Dan Paille/By S. Bradley
Although the Bruins’ search for production from their third line led coach Claude Julien to increase Daniel Paille’s ice time in a handful of Boston’s first 29 games, the veteran winger is still averaging just 21 more seconds of ice time than last season.
That’s unfortunate considering that in just 11:51 of ice time per night, Paille has managed to pot six goals, which is just three shy of his total for an entire 82-game schedule (he skated in 69 games) from 2011-12.
David Krejci returned to work after a one-game absence, Rich Peverley was a healthy scratch and Dennis Seidenberg scored the game-winning goal Thursday night.
When the horn sounded, the Bruins had won their 10th straight on Ottawa’s home ice, 2-1. It was a “Bizarro” win if there ever was one.
Nate Thompson/By D. Hickling
How much does it cost to trade for the coach’s son?
Luckily for the Bruins, Nate Thompson is only Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher’s “son” in a figurative sense – the Lightning bench boss loves the veteran center’s ability to do a little bit of everything, work hard and play physical.
The Bruins lost a third-period lead Tuesday night for the fifth time this season.
Former Bruins forward Blake Wheeler scored twice to lead Winnipeg to a 3-1 win the second game of Boston’s four-game road trip.
Dougie Hamilton
Hard as it is to believe in calendar year 2013, there are still coaches in the NHL that think the best way to coax young players to perform at the top of their games in the present and thrive in the future is to lambast them on the bench and criticize them through the media.
The Penguins had reason to smile.
The Bruins suffered the famous double indignity Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh.
First, fourth-line center Joe Vitale scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 Penguins win — the second win for Pittsburgh over Boston in six days.
Nathan Horton/By S. Bradley
The Bruins pounded Washington on the scoreboard, 4-1, Saturday, and they punched them with their fists at TD Garden.
Nathan Horton recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick, including his first fighting major of the season (and since last winter’s concussion) and the Boston top line combined for nine points in the win.
Milan Lucic/By S. Bradley
The Bruins will host the Washington Capitals at TD Garden Saturday in the Caps’ first visit to Boston since they eliminated the Bruins in last spring’s first round of the playoffs.
Of course, the Bruins will continue to be without Chris Kelly because of a broken tibia.
Bergeron
Patrice Bergeron scored twice, including one into an empty net, in the Bruins’ 4-1 win against Florida Thursday night at TD Garden.
Chris Kelly/By S. Bradley
While the Bruins were completely off Wednesday– no game and no practice — they still made news, even if Wes Welker and the new pope buried them on the airwaves.
Center Chris Kelly, who collided awkwardly with Ottawa’s Chris Neil Monday night and missed Boston’s loss in Pittsburgh Tuesday, was diagnosed with a broken left tibia.
Tuukka Rask/Photo by S. Bradley
Maybe when it’s all said and done, it’ll turn out that Tim Thomas did the Bruins a major favor.
Especially when you factor in the favor the New York Islanders did for the Bruins – taking Thomas’ $5 million cap hit off their hands – the two-time Vezina Trophy winner made the Bruins’ goaltending decision for them.
Dougie Hamilton
General manager Peter Chiarelli’s prophecy about Dougie Hamilton competing for a NHL job when he came to Boston this season not only was fulfilled, the 19-year-old exceeded that expectation by earning a regular spot in Boston’s top four and on the power play.
Hamilton has endured the usual ups and downs that come with being a teenage defenseman in the NHL for the first time.
Brad Marchand/By S. Bradley
Is Brad Marchand one of the elite goal scorers in the NHL?
That’s a question that’s been floating around during the Bruins’ 2013 season, which hit the halfway point Tuesday night after a loss in Pittsburgh.
Penguins marched past Bruins
For the fourth time this season the Bruins took a lead into the third period and lost.
This time they led 2-0 with less than seven minutes to go when the Pittsburgh Penguins exploded for three goals and a regulation victory that kept Boston from taking over first place in the Eastern Conference.
Krejci scored the GWG
The Bruins have done everything short of taking over the capitol building to prove they own Ottawa.
With their 3-2 shootout win against the Senators Monday night, the Bruins ran their winning streak in Canada’s capital to 10 games dating back to April 2009.
