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UCLA refocused on defense in road game against Northwestern
UCLA looks to salvage its final road trip of its inaugural Big Ten Conference season on Monday when the Bruins face recently surging Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.,UCLA (20-9, 11-7 Big Ten) suffered a major blow to its pursuit of a top-four seed and bye into the quarterfinals of the upcoming confere...
Filip Gustavsson, Wild eke out 1-0 win over Bruins
Filip Gustavsson pitched a 28-save shutout and Frederick Gaudreau scored the only goal of the game as the Minnesota Wild snapped their three-game skid with a 1-0 victory Sunday in Saint Paul, Minn.,Gaudreau's second tally in three games came at 5:01 of the second period and stood up as Gustavsson ma...
Wild look to halt skid, slow David Pastrnak, Bruins
The Minnesota Wild know that time is running short with 22 games left in the regular season.,The Wild also know that they are playing shorthanded without several prominent players, including top scorer Kirill Kaprizov and steady veteran Joel Eriksson Ek.,"We have no choice," forward Mats Zuccarello ...
David Pastrnak helps slumping Bruins dispatch Penguins
David Pastrnak extended his NHL-leading point streak to 17 games with a goal and an assist, and the Boston Bruins held off the host Pittsburgh Penguins to win 3-2 on Saturday.,Pastrnak scored Boston's opening goal and assisted on a Mason Lohrei power-play tally that extended the lead to 2-0 after on...
Bruins captain Brad Marchand leaves Penguins game with injury
Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is unlikely to return to Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins after suffering an upper-body injury in the first period.,Just 5:56 in, Marchand collided awkwardly with the Penguins' P.O Joseph. He came up slowly after being hit shoulder-first into the co...
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Braden Smith help No. 20 Purdue top UCLA
On the strength of a torrid 3-point shooting performance and a critical late run, No. 20 Purdue pulled out of a four-game tailspin with a 76-66 win over UCLA on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind.,The Boilermakers (20-9, 12-6 Big Ten) trailed 56-55 before Trey Kaufman-Renn made a pair of free throws with...
Bruins bid to halt slide in encounter vs. Penguins
The Boston Bruins take their playoff chase to the road for a key back-to-back this weekend, beginning with a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon.,Five consecutive one-goal losses (0-3-2) have dropped the Bruins to four points behind the final Eastern Conference wild-card posit...
Islanders snap skid while handing Bruins fifth straight loss
The New York Islanders used goals in each of the first two periods to break a four-game losing streak, beating the host Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.,Alexander Romanov and Kyle Palmieri scored New York's goals. Palmieri's tally at 4:21 of the second stood as the game-winner.,Islanders goalten...
Leafs come back from down 3-0, top Bruins in OT
Mitch Marner scored his second goal with 51.3 seconds left in overtime to lead the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs to a come-from-behind, 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.,Marner picked up a long Auston Matthews feed and deked Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman to slide home the deciding g...
Bruins host Maple Leafs amid trade-deadline decisions
It appears that the Boston Bruins may be preparing to take on a different role at the NHL trade deadline in less than two weeks.,The Bruins will need a strong showing in their six scheduled games before March 7 to possibly change that position, beginning with a Tuesday visit from the Toronto Maple L...
UCLA beats Ohio State for Mick Cronin's 500th victory
Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 points to lead UCLA to a 69-61 victory over Ohio State on Sunday in Los Angeles to give coach Mick Cronin his 500th career win.,At 53, Cronin is the youngest active coach to reach the milestone. He has 232 losses in his 22 seasons, the past six with UCLA.,Skyy Clark had 13 ...
Bruins GM: D Hampus Lindholm 'unlikely' to return this season
Boston Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm is "unlikely" to return to action this season as he works his way back from knee surgery, general manager Don Sweeney said on Sunday.,Per Sweeney, Lindholm will have another surgery next week related to the fractured patella tendon he sustained after blocking...
Leo Carlsson's OT goal lifts Ducks over Bruins
Leo Carlsson scored at 3:39 of overtime to lift the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory after the Boston Bruins rallied to tie late in the third period on Saturday night.,Carlsson, a 20-year-old who represented Sweden in the recent 4 Nations Face-Off, buried a rebound following Boston goaltender...
Brad Marchand, Bruins reclaim TD Garden for clash with Ducks
Two nights after TD Garden hosted the thrilling 4 Nations Face-Off finale, the Boston Bruins are going back to work on their Eastern Conference wild-card chase.,Boston begins the final stretch of the regular season Saturday with the first of a three-game homestand, facing an Anaheim Ducks team that ...
Bruins D Charlie McAvoy has 'significant' shoulder injury, still in hospital
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy is being treated for an infection and a "significant injury" to his right shoulder and remained in a Boston hospital Wednesday morning.,McAvoy suffered the injury in Team USA's first game in the 4 Nations Face-Off against Finland last Thursday and initially wa...
Team USA D Charlie McAvoy hospitalized, out for 4 Nations final
Team USA defenseman Charlie McAvoy was ruled out for Thursday's 4 Nations Face-Off final against Team Canada.,The Boston Bruins issued a statement confirming McAvoy's status on Tuesday, one day after he missed Team USA's 4 Nations Face-Off loss to Sweden. ,"Charlie was admitted to Massachusetts Gene...
Team USA D Charlie McAvoy hospitalized, out for Thursday's game
Team USA defenseman Charlie McAvoy was ruled out for Thursday's 4 Nations Face-Off final against Team Canada.,The Boston Bruins issued a statement confirming McAvoy's status on Tuesday after he missed Team USA's 4 Nations Face-Off loss to Sweden on Monday night. ,"Charlie was admitted to Massachuset...
Team USA D Charlie McAvoy reportedly hospitalized
Team USA defenseman Charlie McAvoy was admitted to Mass General Hospital on Monday night with an infection that stemmed from a previous upper-body injury, according to multiple reports Tuesday.,McAvoy, who plays for the Boston Bruins, was a central figure in the 4 Nations Face-Off win for Team USA o...
Mick Cronin goes for win No. 500 as UCLA welcomes Minnesota
UCLA coach Mick Cronin was initially surprised that his 83-year-old father was traveling from the Midwest to see the Bruins host Minnesota on Tuesday night in Big Ten play in Los Angeles.,Hep Cronin then spilled the beans -- informing his son that he will be attempting to post career win No. 500.,"I...
Battling illness, UCLA tries to extend win streak to 8 at Illinois
UCLA flies into Illinois riding a seven-game winning streak that nearly restored the Bruins to the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in a month.,The Bruins (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten), the first team listed outside the Top 25 in Monday's poll, face a few questions heading into their two-game Midwes...