Weary Bruins get plowed by Devils
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Their legs leaden, arms weary, and shooting eyes out of focus, the Bruins last night came out with their "B" game, and were summarily chewed up, 3-1, by a Grade "A" example of stifling New Jersey defense.
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NEWARK â As if diving on his stomach to poke-check away a loose puck was not impressive enough, Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur clambered back on his skates and swatted away a rebound shot with his glove late Friday. He was impenetrable.
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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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At 14:50 of the third period, when his team was already in a 3-0 ditch, Shawn Thornton scored the Bruins' first goal.
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As exhilarating as hockey has been lately for the Bruins, who swaggered into the Bell Centre last night riding a four-game winning streak, they learned the hard way that fortunes can change and turn this sport into heartache.
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MONTREAL -- The Bruins beat the Canadiens last night, 3-1, before 19,591 at the Bell Centre, but they received a huge scare in the first period when $37.5 million strongman Zdeno Chara was injured while blocking a Sheldon Souray slap shot.
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LOWELL -- The Bruins learned two valuable lessons yesterday. One was from the officials, who repeatedly taught the team what an NHL penalty was. And the other was from the New Jersey Devils, who demonstrated that if you take undisciplined penalties, they will make you pay.
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Ryan Carter scored his first two NHL goals in the first period and the Anaheim Ducks completed a three-game, New York-area sweep with a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.
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Patrik Elias scores a power-play goals with 7.3 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Devils a 2-1 victory over the Canadiens.
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Playing bitter division rivals on back-to-back nights, the Rangers may have given their up-and-down season a major jolt Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center.
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Todd Marchant scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period while Anaheim was short-handed and added an empty-netter, leading the Ducks to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday in a matchup of division leaders.
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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.
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NEW YORK - With 44 seconds left in his work for the afternoon, Bruins goalie Tim Thomas wheeled around in his crease and attacked the crossbar. A passerby might have thought he was trying to take a piece of Manhattan home as a souvenir.
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Marco Sturm scored a short-handed goal with 0.6 seconds left in the first period and the Bruins beat the Devils, 4-3, on Saturday 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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Checking forward Jay Pandolfo capitalized on a bad night by Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to score the tie-breaking goal and the New Jersey Devils snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Penguins on Friday night.
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In practically every fashion, the manner in which the New Jersey Devils play is the style that coach Dave Lewis would like to meld into the Bruins.