Bruins' Savard nets late All-Star winner
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Marc Savard made Atlanta feel like home all over again. With hockey luminaries such as Sidney Crosby sitting at home, Savard stepped on up. The Boston Bruins forward scored the winning goal with 20.9 seconds left Sunday night to lift the Eastern Conference to an 8-7 win over the West.
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Eric Staal got the offense started for the Eastern Conference, and was right there at the finish, too. Staal won the most valuable player award in the NHL All-Star game Sunday night, finishing with two goals and an assist in the East's 8-7 win over the Western Conference.
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At age 21, Patrice Bergeron already has shown he can be an outstanding scorer. Now he has five more years to show he also can be a leader of the Boston Bruins.
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Olli Jokinen and David Booth score 14 seconds apart in the second period, Richard Zednik has two goals, and the Panthers beat the Bruins, 6-3, on Saturday.
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The pace was as fast as advertised, with each team having its share of rushes and scoring chances. Daniel Briere converted one after some nifty passing to give the Buffalo Sabres the early edge in the Eastern Conference final.
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Her stellar hockey career at Yale University is complete. There are no games left to play. But there's more to Kristin Savard of Framingham than just the game.
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In the second period of the Bruins' 4-3 shootout win over the Rangers yesterday, Chuck Kobasew scored one of the sharpest goals of his career.
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Marian Hossa scores the game-winner and Alexei Zhitnik has an assist in his Atlanta debut to lead the Thrashers to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night.
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Milan Lucic scores the go-ahead goal off a rebound with 3:47 remaining and Alex Auld wins his third straight start for Boston, leading the Bruins to a 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.
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There were two significant missing bodies during the Bruins' 45-minute workout on Causeway Street yesterday: P.J. Axelsson and Marc Savard . Filling in for the first-liners: defensemen-turned-forwards Zdeno Chara and Brad Stuart .
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Alex Ovechkin won the breakaway challenge in the NHL's SuperSkills competition Saturday night, leading the Eastern Conference to a 9-6 victory over the West in the preview to the All-Star game.
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By the end of last night's shootout, strikes by Phil Kessel and David Krejci coupled with two saves by Tim Thomas gave the Bruins a 3-2 win and the 2 points they were hunting for.
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Tuomu Ruutu scored with 1:48 left to give Chicago a 2-1 victory over Dallas on Wednesday night in Denis Savard's first game as the Blackhawks' head coach.
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Chris Higgins and Alex Kovalev scored Montreal's first two goals off faceoffs and Cristobal Huet made 31 saves to lead the Canadiens to a 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night.
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Defensemen Scott Niedermayer of Anaheim and Nicklas Lidstrom of Detroit lead the All-Star balloting in the Western Conference.
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Hockey Hall of Famer Serge Savard pleaded not guilty Monday to two charges of drunken driving.
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Tim Thomas made it to the NHL All-Star Game last month with one of the stingiest save percentages in the league. He made his way out of the Garden last night - after giving up a half-dozen goals to the Florida Panthers - still boasting an impressive .925 save percentage, but with his game showing a rare case of instability.