Zdeno Chara News

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 Boston Bruins will aim to halt a three-game losing streak tonight, when they host the Buffalo Sabres at TD Garden.

The good news for the Bruins: Zdeno Chara is healthy. The not-so-good news: Chara is healthy.

For the Boston Bruins, a shootout loss was an improvement over a shutout loss. 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 last night.

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

The Detroit Red Wings managed to out-battle the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, shutting out the B's by a 2-0 tally, and in doing so, they broke the Bruins' season-long alternation between winning and losing while frustrating the heck out of an already ornery Boston team.

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

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.

Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule takes a shot on Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask in first period action during their NHL hockey game in Boston, Massachusetts October 31, 2009.

Ranger winger Sean Avery , who has a penchant for such things, was shooting his mouth off at various Bruins during the pregame warm-ups yesterday at Madison Square Garden.

Rookie Tuukka Rask turned aside 19 shots for his second shutout in eight NHL starts, and Blake Wheeler and Vladimir Sobotka set each other up for goals to lead the Boston Bruins to a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

"Oh my God, he was a beast out there," said Oilers forward Shawn Horcoff. "He's a big boy.

There is something about the New Jersey Devils and their knack for showing up on TD Garden ice when the Bruins need to make a statement.

Yann Danis gave Martin Brodeur a rare night off - and the New Jersey Devils two more points on the road.

The Boston Bruins have been plagued by injuries this year. With the season just 10 games old, they have already lost playmaker Marc Savard to a broken foot, which will cause him to miss 4-6 weeks; and Milan Lucic with a broken finger, which will also cause him to miss 4-6 weeks.

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.

If Sabres management insists it will take one more game to evaluate whether to keep Myers on the roster for the rest of the season, Tallinder doesn't need another minute of convincing.

Life without Milan Lucic and Marc Savard won't be easy, but the Bruins left here last night with another point tacked up in the standings, their third point in two nights, adding to their growing sense of resiliency in a season that already has tested their depth, patience, and physical well-being. "You have to stand up and show the coach he can ...

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

Derek Morris , Zdeno Chara and Michael Ryder of the Boston Bruins celebrate their team's late goal to tie the game and force an overtime as Brian Elliott of the Ottawa Senators shows his dejection during third period action at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, October 24, 2009.