Zanon

BOSTON — The Bruins took on the Buffalo Sabres at the TD Garden tonight without veteran defenseman Greg Zanon.

Zanon, who was acquired from Minnesota before the traded deadline, was classified as a healthy scratch.

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Pouliot/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — Bruins head coach Claude Julien described winger Benoit Pouliot as “fine” this morning, so it appears Pouliot will not miss a game with the lower-body injury he suffered Tuesday night.

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Turco

Well, it appears Marty Turco did enough in his first hour-long practice with the Bruins to convince team brass he could at least serve as Tim Thomas’ backup.

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It seems the Bruins did more than cost Toronto a chance to move in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

Boston also cost the Maple Leafs their second-leading scorer in addition to a key role player, who will be out for the foreseeable future.

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Turco

WILMINGTON, Mass. — The revelation this morning via TSN’s Darren Dreger that if Marty Turco was claimed on waivers he could not play in a game for the claiming team obviously changed the odds the goaltender would get through and join the Bruins.

So it wasn’t much of a shock when he joined Boston on the Ristuccia Arena ice for practice this morning.

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Caron's on fire/By S. Bradley

Eyewitnesses reported via Twitter that Marty Turco, who’s not yet an official member of the Bruins, was outside Boston’s dressing room after tonight’s 5-4 win over the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

So the questions occurred to me, was Turco the second-best NHL goaltender present in the Air Canada Centre?

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Once again today the Bruins released injury news that you could file under the heading of “well, it could’ve been worse.”

Goaltender Tuukka Rask suffered a lower abdomen strain/groin strain and is scheduled to miss four to six weeks. In an effort to replace Rask, the Bruins have signed free-agent goaltender Marty Turco.

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Rask/By S. Bradley

After they went out and lost their second in a row, this time on the road to the New York Rangers, 4-3, the Bruins announced this afternoon that they wouldn’t have an update on goaltender Tuukka Rask’s health situation until Monday.

Via Twitter, the Bruins said that a full evaluation of Rask’s injury would be completed by then.

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Rask/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — The Bruins will face the New York Rangers Sunday at Madison Square Garden as a shorthanded club.

Not only did the Bruins lose a game today to the New York Islanders, they also lost a couple players who they can now add to their lengthening list of injured performers.

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Ference/By S. Bradley

BOSTON — David Krejci’s overtime game-winner capped his second NHL hat trick tonight in the Bruins’ 4-3 win over New Jersey at the TD Garden.

However, Boston played the third period without veteran defenseman Andrew Ference.

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Zanon

BOSTON — The Bruins, who debuted two new players Tuesday in their loss to Ottawa, will replace one of those new faces with another newcomer tonight against New Jersey at the TD Garden.

Head coach Claude Julien confirmed that Greg Zanon will be in and Mike Mottau will be the healthy scratch on Boston’s back end.

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Boychuk

WILMINGTON, Mass. — After the Bruins practiced at Ristuccia Arena today, head coach Claude Julien confirmed that defenseman Johnny Boychuk had skated on his own prior to the full squad taking the ice.

Boychuk hadn’t skated since Chris Neil’s hit in Ottawa Saturday knocked the blueliner out of the game in the the third period. Julien sounded cautiously optimistic for Boychuk’s return in the near future, although we all know how unpredictable head injuries can be.

Whether Boychuk suffered a concussion or not, Julien said the Bruins are treating the veteran as though he did.

Zanon

WILMINGTON, Mass. — In search of their first goal since Saturday, the Bruins got back to work with a practice this morning at Ristuccia Arena.

One guy who probably won’t help the Bruins in the offense department but still might be a key play down the stretch and into the playoffs, Greg Zanon, joined the team for the first time on the ice.

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Corvo

BOSTON — Yesterday Joe Corvo flat-out threatened Kyle Turris with revenge for the hit the Senators forward doled out Saturday night in the third period in Ottawa.

After obviously getting scolded by his organization and having some time to think about what he said, Corvo today defused the notion he was going to target Turris tonight when the Bruins host the Senators in a rematch at the TD Garden.

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Zanon

BOSTON — Even before Johnny Boychuk was knocked to the sidelines by a Chris Neil hit and ensuing concussion symptoms, the Bruins knew they had to add at least one more veteran defenseman for depth before the stretch run and playoffs.

General manager Peter Chiarelli today added two blueliners, one more prominent than the other, before the 3 p.m. trade deadline.

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