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Bruins see no reason to stray from their 1-2 goaltending punch

Coach Jim Montgomery indicated earlier that he might go mostly with one goalie as the playoffs approached but has backed off that idea.
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Marty Walsh takes over as NHLPA executive director today. Here’s one thing that will be on the agenda.

The salary cap has been mostly flat since 2020, in large part because of the pandemic. But Gary Bettman said he's open to negotiating with the union.
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Bruins David Krejci, Dmitry Orlov get a brief respite against Sabres

Krejci’s absence was because of wear and tear, but Orlov got a maintenance day.
Bruins 7, Sabres 0

Seven different Bruins score as they wrap up road trip with trouncing of Sabres

Backed by Jeremy Swayman’s first back-to-back shutouts, the Bruins went home with their third straight win.

WHITECAPS 4, PRIDE 1
Pride’s Isobel Cup hopes wash away with Game 2 loss to Whitecaps in PHF semifinal series
After Taylor Wenczkowski scored early to give top-seeded Boston a chance to extend the series in a quest for a third straight title, No. 4 Minnesota took back control to complete the sweep.

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Marc-Andre Fleury was itching for a fight against Blues, but goalies tended to business in Bruins-Wild tilt
On Wednesday, cantankerous St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington was looking for a fight, and Minnesota's Fleury wanted to give it to him.

Bruins 5, Wild 2

Bruins get back to .500 on current road trip with win over Wild

Jake DeBrusk, David Pastrnak, David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, and Trent Frederic scored, and Boston ended Minnesota's franchise-record 14-game point streak.
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Blake Wheeler, a franchise fixture in Winnipeg, will always wonder what might have been if he remained with the Bruins

It has been a dozen years since Wheeler was dealt to Atlanta in a trade that helped the Bruins win their most recent Stanley Cup title.
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Buffalo Sabres sign NU goalie Devon Levi to three-year entry level deal

The 21-year-old’s junior season ended when the Huskies failed to qualify for the NCAA men’s hockey tournament following a 2-1 overtime loss to Providence in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
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Tyler Bertuzzi’s best spot appears to be on the Bruins’ third line

Coach Jim Montgomery has tried him on the first and second units, but Bertuzzi seems to mix well with Charlie Coyle and Trent Frederic.
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It’s been a yo-yo season for the Bruins’ Jakub Lauko. Is his time in roster-bubble purgatory coming to an end?

He put quality over quantity in his limited minutes in Thursday's win over the Jets, and could be sticking around on the fourth line.
BRUINS 3, JETS 0

Bruins steady themselves in Winnipeg, refocus to stop Jets with a shutout

Losers of back-to-back games to begin a six-game road trip, Trent Frederic put the Bruins ahead 50 seconds in and Jeremy Swayman made it stand up, Boston's penalty kill covering a Jets team that got five extra-man chances.
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Did clinching a playoff spot so early cause Bruins to relax too much?

Coach Jim Montgomery and his staff are searching for answers to the recent slump, but the team remains confident.
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Linus Ullmark has little in common with Tim Thomas, but he could soon stand beside him in the Bruins record books

Ullmark entered Tuesday leading the NHL in save percentage at .938 — exactly the same as Thomas had in his transcendent 2010-11 season.
Blackhawks 6, Bruins 3

Bruins finished off by lowly Blackhawks for first back-to-back regulation losses of the season

The Bruins have gone a lackluster 1-3-0 in their past four games, and coach Jim Montgomery is not pleased with the inconsistency.
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Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo, a little sore after collision with boards, not in lineup against Blackhawks

Carlo said his head is fine and he has no symptoms of a concussion.
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When Brandon Carlo goes down the way he did, concussion is always a concern

The big Bruins defenseman, who briefly left Sunday's game after slamming head-first into the boards, has had at least five concussions in his career.
Red Wings 5, Bruins 3

Slow-starting Bruins can’t dig out of a 4-0 hole, fall just short of a comeback in loss to Red Wings

A furious 10-minute flurry either side of the second intermission got Boston back into the game, but it wasn't enough to win on the road.

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