Mon, 12/20/2010 - 1:26pm — Rob Bradford

WEEI.com hockey writer Graig Woodburn passed away Sunday night. Woodburn, 50, had been battling pancreatic cancer.

 

A native of Ipswich, Woodburn covered both the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings for the Riverside (Calif.) Press Enterprise, The Associated Press, and Sporting News for the past decade. He served as a Bruins beat writer for WEEI.com throughout the 2009-10 season, last reporting on June's NHL draft in Los Angeles. (To read Woodburn's WEEI.com columns, click here.)

 

Mon, 12/20/2010 - 12:55pm — DJ Bean

Brad Marchand was not on the ice at the Bruins' morning skate on Monday after leaving Saturday's game following the second period. Marchand, who has been considered day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, will not be in the lineup vs. the Ducks on Monday, as Daniel Paille has been told by assistant coaches to expect to play. 

 

Though the end got a bit scary for the Bruins in their 3-2 victory over the Capitals on Saturday (recap), the win accomplished two things. It snapped Boston's three-game losing streak and it put one of the tougher teams in the division (usually, anyway) out of their heads for the rest of the regular season. 



Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:20pm — DJ Bean

Bruins coach Claude Julien revealed little about the state of winger Brad Marchand following the Bruins' 3-2 victory over the Capitals on Saturday night. Marchand left the game following the second period with an undisclosed injury and did not return. 

 

"What I was told in between periods was that he wasn't going to come back tonight and that they'd evaluate him," Julien said. "Right now, what I was told is he's day-to-day."

 

Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:57pm — Mike Petraglia

Patrice Bergeron, Andrew Ference and Blake Wheeler scored in the first period as the Bruins raced out to a 3-0 lead and held on for a 3-2 win over slumping Washington Capitals Saturday night at TD Garden. Tim Thomas stopped 39-of-41 shots to improve to 15-3-3 as the Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak. Thomas stopped Alex Ovechkin on a point-blank chance with 10.2 seconds remaining to preserve the victory.

 

Thursday night's game, a 4-3 Bruins' loss (recap) to Montreal, featured just about everything it could have, including more goals than one would have expected in a contest started by Tim Thomas and Carey Price. 

Thomas allowed four goals for just the second time this season and took his first road loss in regulation, while Price allowed three in picking up his league-leading 18th win of the season. 



Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:00pm — DJ Bean

 

 It was a game that featured plenty of back and forth, but the Bruins didn't join in until they had fallen behind early on and the Canadiens took a 4-3 victory Thursday night at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens, who are first in the Northeast Division, now lead the Bruins by four points. 

 

The Bruins started slow, allowing a penalty shot goal to Mike Cammalleri at 1:04 when Zdeno Chara hooked the winger on a breakaway that was the result of a Milan Lucic turnover, while Maxim Lapierre added his fifth of the season at 6:24. 

Ryan Miller made 32 saves, while Mark Recchi played his 1600th game. (AP)

Penalties and a Drew Stafford hat trick did the Bruins in as they fell to the Sabres, 3-2, on Wednesday (recap), but the more significant big-picture story was that the game marked the first time Tyler Seguin was a healthy scratch.



Wed, 12/15/2010 - 10:41pm — DJ Bean

Drew Stafford provided all the offense for Buffalo against the Bruins as he picked up a hat trick in a 3-2 Sabres win.

 

The Bruins relinquished the lead twice in the game, as they went up in first and third periods, respectively, on goals from David Krejci and Michael Ryder.

 

Gregory Campbell, Shawn Thornton and Brad Marchand, who make up the popular "Merlot line" tied one another for the team lead with four shots apiece on reigning Vezina winner Ryan Miller.

 

Tue, 12/14/2010 - 8:24pm — DJ Bean

Peter Chiarelli released a statement Tuesday saying Marco Sturm has passed his physical with the Kings, making his trade from the Bruins official. Rich Hammond was the first to report the physical being completed.

 

The Bruins announced on Saturday that they had sent Sturm to Los Angeles in exchange for nothing. Trading Sturm, who is coming off a torn ACL and MCL, allowed the Bruins to avoid a messy salary cap situation that would have been encontered with his activation. Sturm, a free agent at season's end, has a $3.5 million salary cap hit.