Bruins Come Back to Defeat Sabres

The Boston Bruins may not have gotten the first goal of the game, but they were able to come back with 3 goals of their own to beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1. The goals for Boston were scored by Miroslav Satan, Dennis Wideman, and Mark Recchi. Tuukka Rask had 33 saves in the game. The only Buffalo goal was scored by Derek Roy.

The Bruins are tied with Montreal in points at 87, but are ahead in the standings because they have 1 game in hand. The Flyers are 1 point behind, and the New York Rangers are in 9th 3 points behind the B's.

The Bruins have two regular season games left, playing the Carolina Hurricanes at home on Saturday and traveling to Washington the play the Capitals on Sunday. But they aren't thinking of the playoffs yet, even though if they were to start tomorrow, they'd be facing the Sabres in the first round.

Lackey Laughs at all of Clay's Jokes

You'd never know that the season had started by reading this blog since I haven't written anything since before Opening Night. Rest assured readers that I have been keeping up with the goings on of the Red Sox and just have been too busy and overwhelmed by all of it to write about it.

I'm sure you are all up to speed on the Sox' Opening Night victory and last night's defeat due to our shortstop's error and Okie's bad inning so I won't bother going into that. If you aren't up to speed on those things I recommend you go to boston.com and read about it. And I know you are all thinking I'm going to write about Josh Beckett's contract extension but really I've got nothing to say about that beyond breathing a huge sigh of relief.

In fact, there was a Clay Buchholz quote about Lackey this morning in an article at redsox.com that caught my eye. "He makes you feel good, because he laughs at all your jokes. He's always smiling. He's just a good guy to have on the clubhouse and on the field." My first thought was that Clay often has sweetly goofy things like that to say about people but then I thought, I wonder how bad Clay's jokes are? Does he often tell jokes and people don't laugh at them? Is that why he likes that trait so much in Lackey? Does he try to tell jokes to serious Jon Lester and snarky Josh Beckett and not get the reaction he's hoping for?

Despite my vocal pre-season dislike of John Lackey, the fact that he laughs at Clay's jokes bumps him way up in my estimation. Now if he can pitch well tonight he might clinch his place among my favorites (which number close to 25).

Bruins Get a Must Win against Toronto

In a very important game, The Bruins got the win over the Toronto Maple Leafs with a score of 2-1. On the eve of Easter, Miroslav Satan scored both goals for the Bruins, the first one in the 2nd period and the winning goal in overtime.

The Bruins are currently 7th in the East. Toronto has been stuck at the bottom of the East standings for almost two months, but coach Ron Wilson doesn't think his team is as far removed from the pack as it seems. The Maple Leafs have lost 14 of their 22 games that have been stretched past regulation time.

It was another frustrating game for Toronto's Phil Kessel, who spent time in the dressing room during the third period with what Wilson said was a cramp. The winger failed to score in six games against his former team and finished with just one assist and a minus-5 rating while facing the Bruins this season.

D Andrew Bodnarchuck made his NHL debut for the Bruins. Andrew Ference, Shawn Thornton, Trent Witfield and Mark Stuart sat out for the Bruins. Boston D Dennis Seidenberg left the game in the first period with a cut on his left wrist and didn't return.

Bruins Hope for a Win Against Toronto

Tonight is the final of six meetings between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins lead the series 3-2. The last time these two teams played was on March 9, with Toronto taking the win.

The race for the last three playoff spots in the Eastern Conference will come down to a photo finish as the Bruins, the Flyers and the Canadiens have flip-flopped spots over the last few weeks. Montreal is currently in 6th place, with a win over the Flyers last night, and currently have 84 points. The Bruins and the Flyers are both 2 points behind with 82 points.

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask leads the League with a goals-against average of 1.99 and a save percentage of .930. He is 3-2-0 in his last six with a 1.26 GAA and two shutouts. Patrice Bergeron has four points in his last five games. For the Leafs, Stalberg has three goals in his last two games, while former Bruin Phil Kessel leads Toronto with 55 points, but has yet to score against his former team this season.

Defenseman Andrew Ference (groin/hernia) did not make the trip to Toronto. Shawn Thornton missed Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury, but practiced on Friday. Maple Leafs defensemen Mike Komisarek (shoulder surgery) and Mike Van Ryn (left knee surgery) will not return this season.

The puck drops at 7:00 P.M. The game can be caught on NESN with coverage starting at 6:30 as usual.

You'd Never Know Pete Abraham Reported on the Yankees Last Year

Pete Abraham from the Globe is a gem. His Extra Bases blog is both funny and super informative. He tells you things that are going on that you just don't read about anywhere else. I have highly enjoyed him this Spring Training.

As we come into the home stretch of waiting for Opening Night Pete gave me yet another reason to like him: this video he posted. A perfect thing to watch while you wait for Sunday. Thanks Pete!

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.