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**TORONTO --** As soon as Jim Montgomery took the ice for the Boston Bruins morning skate, he knew there was just something about his team that day, something about his captain. Brad Marchand was already sniping at the coach, already pushing buttons, already in vintage form. “Morning skate, I saw the way we were, I saw the way our captain was. And I just knew we were going to have a good game,” the Bruins coach said. “Didn’t know we were going to win, because the \[Toronto Maple\] Leafs are a g…
3 days ago
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**BOSTON --** It was easy to say, heading into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, that there was nothing to history. That the teams’ past -- and there is a lot of past there -- meant nothing, didn’t translate, wouldn’t apply. These weren’t the Bruins of old. These weren’t the Maple Leafs of old. And yet, once again, the script remained the same. The Bruins seemed to answer every question they had heading into the series, about their…
7 days ago
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**BOSTON --** William Nylander remains questionable for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Bruins Bruins at TD Garden on Monday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, NESN, SN, TVAS, CBC) because of an undisclosed injury. The forward participated in an optional morning skate Sunday, one day after Toronto lost 5-1 in the best-of-7 series opener. Nylander did not play Saturday after being a game-time decision. It is believed Sunday was the first time Nylander was on t…
6 days ago
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**BOSTON –** Forget Boston Bruins-Montreal Canadiens. For Brad Marchand, right now, it’s all about Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs. “You see the excitement they have all throughout Canada when they’re in playoffs,” Marchand said Thursday. “Makes it a lot of fun to play them. And I think, just with the history we’ve had with them recently, they’re probably our biggest rival right now over the last decade. “They’ve probably surpassed Montreal and any other team with kind of where our rivalry’s go…
9 days ago
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**TEMPE, Ariz.** – Connor Ingram doesn’t know what kids might think when he fails to give a high five as he passes by. He doesn’t know if fans are looking at him and judging him and deeming him a jerk. But he can’t stop. He can’t reach out. He knows his limits. He knows what that high five might do to him. “I always feel bad because these little kids are hanging over the glass, they want a high five,” the Arizona Coyotes goalie said. “I know if I’ll do it, it might ruin my day.” So he walks…
9 days ago
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The Buffalo Sabres failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 13th consecutive season. The Sabres were eliminated from contention Tuesday when they lost 3-2 to the Dallas Stars shortly after the New York Islanders won 4-2 against the New York Rangers. The last time the Sabres qualified for the playoffs was in 2010-11 when they lost in the Eastern Conference First Round to the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games. That playoff appearance marked the fourth time the Sabres had made the…
18 days ago
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**SUNRISE, Fla.** – This season, there was no question. No doubt. No surprise. Whereas it took until the final days of the 2022-23 regular season for the Florida Panthers to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Playoffs -- before embarking on a run that would take them to the Stanley Cup Final -- this season it was long assured. The Panthers, who spent the season battling the Boston Bruins for the top spot in the Atlantic Division, were a lock. But even as the Panthers clinched their fifth st…
30 days ago
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**SUNRISE, Fla.** – Thirty-six hours before the puck dropped between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers on Tuesday, the Bruins were being skated into the ground. There were expletives from coach Jim Montgomery, and a bag skate and the understanding that this team had not come to practice on Monday with the right level of effort for a team with Stanley Cup Playoffs aspirations. Not after two straight regulation losses. Not staring down a final 10-game schedule that is among the hardest remai…
about 1 month ago
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**BOSTON** \-\- Sure, it’s great that the Philadelphia Flyers played well at times against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Saturday. Sure, it’s great that for 40 minutes they played even against the team that has the most points in the NHL (95). Sure, it’s great that they made a furious three-goal comeback that ended one goal short that had the Bruins sweating until the final seconds ticked down. But it’s not enough. “We’ve got to be really careful with the moral victories here,” Flyers coac…
about 1 month ago
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**BOSTON --** For the centers on the Boston Bruins -- for Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zacha and Morgan Geekie, in particular -- this season, from the offseason to the preseason to the lead-up to the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline, has been a push-pull of emotions. On the one hand, they always welcome help that would make their team better, that would get them closer to the Stanley Cup the team believes it could have won last season. On the other hand, they want to believe they’re enough. “We all want to…
about 2 months ago
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**BOSTON --** The helmet came crashing down, missing Matty Beniers’ head by mere inches. It was an accident, Seattle Kraken teammate Tomas Tatar’s helmet a victim of the tight space in the visitor’s dressing room at TD Garden and an errant nudge. It has, in some ways, been that kind of sophomore season for Beniers and the Kraken, near misses and bad luck after a rookie season that had plenty of the opposite. Or, perhaps, it could be a sign the luck is changing for the 21-year-old center as Seat…
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