Patrice Bergeron News

If there is a word to describe the 2009-10 Bruins season, it would be disjointed.

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.

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 Ryan Miller and the stingy Buffalo Sabres could be a major test.

Despite a sixth consecutive loss against the Atlanta Trashers on Tuesday evening, the Montreal Canadiens sent Carey Price in net Thursday for their game with the Boston Bruins.

Red Wings 2, Sharks 1: Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in a shootout last night, and Detroit snapped the visiting Sharks' six-game winning streak.

The irony was hard to overlook. As Phil Kessel played his first game for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins offense looked more anemic than ever.

The Boston Bruins can't score, but the Montreal Canadiens can't keep the puck out of their net.

Centre Patrice Bergeron and Boston Bruins teammates visit the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday at Joe Louis Arena.

Some big-time changes in practice today, with Marco Sturm reuniting with Patrice Bergeron, and the old No.

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.

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

Defenseman Zdeno Chara will be on the lookout for a former University of Maine standout when the Bruins [ team stats ] host the Edmonton Oilers today at the Garden.

The New Jersey Devils will try to remain perfect on the road when they visit the Boston Bruins for tonight's Eastern Conference showdown at TD Garden.

"He's skating . . . he's strong on the puck," wrote Tom Fitzgerald, a former teammate of Bergeron's and now an assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Dainius Zubrus scored with 1:26 left, and Yann Danis made 31 saves in his first appearance of the season to lead the New Jersey Devils to their sixth consecutive road victory, 2-1 over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

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 .

The Boston Bruins faced another obstacle yesterday, yet persevered. The team's leading scorer Marc Savard joined Milan Lucic on the long-term injured-reserve list with a broken left foot , but the Bruins went about their business and topped the Nashville Predators at the TD Garden last night, 3-2. Brad Marchand, Daniel Paille , and Trent Whitfield ...

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

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