Patrice Bergeron News

The Bruins' 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series Sunday afternoon might have been the best of both worlds for the coaching staff.

May 10, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Bruins right wing Jaromir Jagr reacts to being defeated by the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in game five of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden.

Fourth-liners are typically the underappreciated, hard-hat workers of the NHL. They do whatever the team needs, most of which doesn't show up in the stat sheet.

Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

He had been on the ice for more than a minute and a half. His average shift length in the third period had been 44 seconds.

As the 2013 NHL trade deadline neared, the Boston Bruins needed to make a move. They were in the middle of a midseason funk, and were struggling to score on a consistent basis.

Dougie is 19, Torey is 22, Matt is 24. Combine their ages into one AARP membership card and you get 65-year-old Bobby Orr.

In the corner of the Boston Bruins' locker room, hanging from the hooks in Andrew Ference's stall, is a yellow running singlet with the team's "Spoked B" logo on the front.

Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL 's most feared scorers, a wizard with the puck who is equally adept at setting up his teammates for easy plays.

Cam Neely may have had a bit more of a personal stake involved, but his reaction to the final game of the Bruins' first-round playoff series against Toronto was about the same as the most hard-core fan.

It was unfolding perfectly for the visitors at Boston's TD Garden on Monday. In the best-of-seven opening playoff round, the Leafs had won the previous two games; surviving late Boston flurries for consecutive 2-1 victories that forced a Game 7 on the Bruins' home ice.

On July 23, 2007, the Boston Bruins made a trade with the St. Louis Blues , swapping Finnish goalie Hannu Toivonen for Swedish winger Carl Soderberg .

Impact: Powe is suspected to be dealing with a concussion and has been out since May 6. He remains day-to-day going forward.

Boston's Brad Marchand, right, takes New York's Mats Zuccarello into the glass during the third period.

Patrice Bergeron made headlines for his offensive contributions in the Bruins' 5-4 overtime victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 of their opening-round playoff series Monday, collecting three points and netting the tying and winning goals to cap an unforgettable comeback.

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

Brad Marchand scored with 4:20 left in the first overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in the first playoff game in 40 years between the Original Six teams.

Friend or foe? Turns out that for Henrik Lundqvist , one member of the Boston Bruins is both.

The Boston Bruins pulled off one amazing Game 7 comeback on Monday night, with Milan Lucic one of the big reasons why.

By now, the image of Patrice Bergeron scoring the game-winning goal in overtime has been etched permanently on all Bruins' fans minds, an unforgettable moment in franchise history.