Before the Western Conference leader Winnipeg faces the best team in the Eastern Conference on Saturday, the Bruins will give them a pitstop in Boston.
The Boston Bruins welcomed back historic defenseman Zdeno Chara to the organization in hopes of helping out interim head coach Joe Sacco, Brad Marchand, and the rest of the players.
The Bruins will get a boost on their blue line on Thursday night, as defenseman Charlie McAvoy will rejoin the lineup when Boston hosts the Winnipeg Jets at TD Garden.
This former Bruins star is off to a nice start with his new club. On Jan. 25, former Boston Bruins forward Taylor Hall was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes in the monster Mikko Rantanen three-team blockbuster.
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Bruins Superstar Gets Real
The current playoff odds don't favor the Bruins. But even with Boston looking at an arduous road, they're embracing the challenge.
Koepke has missed each of the Bruins' last five games due to injury. The 26-year-old winger suffered his injury after receiving a big hit from former Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Darren Raddysh on Jan. 14.
After putting together a strong showing at home last week, the Bruins snuffed out all of them momentum with an ugly loss to Buffalo.
The Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins have been strong teams through the first half of the 2020s. Boston has 221 wins since the start of the 2020-21 season and Edmonton has 215.
The Bruins boast a minus-20 goal differential — the second-worst rate in the Eastern Conference. Boston ranks 26th in the NHL in goals scored per game (2.77), and 23rd in goals against per game (3.17).
After a stellar week for the Boston Bruins, star winger David Pastrnak has been named the NHL's First Star of the Week. As his team tries to earn their spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs ...