Chara/By S. Bradley
Although the Bruins finally got two goals from forwards who do not skate on their third line, it was a shot from their defense that was the difference tonight.
Zdeno Chara capped a three-point night with a 4-on-4 goal from the right point off Roman Hamrlik’s stick that was the game-winner with 1:53 left in regulation in a 4-3 win against Washington in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Chris Kelly scored 20 goals during the regular season but refused to take credit for improving his offensive game.
Even after he scored the overtime game-winner in the Bruins’ 1-0 win against Washington in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Thursday at TD Garden, he was still crediting his linemates and the organization. Whether he likes it or not, however, Kelly was the hero of the pivotal first game of the best-of-seven series.
Kelly's line is on fire/By S. Bradley
For much of this season, the debate has raged as to whether the line centered by David Krejci or the one with Patrice Bergeron in the middle was the Bruins’ No. 1 line.
Well, over the last 10 days a third candidate has emerged. The line of Chris Kelly centering Brian Rolston and Benoit Pouliot is on fire, and that trio of forwards combined for six points in Boston’s 3-2 win Sunday night in Anaheim.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
Back when it seemingly took him a month to get on the score sheet in the time after he was acquired from Ottawa, it was hard to predict that Chris Kelly would eventually emerge as a fan favorite.
Well there’s no doubt that the most discerning of Boston’s fans know how valuable Kelly has been both during the team’s run to the Stanley Cup championship and during the club’s hot play of late.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
In the tale of the Bruins’ 2011 run to the Stanley Cup championship, center Chris Kelly will always play a Zorr0-like role.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
BOSTON – First immigration kept him from the joining the Bruins. And then it took a while to notice he was even there once he pulled on the black-and-gold sweater.
Marchand/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron’s absence and the Bruins’ decision to fill his spot on their second line with Chris Kelly has created a somewhat unusual situation on the club’s second line.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins center Chris Kelly pretty much summed it up today when he was asked about filling the spot Patrice Bergeron usually plays in between Brad Marchand and Mark Recchi.
Ryder/By S. Bradley
BOSTON – The emergence of the trio of Chris Kelly, Rich Peverley and Michael Ryder as an offensive force can be easily quantified by looking at the seven goals and 16 points the three have combined to produce through the Bruins’ first 10 postseason games.
Kelly/By Naoko Funayama
PHILADELPHIA — If the Bruins brass is smart, they’ll tell their team doctors to keep it on the down low if there comes a time that Chris Kelly can remove the cage protecting his face ever since he was injured in Game 3 of the Montreal series.
Kelly/By Naoko Funayama
MONTREAL — Us mere mortals wouldn’t be able to go to an office job with the facial injury Chris Kelly suffered last Monday, let alone play in an NHL game.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
MONTREAL — Bruins center Chris Kelly figures he hasn’t worn a full cage over his face to play hockey since he was 14.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Bruins head coach Claude Julien said today that center Chris Kelly has left the team to get re-examined by the team’s doctors.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The only Bruins player missing from practice today at the USA Rink at the Whiteface Lake Placid Olympic Center was center Chris Kelly.
Kelly/By S. Bradley
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Chris Kelly managed to skate 21 shifts for 14:35 of total ice time in the Bruins’ 4-2 victory in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with Montreal Monday night.
However, that doesn’t mean Canadiens center Scott Gomez’s hit from behind on the Boston forward wasn’t a dangerous play.
