Boston Bruins News

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

The Boston Bruins acquired Patrick Eaves for the sole purpose of buying him out last summer, so while the Red Wings forward technically renewed acquaintances with a former employer on Tuesday, Eaves' connections with the Bruins are tenuous at best, as the Boston Globe's Fluto Shinzawa noted: November 4, Boston Globe : On July 24, hockey was not on ...

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.

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.

Jhonas Enroth was being coy this morning on whether he was going to get his first NHL start.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Twin City Hawks players Jack Cordio, left, and Zachary Duffy, both 9-year-olds from Leominster, pose after taking part in the Boston Bruins Mini One on One event at the TD Garden in Boston last month.

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.

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

Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals takes a shot in the second period against the Boston Bruins on October 1, 2009 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenseman Shane O'Brien for one game. His stick made contact with the New York Rangers' Sean Avery while both players were on their respective benches in a game on Tuesday.

"There were so many black sweaters on the ice, I thought the game was over," Gilles Gilbert recalled, the nightmare still fresh three decades later.

The irony was hard to overlook: As Phil Kessel [ stats ] played his first game for Toronto and fired 10 shots on goal, the Bruins [ team stats ] offense looked more anemic than ever.

It's a full night of action on Thursday, with 10 games on an NHL schedule that kicks off with an Original Six matchup.

Bruins sign Rask to a extension Boston Bruins goaltender Tuuka Rask is too late to stop Scott Hannan from putting a rebound into the net to give the Colorado Avalanche a 1-0 lead Monday afternoon.

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

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

Monday 02 Nov 2009 Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:27AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Providence, RI The Providence Bruins defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4-3 Sunday afternoon at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals takes a shot in the second period against the Boston Bruins on October 1, 2009 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, then Chris Osgood finished with his first shutout of the season to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-0 win over the Boston Bruins.