Late-starting Bruins miss out
642724
At 14:50 of the third period, when his team was already in a 3-0 ditch, Shawn Thornton scored the Bruins' first goal.
445316
Meet the Bruins, the movable feast of the 2006-07 NHL season. Home or away, they have become the sacrificial meal offered up on a nightly basis to be devoured by the rest of the Original 30.
515510
On Thursday, when he woke up at the team hotel prior to that night's game against Ottawa, Bruins forward Marco Sturm knew he wouldn't be available.
560508
The NHL, as Marc Savard calls it, is now a special-teams league. So it's no coincidence that yesterday at Ristuccia Arena, as the hours ticked away until tomorrow's season opener against the Florida Panthers, the Bruins spent much of practice working on man-up and man-down situations.
128655
Nothing that happens in the Los Angeles Coliseum tonight can fully compensate for Notre Dame&#39;s missed opportunities against Brigham Young, Boston College and Pittsburgh.
748477
A lot was on the line last night. The Bruins were coming off an 8-2 dud against Montreal. They were fighting the Islanders for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. They wanted to hit the All-Star break on an upswing, knowing that when they return from the weekend, they'll have three games in five nights - including two against conference ...
399531
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.
762541
Dave Lewis had no explanation. The first-year Bruins coach didn't know why, despite an avalanche of a first period that saw the Montreal Canadiens send 14 shots -- most of them grade-A opportunities -- on Tim Thomas, Lewis's team held a one-goal lead.
579920
WILMINGTON - For at least the next two games, the Bruins must survive without their No. 1 right wing.
245427
Marc Savard did everything he could to win last night's game against the Maple Leafs. Centering the Bruins' top line between Marco Sturm and Phil Kessel, and taking the lead on special teams, he spent 23 minutes 26 seconds on the ice. Only defensemen Zdeno Chara and Dennis Wideman played more for Boston.
547007
Peter Chiarelli has a short list of candidates, so short in fact that he said yesterday it's possible he'll name his new Bruins coach prior to the start of the NHL draft Friday night in Columbus.
266088
Aaron Ward scored 43 seconds into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins past the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday. Marco Sturm, Marc Savard and Peter Schaefer also scored for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game losing skid.
423501
At several points in the first half of UCLA&#39;s 62-61 victory over USC, the game threatened to become as ugly as the stormy weather outside in the Pacific-10 Conference opener for both teams.
510538
His work ended at 11:10 yesterday morning. The Bruins played at 7 o'clock last night.
712670
One area in which the Bruins need serious improvement is special teams. The club, which begins the 2006-07 regular-season campaign Friday against the Panthers in Florida, is devoting a great deal of time to that in workouts this week leading up to the opener. Coach Dave Lewis said he's seriously considering left wing P.J. Axelsson at the point ...
152170
PHILADELPHIA - Their roster already riddled with injuries, the Bruins were down two more bodies by the end of the first period yesterday afternoon against the Flyers.
221137
A delayed flight led to the Bruins scrambling to arrive at the Nassau Memorial Coliseum last night. But coach Dave Lewis did not blame the altered travel plans for his team's 4-1 loss to the Islanders.