Bergeron/By S. Bradley

Ottawa’s rout of the New York Islanders earlier today put the heat on the Bruins to win the Northeast Division title without backing into it.

On the strength of Patrice Bergeron’s power-play goal and Tim Thomas’ 33 saves, the Bruins did just that by beating the New York Rangers, 2-1, at Madison Square Garden. It was Boston’s first win in four tries against Eastern Conference-leading Rangers this season.

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Chara/By S. Bradley

Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara has been a perennial All-Star, a Norris Trophy winner and a Stanley Cup champion during his lengthy NHL career.

And his peers continue to grant him the utmost respect.

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Bergeron/By S. Bradley

Patrice Bergeron was actually held point-less in two straight games before last week began.

That slump didn’t last long.

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Pouliot & Bergeron with a lucky fan/Courtesy Dana-Farber

As part of their celebration of “Mo-vember” Bruins forwards Patrice Bergeron and Benoit Pouliot visited adult patients at the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today.

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Bergeron/By S. Bradley

This post is part of a series looking back at the top 10 games of the Bruins’ 2010-11 regular season.

Entering the 2010-11 season, Patrice Bergeron was thinking about an offensive outburst, the likes of which Boston hadn’t seen for a few years since he suffered a severe concussion in October 2007.

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After he decided to give up his right to potentially become an unrestricted free agent nine months early last fall, Patrice Bergeron knew he was going to have to live up to his new $5 million-per-year contract, even if it wasn’t scheduled to start until the 2011-12 season.

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VANCOUVER — The mild cut he’s sporting on the top of his right index finger is Bruins center Patrice Bergeron’s latest battle scar from the 2011 Stanley Cup Final.

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VANCOUVER — Attention Bruins: When on the ice for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena Saturday, mind your fingers.

You never know how far some of the Canucks — or at least one in particular — will go to gain an edge.

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VANCOUVER — Regardless of how many times Patrice Bergeron comes back to Vancouver and what’s now called Rogers Arena, the city and building will always hold a special place in his heart.

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TAMPA — Late in the first period yesterday, with the Bruins still down just two goals, Brad Marchand’s shot deflected off a Tampa Bay stick to a wide open Patrice Bergeron in the slot.

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TAMPA — Some players would need to slowly ease back into the lineup after missing two weeks with a concussion.

Not Bruins center Patrice Bergeron.

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TAMPA – There was Victor Hedman, again, the Tampa Bay defenseman who threw one of the two hits that eventually sidelined Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby indefinitely earlier this season with a concussion.

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TAMPA — Bruins head coach Claude Julien said that if Patrice Bergeron was in the warm-up tonight before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at the St. Pete Times Forum, the center would play.

Well, he took the ice for the warm-up.

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Krejci/By S. Bradley

TAMPA — There’s a strong chance Patrice Bergeron will return to the Bruins’ lineup tonight one day shy of two weeks since he suffered a concussion against Philadelphia.

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Bergeron/By S. Bradley

TAMPA — Bruins head coach Claude Julien wouldn’t commit one way or the other on Patrice Bergeron’s status for tonight’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at the St. Pete Times Forum.

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