Marco Sturm News

With the No. 1 line misfiring against Toronto and Chicago, Claude Julien will shake up the unit once more tonight, replacing Michael Ryder with Steve Begin.

Tim Thomas provided a breath of fresh air for the struggling Boston Bruins. Thomas stopped 29 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as the Bruins halted a four-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday.

On paper, the talent level of the Bruins [ team stats ] right now just isn't as good as last season's, with Phil Kessel [ stats ] , Chuck Kobasew and other useful players gone, and Milan Lucic and other key guys out of action with injuries.

Home Team: Toronto Maple Leafs By: Andrew Kavanagh Toronto Maple Leafs Examiner Toronto is hoping that home ice will make the difference against Boston.

AP Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane falls over Boston Bruins left wing Marco Sturm during 1 hr 23 mins ago CHICAGO Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews scored shootout goals Friday night, spoiling an otherwise outstanding game for Boston goalie Tim Thomas and leading the surging Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-4 victory over the Bruins .

There have been signs recently that one of the finest attributes of last season's Bruins - scoring depth - was returning.

The Avs saw the future Hall of Fame defenseman as a missing piece. Though they didn't win the Cup that season, Bourque immersed himself in the team's culture for the full campaign of 2000-01. The desire to win one for the highly-regarded veteran served as a rallying point.

Written by Associated Press on Dec 13th, 2009 and filed under Featured , Sports .

Frans Nielsen scored 24 seconds into overtime to give New York a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, snapping the Islanders ' losing streak at three games.

During last night's second intermission, when his players returned to the dressing room with a 3-0 lead, coach Claude Julien reminded the Bruins that the Maple Leafs weren't going to tuck their tails and whimper out of TD Garden in the third period.

After a two-goal game on Thursday night, Mark Recchi now has seven points in his last five contests.

The Boston Bruins will be aiming for a repeat of recent history when the current Northeast Division leaders host another go-around with the rival Toronto Maple Leafs this evening at TD Garden.

D Mike Van Ryn BRUINS INJURIES LW Milan Lucic NOTES Leafs will start G Joey MacDonald again with Vesa Toskala 's return from injury put off.

They allowed 10 power-play goals in the first seven games as the team went an uninspiring 3-4. But before the "why did they ever let P.J. Axelsson and Stephane Yelle go" lament could gain traction, the B's suddenly snapped out of it.

Michael Cammalleri celebrated the Canadiens' 100th birthday with his second hat trick of the season.

It was a tough night to be a Leafs fan... Midway through the third period it became painfully clear why Boston is first place in the Northeast division and why Toronto is dead last.

BOSTON Phil Kessel had hoped for better in his first game in Boston in a Maple Leaf uniform.

He didn't stand up in front of his locker and announce to the world he'd been vindicated.

This was not the first time in the last century that the Bruins [ team stats ] played a game like this against the Canadiens.

The second-line and Mark Recchi are scorching-hot as of late. www.onnhl.com Ask any NHL player and he'll tell you, the key to winning games is in a full team effort.