Torey Krug

The Boston Bruins caught flak for not being physical after Tuukka Rask was knocked out against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Torey Krug made sure that didn’t happen again with his physical effort against the Pittsburgh Penguins, as Joe Haggerty details.

The Bruins defeated the Blues, 5-1, to force a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on Wednesday night.

The Bruins defeated the Blues, 5-1, to force a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on Wednesday night.

For the second year in a row, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are going the distance in the first round.

Some credit is due to the Maple Leafs for the way they’re playing in the series against the Bruins, but Bruce Cassidy sounds tired of watching his team fail to reach their highest level of play.

Patrik Laine scored the deciding goal in the shootout and Brandon Tanev had his first career hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 to cap a perfect six-game homestand. Laine deked and his shot in the fourth round trickled under goalie Anton Khudobin.

The future of the Bruins is now the present. Suddenly, the past few seasons of uninspired hockey here in Boston seem worth it. Powered by rookie goal scorers Jake DeBrusk and Charlie McAvoy, the B’s broke open a tight game in the second period and held on for an impressive 4-3 victory in their season opener against the visiting...

They’d rather be playing in a Game 7 in Ottawa on Wednesday night, but the recently-eliminated Boston Bruins should feel pretty good about themselves.

The Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics both face huge games on Friday night.