The No. 6 seed Boston Bruins and the No. 7 seed Philadelphia Flyers begin their Eastern Conference semifinal...

BOSTON - The last time the Philadelphia Flyers met the Boston Bruins in the playoffs, it was a matchup between two physical teams — the Broad Street Bullies vs. the Big Bad Bruins.

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Upsets in the East put Pittsburgh in the driver’s seat to reach the Stanley Cup final for the third straight year.

WILMINGTON, Mass. - The Boston Bruins lost 10 straight games in one miserable stretch. They even lost 10 in a row at home. They didn't clinch a playoff berth until their next to last game.

Mark Messier has beefed up his blue-line for the upcoming IIHF World Hockey Championship, adding young defencemen Tyler Myers and Michael Del Zotto.

Captain Canada is heading back to the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

The New Jersey Devils are once again looking for a new head coach with the announcement Monday that Jacques Lemaire's second tenure is over after just one season.

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The Boston Bruins would love to finish off the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6 of their series this evening and a lot...

It was hardly a ringing endorsement for a guy previously described as an "elite center." In fact, Sabres general manager Darcy Regier's comment about Tim Connolly wasn't an endorsement at all.

Connolly, who led the Sabres in assists and was second in points, had just one assist in the playoffs. It led to a city-wide suggestion that Buffalo might trade the center, who has no goals in his last 23 playoff games. So Regier was asked if Connolly will be back in Blue and Gold next season.

"Oh, I don't know," Regier said. "Right now he's under contract, so I do expect him to be here."

It's a big change from February 2009, when Regier called Connolly an elite center as he signed him to a two-year, $9 million extension.

Thomas Vanek just has to tell his coach he's ready and he'll be back in the Buffalo Sabres lineup. Marc Savard must convince doctors and Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien that he is OK to play. At least Savard knows he'll have another chance to get back on the ice, even if he misses Monday night's game.

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff has left the decision with leading scorer Thomas Vanek to determine whether his sore left ankle is strong enough to play in Game 6 of the team's first-round playoff series at Boston on Monday. "He's close now. It's his decision whether he can play or not," Ruff said Sunday after Vanek took part in his second straight day of practice after missing the...

A dejected Daniel Alfredsson revealed after his Ottawa Senators were eliminated in six games by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night that he was playing hurt.

Marian Hossa went from third-period goat to overtime hero, scoring at 4:07 of sudden death to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 5-4 win over the visiting Nashville Predators in Game 5.

Lindy Ruff wasn't in the mood Saturday to instigate a debate over what the NHL deems to be an instigator penalty. The Buffalo Sabres coach will leave that definition to the league after it rescinded a one-game suspension to Zdeno Chara. It's a ruling that allows the Bruins captain to play in Game 6 of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series at Boston on Monday.

Chicago goaltender Antti Niemi caused one of the more unusual delays of game in recent NHL play when a puck went into his equipment and promptly disappeared.

When coach Joe Sacco takes his Colorado Avalanche onto home ice aturday for Game 6 against the San Jose Sharks (CBC Sports, CBCSports.ca, 10 p.m. ET), he's clear on what the fans will see.

When the fists began flying at the final horn, the fracas simply affirmed what the Buffalo Sabres already knew -- they had left an impression on the Boston Bruins. "I think they're a little disappointed and got some frustration out at the end, but that's to be expected," Sabres captain Craig Rivet said after Buffalo's 4-1 victory on Friday night.

Jason Pominville and Tyler Ennis each finished with a goal and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres easily avoided elimination in a 4-1 home victory over the Boston Bruins.