Boston Bruins Timeline

1929 Mar 29 Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
The 1929 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the defending champion New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins. This was the first time in Stanley Cup history that two ...
1939 Apr 16 Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
The 1939 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was Boston's first appearance in the Final since 1930; Toronto had ap...
1941 Apr 12 Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
The 1941 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings. Boston would win the series 4–0 to win their third Stanley Cup. Boston defeat...
1970 May 10 Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
The 1970 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues, appearing in their third straight finals. The Bruins were making their first...
1972 May 11 Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup
The 1972 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers. It was the Rangers first appearance in the championship final series since ...
2008 Oct 9 Boston Bruins defeat Colorado Avalanche, 5-4
DENVER - The shot came off the stick of future Hall of Famer Joe Sakic. Tim Thomas stopped Sakic's wrister, but the netminder wasn't happy with where he placed a meaty rebound - in the...
2008 Oct 11 Minnesota Wild defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
ST. PAUL - They were two shots that a top-notch NHL goalie would have stopped. But Manny Fernandez, in only his first regular-season game since his procedure to repair a torn meniscus ...
2008 Oct 15 Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
MONTREAL - A three-goal Montreal explosion in a little more than three minutes. A Boston rally capped by a bad-bounce dump-in. A shootout. Another Montreal victory. The madness continu...
2008 Oct 18 Boston Bruins defeat Ottawa Senators, 4-2
OTTAWA - Drop the green flag between Phil Kessel and Marc Savard in a drag race, and the No. 81 car would sprint past the No. 91 machine every time. But in the second period of last ni...
2008 Oct 20 Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Boston Bruins, 2-1
Last night, just about everything went the Bruins' way. Patrice Bergeron made a successful return before a sellout crowd at TD Banknorth Garden and was among the game's best performers...
2008 Oct 21 Buffalo Sabres defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
BUFFALO - Considering the circumstances, the Bruins could be satisfied with a 1-point decision last night. They were playing their second game in two nights, against a team that hadn't...
2008 Oct 23 Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Boston Bruins, 4-2
WILMINGTON - After Thursday night's lemon at TD Banknorth Garden, a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, it was back to basics for the Bruins yesterday at practice. For the first time ...
2008 Oct 25 Boston Bruins defeat Atlanta Thrashers, 5-4
For Milan Lucic, the satisfaction wasn't that his third goal last night gave him his first hat trick in the NHL. It was that his third goal, which prompted a shower of hats to hit the ...
2008 Oct 27 Boston Bruins defeat Edmonton Oilers, 1-0
EDMONTON, Alberta - The waiting was long, full of shots, and brimming with frustration. Whenever the Bruins put something on net - 15 shots in the first period, 10 more in the third - Dwa...
2008 Oct 28 Boston Bruins defeat Vancouver Canucks, 1-0
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - It's early in the season, but the Bruins are on a roll, carried along specifically on the round and sturdy shoulders of netminder Tim Thomas. Backed by 31...
2008 Oct 30 Calgary Flames defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
CALGARY, Alberta - Early in the afternoon, following the Bruins' workout at the Saddledome, coach Claude Julien warned his team about being satisfied with the first two stops on the trip....
2008 Nov 1 Boston Bruins defeat Dallas Stars, 5-1
The Bruins had long skated off the TD Banknorth Garden ice last night with a 5-1 win tucked in their pockets, but Marc Savard was still watching the replays of the third-period melee, mar...
2008 Nov 6 Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2
Suddenly, and a bit surprisingly, the scoring looks a little easier. For the second time in as many games, the Bruins last night rattled off five goals, including rookie winger Blake Whee...
2008 Nov 8 Boston Bruins defeat Buffalo Sabres, 3-1
In his first game in three weeks, Manny Fernandez showed a packed house at TD Banknorth Garden last night that he can play a little goal, too. The Bruins turned back the Buffalo Sabres, 3...
2008 Nov 12 Boston Bruins defeat Chicago Blackhawks, 2-1
CHICAGO - Boston's out-of-the-ordinary (maybe even out-of-body?) start to the 2008-09 season took an unorthodox twist last night, with rookie Blake Wheeler connecting first in a shootout ...
2008 Nov 13 Boston Bruins defeat Montreal Canadiens, 6-1
On the heels of a shootout victory Wednesday night in Chicago, the Bruins had to face the Montreal Canadiens last night at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins had not beaten the Canadiens in ...
2008 Nov 15 New York Rangers defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
NEW YORK - The Bruins had themselves one great time most of last night at Madison Square Garden. Yessir, a real nice trip to the City. What great sights. The Black and Gold scored them...
2008 Nov 17 Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2
TORONTO - His leaguewide reputation may say otherwise, but Tim Thomas has calmed down his game. Thomas, widely known as an unorthodox goalie, has evolved into a more efficient butterfly p...
2008 Nov 19 Boston Bruins defeat Buffalo Sabres, 7-4
Now that's entertainment! Well . . . sort of . . . uh, kinda . . . OK, fine, I take that back. The Bruins' 7-4 thumping of the Sabres at the Garden last night was to good hockey wha...
2008 Nov 21 Boston Bruins defeat Florida Panthers, 4-2
The anticipated showdown takes place tonight at Bell Centre. A Montreal club that was thumped in its last meeting against the Bruins (a 6-1 thrashing that left defenseman Mike Komisare...
2008 Nov 22 Boston Bruins defeat Montreal Canadiens, 3-2
MONTREAL - With his team up one goal with just over three minutes remaining in regulation last night, Tim Thomas didn't think much of Montreal forward Tom Kostopoulos banging his stick on...
2008 Nov 26 Buffalo Sabres defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
BUFFALO - Just when it looked like maybe the Bruins could never lose again, they lost again, for the first time in about a month (in regulation time), but only by a goal. "Not bad," sa...
2008 Nov 28 Boston Bruins defeat New York Islanders, 7-2
On Monday, the Islanders swiped a 4-3 shootout win over the Canadiens at the Bell Centre, partly because Montreal defenseman Ryan O'Byrne shot the puck into his net in the third period wh...
2008 Nov 29 Boston Bruins defeat Detroit Red Wings, 4-1
Before last night's 4-1 win, a day after Claude Julien kept Patrice Bergeron out of the faceoff circle entirely, the center had a message for his coach: He was ready. "It's his decisio...
2008 Dec 4 Boston Bruins defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1
SUNRISE, Fla. - Johnny Boychuk's got some game, and the Bruins likely will want to see more of it tonight when they face the Panthers at BankAtlantic Center. Their back line dinged up ...
2008 Dec 6 Boston Bruins defeat Florida Panthers, 4-0
SUNRISE, Fla. - The wins keep rolling in, almost in early-'70s fashion, as if Espo and Bobby, Cash and Cheese were brought back as their confident, swashbuckling selves here in the New NH...
2008 Dec 8 Boston Bruins defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3
During a 4:02 span of the first period when Tampa Bay looked as lifeless and uninterested in the game of hockey as any club in the league could be, the Bruins poured three pucks past goal...
2008 Dec 10 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 3-1
WASHINGTON - One of the Capitals' most significant offseason moves was to sign ex-Montreal goalie Jose Theodore to a two-year, $9 million contract. But as often happens in this upside-dow...
2008 Dec 12 Boston Bruins defeat Atlanta Thrashers, 7-3
ATLANTA - Yes, the Bruins scored on their first two shots. Yes, they chased Thrashers starting goalie Ondrej Pavelec after they took a 3-0 first-period lead. Yes, they won their 20th game...
2008 Dec 13 Boston Bruins defeat Atlanta Thrashers, 4-2
Splicing wins together as if stringing popcorn and cranberries into Christmas garland, the Bruins put together another win last night, 4-2 over the Atlanta Thrashers, for their 11th conse...
2008 Dec 18 Boston Bruins defeat Toronto Maple Leafs, 8-5
The bottom line: The Bruins, putting up offensive numbers that belong in an Xbox console, scored an 8-5 blowout over Toronto last night before 17,565 at TD Banknorth Garden, stretching th...
2008 Dec 20 Boston Bruins defeat Carolina Hurricanes, 4-2
The Bruins continued their winning ways at the Garden yesterday, pinning a 4-2 loss on the Carolina Hurricanes, but they also continued to pay a steep price in terms of injury. A sello...
2008 Dec 21 Boston Bruins defeat St. Louis Blues, 6-3
What do Manny Legace, Vesa Toskala, and Ondrej Pavelec have in common? Within a 10-day span, all three goalies had to be pulled to prevent further scorching from the fiery Boston offen...
2008 Dec 23 Boston Bruins defeat New Jersey Devils, 2-0
NEWARK, N.J. - Matt Hunwick had gotten caught up ice. Dennis Wideman was backtracking. And the Devils were flying on a two-on-one, seemingly poised to crack a 0-0 deadlock late in the sec...
2008 Dec 27 Boston Bruins defeat Carolina Hurricanes, 4-2
RALEIGH, N.C. - It was not, by his own admission and that of his boss, the best night for Marc Savard. Last night before 16,705 at the RBC Center, Boston's No. 1 center and leading sco...
2008 Dec 28 Boston Bruins defeat Atlanta Thrashers, 2-1
ATLANTA - After last night's 2-1 win, Boston's eighth straight victory, Cam Neely entered the visiting dressing room, spotted Manny Fernandez, and stuck out his paw for the goalie to shak...
2008 Dec 30 Boston Bruins defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2
PITTSBURGH - As the player separated from Marc Savard and Phil Kessel in response to the threesome's struggles, Milan Lucic, dropped to the third line, appeared to be the most culpable fo...
2009 Jan 1 Boston Bruins defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2
For a team to roll off 10 straight wins and 14 consecutive victories at home, it has to make the plays that go unnoticed to be successful. Last night before 17,565 at TD Banknorth Gard...
2009 Jan 3 Buffalo Sabres defeat Boston Bruins, 4-2
For the first time in more than two months, the home dressing room at TD Banknorth Garden featured a most unusual characteristic. Silence. The Bruins room has been a jovial space fo...
2009 Jan 6 Minnesota Wild defeat Boston Bruins, 1-0
Even when teams are playing their best - and right now, the Bruins are a cut or two below their best - it's hard to look good against the Wild. "They're notorious for it," said Bruins ...
2009 Jan 8 Boston Bruins defeat Ottawa Senators, 6-4
After a two-goal burst to start the night devolved into giveaways, failed races for pucks, and ragged play, Claude Julien did what comes naturally to a coach disappointed with his team's ...
2009 Jan 10 Boston Bruins defeat Carolina Hurricanes, 5-1
The instant after Matt Hunwick crunched Justin Williams with a questionable open-ice hit late in the second period, the Bruins rookie defenseman understood that the Hurricanes would be se...
2009 Jan 13 Boston Bruins defeat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
During the second shift of the night, Tom Kostopoulos, Montreal's third-line grinder, tried to make a statement. Kostopoulos saw Zdeno Chara along the wall, whirred up his legs, and ch...
2009 Jan 15 Boston Bruins defeat New York Islanders, 2-1
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Short on bodies, and their emotions flatter than an IHOP mini-stack after Tuesday night's tussle with the archrival Canadiens, the Bruins put forth one of their weakest ...
2009 Jan 17 Washington Capitals defeat Boston Bruins, 2-1
WASHINGTON - Hockey can be a cruel game. On Thursday, Martin St. Pierre and his fourth-line mates executed a breakout and an offensive rush to score the winning goal against the Island...