NHL Playoffs

Monday night’s double-overtime loss to the Lightning didn’t just end the Bruins’ 2019-20 season; it also closed the door on Boston’s championship window, writes Joe Haggerty.

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Jaroslav Halak wasn’t very sharp in Tuesday night’s Game 2 loss to the Lightning, but as DJ Bean writes, any thought of giving him a blow tonight for Game 3 is misguided — and a big risk.

After watching David Pastrnak torch his team with a power-play goal and an assist on the game-winning score, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper knows his team needs to change things up in Game 2, writes Joe Haggerty.

Arguably the two best teams in the Eastern Conference will battle in the Second Round. Joe Haggerty breaks down the matchups in the Bruins-Lightning series and predicts which team will advance.

It’s been less than a week after Tuukka Rask opted out of the NHL’s Toronto bubble, but with the Bruins advancing to Round 2, Cam Neely says the team are focusing on the “guys that are here.”

It was a sight for sore eyes to see David Pastrnak back on the practice ice on Sunday afternoon for the Boston Bruins, but it remains questionable whether the game-breaking right winger will be able to return for Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

In a stunning move, Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has opted out of the remainder of the NHL’s postseason. The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours before the team’s third game in its Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the Carolina Hurricanes. “I want to be with my teammates competing, but at this...

The defending Eastern Conference champions announced the decision Saturday morning, less than two hours before the team’s third game in its Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Boston Bruins will be without David Pastrnak for Game 2 of their first round Stanley Cup Playoff series versus the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Boston Bruins will begin the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a first-round matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Bruins have gone as far as a team can possibly go in advancing to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final....
No matter how tonight shakes out, they’ll have had a better season than 29 other teams in the National Hockey League. It’s about figuring how how to ensure they’ve bested all 30 of their opponents, with the St. Louis...

Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best.

Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable best.

Bruce Cassidy didn’t mince words or hide behind the secrecy of playoff hockey. The Boston Bruins coach telegraphed the most important matchup of the Stanley Cup Final on the morning of Game 1. As long as he had the last change and the ability to dictate matchups, his top line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak would play...

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