

Bill Guerin tied the contest with 0.4 seconds left in regulation and Pascal Dupuis netted the game-winner 1:24 into overtime, as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to edge the Boston Bruins, 6-5, at Mellon Arena.

Recchi redirected a Derek Morris slap shot between the pads of rookie goalie Jhonas Enroth at 3:17 of the first period in Saturday night's 4-2 victory against the Northeast Division-leading Buffalo Sabres at the Garden.

Their injured list ? Evgeni Malkin, Max Talbot and Tyler Kennedy up front, with Sergei Gonchar and Brooks Orpik on defense ? probably would start for most NHL teams.

Bruins [ team stats ] coach Claude Julien is generally not the sort to voice public criticism of his players.

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 are not using tonight's game with the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins at the Garden as a barometer of their season.

One by one, the Bruins are chipping away at the sizable block of players they'll have to deal with contractually next summer.

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.