Bruins smother Penguins for 2-1 victory
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Petteri Nokelainen and Vladimir Sobotka scored less than two minutes apart during the first period and the Boston Bruins frustrated Pittsburgh with a smothering defense, then held on for a 2-1 victory despite allowing Evgeni Malkin's third-period goal Wednesday night.
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Daniel Briere nets his second career hat trick and Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek add a goal and an assist each to give the Buffalo Sabres a 7-1 victory over the slumping Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.
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Lethargic from the start - a sure sign of defeat last season - the Bruins yesterday rallied from a 2-0 hole in the first period and went on to force overtime before falling to Toronto, 4-3, in a shootout at the Garden.
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Phil Kessel scores the lone shootout goal in rallying the Boston Bruins from a two-goal deficit to seal a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
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Gary Roberts had two goals and linemate Georges Laraque also scored to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
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Erik Christensen had a goal and assist during Pittsburgh's three-goal second period, and the injury- and illness-plagued Penguins rallied from a pair of deficits to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 Tuesday night.
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Marco Sturm scored two goals Thursday night as the Bruins beat Tampa Bay 4-1 in their home opener to give coach Claude Julien a victory in his Boston debut.
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and five assists to help the Penguins hammer the Philadelphia Flyers 8-4 in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
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Mike Richards took advantage of a Boston turnover to score the tie-breaking goal early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Bruins 4-1 on Saturday.
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Victories have their own beauty, no matter how ugly they may be crafted. "We didn't get the bounces we wanted, but two points are two points," mused Jeremy Reich, after his first NHL goal Saturday night helped nudge the Bruins along to their 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. "We won't argue with it."
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Brad Stuart scored his second goal of the third period with 1:42 remaining and the Boston Bruins held off the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 on Monday night.
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Sidney Crosby scored a goal, assisted on two by Evgeni Malkin, and dropped the gloves to spur the Penguins to a shootout victory over the host Bruins.
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The Atlanta Thrashers, who hurt the Bruins' playoff chances with a 3-2 victory at TD Banknorth Garden last Monday, gave Boston a lift yesterday.
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Tyler Kennedy scores the winning goal and adds two assists for the Penguins, who snap a two-game losing streak and beat the Islanders, 3-2, on Saturday night.
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Jeremy Reich scores his first NHL goal and Alex Auld stops 32 shots for his first shutout with Boston, leading the Bruins to a 2-0 win over the Blue Jackets Saturday night.
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Marian Hossa scored the only goal of the third period to help a revamped Atlanta Thrashers rally for a 3-2 road victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday.
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Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic and Marc Savard scored early in the first period to send the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.