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After recording a 5-0-1 record against Montreal through the 2008-09 regular season, the Boston Bruins have now dropped four of their last five games with a 2-1 shootout loss against the Canadiens on Thursday night.

After finishing as the highest scoring team and the top seed in the Eastern Conference last season, the Boston Bruins are still trying to reclaim that offensive form in 2009-10. A potential meeting with goaltender and the stingy Buffalo Sabres could be a major test.

The Canadiens can't whine about their injuries as they prepare to square off against the Bruins tonight at the TD Garden.

Boston Bruins center David Krejciis out indefinitely with the swine flu. General manager Peter Chiarelli announced Thursday that the team's medical staff confirmed a diagnosis of H1N1 for the 23-year-old Krejci.

As the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Boston Bruins quickly escorted the Montreal Canadiens out of the playoffs last spring, but the banged-up Bruins look like a different team in the midst of a major offensive drought.

The Boston Bruins will try again to record back-to-back victories for the first time this season when they visit the New York Rangers for this afternoon's battle at Madison Square Garden.

The power play has been killing the Bruins [ team stats ] most of the season and did again yesterday in a 1-0 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

The Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings were two of the NHL's top teams last season, but neither club has carried that level of play into 2009-10. The Red Wings do have a solid performance to build on as they return home Tuesday night to face the Bruins, who are slumping offensively without two of their biggest stars.

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas tries to cover up the puck in a game against the Senators in Ottawa last week.

Vladimir Sobotka did his best work in the third period after a frustrating middle frame.

TV - NESN. Radio - WBZ-FM . THE NUMBERS 10: Consecutive penalties killed off by the Bruins [ team stats ] . They've killed 15 of the last 17.

The first month of the NHL season is quickly coming to a close and the Boston Bruins are still searching for an identity.

Marco Sturm has adapted well to the makeovers of his own knee and the Bruins [ team stats ] ' top line during the season's first 10 games.

Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask , 1-1-1 with just about four weeks ticked off the NHL schedule, has been fed a slow but steady diet of play thus far.

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

Free face wash: Flyers defenceman Kimmo Timonen makes things difficult for Bruins' Patrice Bergeron during game Thursday night in Philadelphia.

The Boston Bruins ran away with the Northeast Division last season, but based on the club's early problems - and the emergence of some of its division rivals - that scenario appears unlikely to repeat itself.

Patrice Bergeron scored the lone shootout goal and the Boston Bruins rallied late for a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Now that the Olympic torch is on the move, expect the hockey hype to build until Canada names its men's roster for Vancouver sometime in December.

The greedy Claude Julien wasn't satisfied with the one point. The sensible Claude Julien was content after Thursday's 4-3 shootout loss at Wachovia Center.