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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.

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.

He could find vindication against his old mates by boosting his scoring numbers when the struggling Bruins host the Northeast Division-leading Sabres tonight at TD Garden.

Will that change anytime soon? Well, the Bruins are probably fortunate that the Montreal Canadiens come to town tonight.

Mike Cammalleri notched the only goal in the shootout as the Montreal Canadiens downed the punchless Boston Bruins, 2-1, at TD Garden.

Patrice Bergeron's goal with 52 seconds left in regulation helped the Bruins avoid a historic third straight shutout, but Michael Cammalleri scored in the shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over Boston on Thursday night.

Both certainly have had better starts than Thomas, but the B's star doubts any decisions have been made yet by the USA staff.

Two of the four members of the NHLPA's review committee investigating the firing of Paul Kelly played against each other on Tuesday night, with Mark Recchi suiting up for the Boston Bruins and Nicklas Lidstrom helming the Detroit Red Wings, and the pair tried to keep their in-person meeting under wraps, as the Boston Globe's Fluto Shinzawa noted...

The NHLPA's review committee investigating the dismissal of Paul Kelly as the PA's executive director, which includes Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom, former Wing Chris Chelios, Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi, and San Jose Sharks captain Rob Blake did more than simply address their fellow players regarding their " game plan "; the committee ...

With breakaways, tip-ins, 2-on-1s, big slapshots from the blue line, line rushes, counter-attacks and any other possible method, the Bruins [ team stats ] spent practice yesterday at Joe Louis Arena working on scoring goals.

Blake Wheeler tallied the go-ahead goal early in the third period and added an assist, while Tuukka Rask stopped all 19 shots to register his first shutout of the season, as the Boston Bruins blanked the Edmonton Oilers, 2-0, at TD Garden.

Chris Chelios, 47, pictured in this file photo from the 2008 playoffs. Finally, the grown-ups are in charge.

Interim executive director Ian Penny and the NHL Players' Association parted ways on Friday.

And the B's so far have proved capable of just that. After the most improbable of victories Saturday night at a stunned Scotiabank Place - rallying from two down with 90 seconds left to win in a shootout, 4-3 - the Bruins have earned five of a possible six points since losing their two star forwards to fractures.

When the Canadiens signed forward Mike Cammalleri to a five-year, $30 million deal on July 1, it was thought he would continue to be one of the NHL's top point producers and would fit into the Habs' re-vamped lineup.

Despite having made only a couple of tweaks to their roster this summer, the Boston Bruins suddenly have some more new faces in their lineup just seven games into the 2009-10 season.

Ottawa's Chris Neil punches Boston's Steve Begin during Saturday's game. The Ottawa Senators knew they only had themselves to blame for Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Boston Bruins.

An unfortunate byproduct of the Bruins [ team stats ] ' loss of Marc Savard and Milan Lucic to injuries is the influence it could have on their bids to land berths on the Canadian Olympic team.

The Bruins [ team stats ] brass hoped the loss of the injured Marc Savard and Milan Lucic might turn out to be a blessing in disguise, that it might inspire better efforts from a team that had been lackluster and flat in too many games.

The Bruins appropriately went 3-for-3 playing short-handed in Wednesday night's 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators at TD Garden.