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Stanley Cup Today: Big opportunity for Bruins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:09:02 GMT

Setting the stage for Game 4 of the series tonight at TD Garden.

Mum's the word on Hossa amid NHL's injury culture

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:03:48 GMT

Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville didn't want to talk about the injury that forced him to scratch forward Marian Hossa from the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.

Stanley Cup Game 3 draws record viewers for NBCSN

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:19 GMT

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Stanley Cup finals' Game 3 drew the most viewers for the NHL on NBC Sports Network since the cable channel started televising the league in 2006.

Winning faceoffs is critical to playoff success in NHL

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:18 GMT

Hockey is not scripted like football. Most of the game is free-flowing, creative, and intuitive.

Bruins’ Gregory Campbell says broken leg ‘hurt a little bit’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:18 GMT

As soon as Gregory Campbell returned, the ribbing started.

Surprise Hossa scratch part of NHL injury culture

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:18 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Marian Hossa is one of the Chicago Blackhawks' top scorers, with three game-winning goals already this postseason.

Marian Hossa likely to play in Game 4 vs. Bruins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:17 GMT

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville remained coy about Marian Hossa’s availability for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final Wednesday night at TD Garden. Quenneville said his high-scoring right winger, who was a late scratch before Game 3 because of an upper-body injury, was “likely to play tomorrow night.’’

Blackhawks hope to avoid more frustration in Game 4

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:17 GMT

The Blackhawks’ frustrations seemed to come to a boiling point when things got a little ugly at the end of Game 3’s 2-0 shutout loss to the Bruins. The TD Garden crowd of 17,565 roared when Bryan Bickell poked at the bear and wound up getting mauled by Zdeno Chara while Andrew Shaw and Brad Marchand grappled with each other on the ice.

Bruins work around poor ice surface at TD Garden

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:17 GMT

With the temperatures reaching the high 80s outside the TD Garden, and the inside warmer than usual as well, the ice surface didn’t seem exactly to the players’ liking in their Game 3 homecoming.

Bruins rookie D Hamilton biding time as rookie

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:47 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Dougie Hamilton spent his 20th birthday watching the Stanley Cup finals.

Penalty-killer Paille steps up offense for Bruins

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:02 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — His teammates always knew Daniel Paille was more than a speedy penalty killer who specialized in defense for the Boston Bruins.

Bruins rookie D Hamilton biding time as rookie

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:32:02 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Dougie Hamilton spent his 20th birthday watching the Stanley Cup finals.

Penalty-killer Paille steps up offense for Bruins

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:30:02 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — His teammates always knew Daniel Paille was more than a speedy penalty killer who specialized in defense for the Boston Bruins.

Bruins like where they're at in series

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:25:02 GMT

The Bruins look back on this series and ahead to Game 4, hoping to take the lessons learned from the first three games and continue to succeed in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Stanley Cup Today: Momentum on Bruins' side

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:02 GMT

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff Momentum is certainly on the Bruins' side after a convincing performance in Game 3 shut down the Blackhawks and put Boston two wins from its second Stanley Cup in three years. Both teams are scheduled...

Rask shuts down Blackhawks as Bruins take 2-1 lead

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:47 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The puck bounced off the post and rolled across the crease, away from the goal line. The red light flashed briefly, but replays would confirm that Tuukka Rask's shutout streak was intact.

Rask shuts down Blackhawks as Bruins take 2-0 lead

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:52:32 GMT

Rask shuts down Blackhawks as Bruins take 2-0 lead

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:50:32 GMT

Bruins are growing, while Blackhawks are shrinking

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:35:02 GMT

The Penguins know this migraine. So do the Rangers. The Bruins moved one giant step closer to a Stanley Cup championship Monday night on Causeway Street, once more blending their painful, punishing cocktail of stifling defense and air-tight Tuukka Rask goaltending (28 saves) for a 2-0 win over the Blackhawks.

Pregame injury forces Marian Hossa out of Blackhawks lineup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:35:02 GMT

Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa suffered an injury during warm-ups and was a late scratch from the Game 3 lineup. In his place was former Boston College standout Ben Smith.

Patrice Bergeron sets tone in Bruins’ 2-0 win in Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:04 GMT

With Tyler Hawkins’s pounding drum beat and Dave Grohl’s scorching vocals weaved into a video montage of the Bruins’ greatest hits, checks, and smackdowns this postseason, the feral music of the Foo Fighters whipped the TD Garden crowd of 17,565 into a good and proper frenzy by the time the Black and Gold took the ice for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Top NHL prospects get the backstage treatment before Stanley Cup Final

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:04 GMT

The four teenagers dressed in suits stood in the center of the Bruins locker room Monday morning.

Dan Shaughnessy: Bruins are dominating Blackhawks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:04 GMT

Before this Stanley Cup Final is over, the Bruins will be our Boys of Summer — on skates. And at this hour they are a feel-good team on a par with the 1967 Red Sox, the 1970 Bruins, and the 2001-2002 Patriots.

Tuukka Rask on point in shutout of Blackhawks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:04 GMT

Tuukka Rask recorded his third career postseason shutout in Monday night’s Game 3. Rask stopped all 28 shots that Chicago sent his way.

Bruins beat Blackhawks 2-0, lead Cup finals 2-1

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:03 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready.