Bruins Haninging on by a String

With 36 shots on goal, and 90 total shots, the Bruins came out with a loss against the Florida Panthers, 1-0, at the TD Garden. The Bruins have struggled to win at home all season. Luckily, the B's came out of this game still tied for the final 3 playoff spots, and they have 5 more games of the season to play.

Scott Ballard was the only person that scored in the game, which came in the first period and was eventually the winning goal for Florida. It was Ballard's first goal against the Bruins.

The Bruins' loss left them tied with Montreal and Philadelphia in sixth, with Atlanta two points back in ninth and the New York Rangers another two points back in 10th. At least two of these teams will be left out of the playoff mix.

Tuukka Rask was selected the Seventh Player in an online vote of Bruins fans for going above and beyond the call of duty. Bruins forward Shawn Thornton missed the game with an undisclosed injury. Florida and Boston each have five games remaining.

6 games left, Bruins take on Panthers

With 6 games left in the regular season, the desperate Boston Bruins take on the Florida Panthers. This will be the fourth and final meeting between these two teams. The B's took 2 out of the first 3 games.

Even though there are only 6 games left, the Bruins have not clinched a playoff spot yet. They enter tonights game just 2 points ahead of the Atlanta Thrashers,who are in 9th place, and are currently tied with two other teams in points: Philadelphia and Montreal.

The Bruins are coming off an amazing win against the New Jersey Devils, where Patrice Bergeron scored the game winning goal (the only goal in the game by the way) with 18.3 seconds left in overtime. The Panthers on the other hand are coming of their fourth sraight loss, in which they were pummeled 6-2 by the Buffalo Sabres.

Florida forward David Booth (concussion) is done for the season. Gregory Campbell (foot) and Byron Bitz (elbow) are day-to-day. For the Bruins, defenseman Andrew Ference (groin) and center Marc Savard (concussion) are out.

The Bruins are just 3-10-3 in their last 16 games at TD Garden. So this game becomes even more important, as the Bruins remain desperate to stay in playoff postion. If anything good happens, the Bruins will come out with a win tonight (hopefully).

The puck drops at 7:00 pm. It can be caught live on NESN and 98.5 The Sports Hub. Be sure to watch.