Canadiens pummel and humble Bruins
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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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Facing its toughest opponent of the season, Coyle-Cassidy picked a good time to play its best hockey.
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When the New Jersey Devils strutted into TD Banknorth Garden last Saturday and proceeded to skate past, around, and through the Bruins in a 5-1 win, the visitors looked much too comfortable on enemy ice.
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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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Despite the brutality of Patrice Bergeron's first-period injury, both the Bruins and Flyers still had a game to play yesterday before 14,956 fans at TD Banknorth Garden.
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The Boston Bruins sealed a 1-0 shootout victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday, their fourth straight win.
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Boston against Montreal? Or was that Washington against Harlem? Last night, in the latest installment of 2007-08 laughers against the Canadiens, the Bruins bumbled through their worst showing yet.
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Sheldon Souray scored the shootout winner after Montreal teammate Saku Koivu netted two goals in the third period, lifting the Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night in Montreal.
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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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Tomas Plekanec dishes two assists and scores one of his two goals in a Canadiens dominated first period as they beat the Hurricanes, 7-4, Friday.
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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.
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Guillaume Latendresse scored twice and Christopher Higgins got the go-ahead goal as the Canadiens overcame a pair of deficits for a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders last night at Montreal.
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The Montreal Canadiens snapped Boston's four-game winning streak with a 6-1 home victory over the Bruins on Monday.
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Welcome to the limelight, Weymouth. In the first quartet of games in this year's Super 8 hockey tournament, one team (Catholic Memorial) danced past its opponent . Another (BC High) eventually pranced past its foe.
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Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored shootout goals for the Boston Bruins, who rallied for a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday.
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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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When, where: 7:30 p.m., at Bell Centre, Montreal. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ (1030). Records: Montreal is 16-8-2-3 (second in Northeast Division with 37 points); Boston is 14-11-0-2 (fifth in Northeast Division with 30 points). Goals: Sheldon Souray 11, Saku Koivu 10, Christopher Higgins and Michael Ryder, 8. Assists: Koivu 18, Andrei Markov 16, Souray and Alex Kovalev, 13. Goaltending: Cristobal ...