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Bruins hope to continue surge against Lightning Thu Mar 25 10:59:06 2010 EST
(Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins have come up with important wins in their last two trips to the ice and the playoff hopefuls will aim for a third straight victory when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at TD Garden. Boston enters tonight with a hold on the eighth and final playoff seed in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins are three points ahead of ninth-seeded Atlanta, which was handed a 4-0 loss Tuesday night by a visiting Boston club. The Bruins, who also posted a 2-1 regulation
Bruins give D Ference contract extension Wed Mar 24 11:47:54 2010 EST
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins signed veteran defenseman Andrew Ference to a three-year contract extension, which will run through the 2013-14 season, on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. The 31-year-old blueliner has compiled eight assists and a minus-seven rating in 50 games this season. Ference came to Boston in a trade with Calgary in February 2007 and has registered three goals and 42 points in 182 contests in three-plus seasons with the Bruins. He
Rangers try to solve Isles at MSG Wed Mar 24 11:05:05 2010 EST
-2 overtime win at MSG on Dec. 26 on Kyle Okposo's goal with 47 seconds left in overtime. The Rangers were last in action on Sunday versus one of the teams they are chasing for the East's final playoff spot, but they came out flat against the Boston Bruins in a 2-1 setback. Michael Del Zotto got New York on the board with 3:04 to play in the game and Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves. "It's really disappointing and frustrating," Lundqvist told the Rangers' Web site."It was the biggest game of the
Playoff-hopeful Thrashers try to solve Bruins Tue Mar 23 10:55:46 2010 EST
(Sports Network) - The hard-charging Atlanta Thrashers will try to jump into the Eastern Conference playoff picture tonight, when they host the Boston Bruins for an important battle at Philips Arena. The Thrashers have tied a season high with four straight wins and enter this evening's game just one point behind the Bruins for the East's eighth and final postseason berth. However, Atlanta's history against the Bruins does not work in the Thrashers favor by any means. Boston has won all three me
Bruins edge Rangers in key battle for East playoff spot Sun Mar 21 15:11:42 2010 EST
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Tuuka Rask stopped 23 shots as the Boston Bruins got a big win with a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers. Both teams are struggling for their playoff lives, but it was the Bruins that came away with the two points and they now have 76 on the season, three more than Atlanta for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. New York is stuck at 71 points with 10 games to play. Miroslav Satan and Dennis Wideman each scored a goal for the Bruins, who came into t
Rangers, Bruins fight for playoff spot in Boston Sun Mar 21 10:56:23 2010 EST
(Sports Network) - A key battle in the Eastern Conference playoff race is on tap today as the Boston Bruins host the New York Rangers at TD Garden. The Bruins are holding onto the eighth and final playoff seed with 74 points, but they hardly own a comfortable lead. Boston is just one point ahead of Atlanta, which will face Philadelphia tonight, and three points in front of the 10th-seeded Rangers. Meanwhile, the Rangers will try to complete a four-game series sweep of Boston today. New York won
Kings hope to end slide against visiting Isles Sat Mar 20 11:04:14 2010 EST
aheim. Saku Koivu scored 14 seconds into OT to lead the Ducks to the wild 5-4 victory at Honda Center. Kyle Okposo had two goals and John Tavares and Richard Park each had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who are six points back of the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Martin Biron made 34 stops in the loss. "That is a big point for us," said Okposo. "We came out here hoping to get six points and we have a chance for five now. If you would have told us t
Tavares scores twice as Islanders handle Canucks Wed Mar 17 01:01:36 2010 EST
er also scored for the victors. With 67 points and 12 games remaining in the season, the Eastern Conference playoff race is taking shape with the Islanders on the outside looking in. New York sits seven points behind the current eighth-seeded Boston Bruins. Kyle Wellwood and Alexandre Burrows scored for the Canucks, who saw their seven-game home win streak halted and failed to record at least one point for only the second time since the Olympic break (6-2-1). Roberto Luongo allowed four goals o
Habs aim for sixth straight win versus playoff-hopeful Rangers Tue Mar 16 10:54:45 2010 EST
e year. The Habs last won five in a row from Oct. 11-20 of last season and they haven't strung together six straight wins since an eight-game stretch from March 23-April 6, 2006. The Canadiens last played on Saturday when they edged the rival Boston Bruins in Quebec. Sergei Kostitsyn scored a pair of goals and Jaroslav Halak stopped 21 shots, leading Montreal to the 3-2 win at Bell Centre. Halak posted his 22nd victory of the season and has won each of his last four starts. "First of all, our g
Struggling Bruins visit Hurricanes Tue Mar 16 10:53:41 2010 EST
(Sports Network) - The Boston Bruins will fight to hold onto their playoff spot when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at RBC Center. The Bruins are currently eighth in the East with 72 points and are just one point ahead of the New York Rangers for the conference's final postseason berth. The Rangers are also in action tonight, hosting the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden. Boston was dealt its fourth loss in five games Monday night and failed to pick up a point in its loss
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