Bruins take a step back
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A week removed from its most dominant performance of the season, the UCLA football team regressed to old habits, a lapse that might have cost it a chance at bowl eligibility and a winning season.
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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.
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BUFFALO -- The Bruins might have jump-started their playoff run last night, as they outlasted the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-3 shootout victory.
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The Bruins finally had enough of all the injuries and illnesses Friday and called off practice. Wise decision. Had they lost another guy to injury, or the viral bug that next could have the Zamboni's driveshaft on an IV drip, they might have been forced to call over to Hingham High for a couple of roster stuffers.
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The last time the rest of the country looked in on UCLA, the Bruins played their way into the national championship game with defense. They needed a big dose of it yesterday.
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Well, yes, there are worse things than a lockout. In the midst of the NHL's self-imposed two-hander over the head (now day No. 66 on what appears the fast track to infinity), a couple of Bruins prospects turned their opportunity to play in Providence into their final days in the Boston organization.
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Chuck Kobasew had a goal and an assist, leading the Boston Bruins to a sleepy 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday and a sweep of the key home-and-home weekend series.
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With goalie Manny Fernandez (knee surgery) lost for the season, and the return date for Patrice Bergeron (Grade 3 concussion) still in question, the Bruins are looking to make a deal or two, perhaps among their forward and defensive corps.
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The consolation, if any, from last night's 3-1 setback against the Buffalo Sabres was that the loss didn't sting as much as the back-to-back stink bombs the Bruins touched off in their two previous matches.
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With the NHL playoffs beginning to take shape on the horizon, and one of the teams blocking their view of an Eastern Conference spot in the house, the Bruins had an opportunity last night to see the stuff this team is made of.
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The UCLA Bruins trudged off the Coliseum field following a 66-19 loss to Southern California last year with a feeling they'll always remember. And Bruins center Robert Chai believes that's a good thing.
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At this stage of the year, everything can be used as a lesson. For instance, how the Bruins respond to being without defensemen Zdeno Chara (sore hamstring) and Milan Jurcina (elbow contusion) and top-line wing Marco Sturm (chest cold).
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In the new NHL, no lead is safe. Truth be told, even in the old NHL, the 1-0 lead the Bruins were nursing in the second period last night wouldn't have offered much comfort.
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The Bruins failed to get liftoff as their longest road trip of the season started last night.
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With two minutes remaining in regulation last night, the Bruins trailed by one goal and were approaching the point when goalie Tim Thomas would be pulled for an extra attacker.
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WILMINGTON - For at least the next two games, the Bruins must survive without their No. 1 right wing.
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The Bruins continue to change on the fly, amending their roster via trades and callups (Mark Stuart got the holler late last night), and maybe they have begun to change their fortunes.