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Former UMaine standout Jimmy Howard, Frans Nielsen help Red Wings beat Bruins

BOSTON — Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard looked like he had enough of Brad Marchand, looking to get at the Bruins’ forward after getting slashed. The rest of his Red Wings teammates had enough of losing in Boston, too. Frans Nielsen scored his first goal of the season to break a tie with 8:07 left in […]

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Bruins shake off Red Wings

DETROIT (AP) — Zach Trotman’s first career NHL goal couldn’t have come at a better time for the surging Boston Bruins. He scored with 2:08 remaining to lift the Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. Trotman’s wrist shot got between Petr Mrazek’s glove and jersey, and trickled past […]

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Hockey: Bruins ground Red Wings

BOSTON (AP) — Boston coach Claude Julien believes his team showed what it can do when it’s pushed into a tough spot. That added desire helped them come through a two-day test with consecutive victories. Daniel Paille scored twice, including once short-handed, and Brad Marchand also had a short-handed goal to lift the Bruins to […]

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B’s silence Wings in shootout

DETROIT (AP) — David Krejci and Reilly Smith both scored in regulation and again in the shootout as the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 Wednesday night. The Bruins outshot Detroit 35-18 in regulation, and Jimmy Howard made three key saves in overtime — the last to stop Torey Krug at point-blank range. […]

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Red Wings repel Bruins, 2-1

DETROIT — Gustav Nyquist’s power-play goal in the second period lifted Detroit to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night in the Red Wings’ season opener. Justin Abdelkader also scored for Detroit, which lost to the Bruins in the first round of last season’s playoffs. Patrice Bergeron scored Boston’s only goal Thursday. […]

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Wings wound Bruins in opener, 1-0

BOSTON (AP) — Pavel Datsyuk scored at 16:59 of the third period, moments after Jimmy Howard’s best save of the game, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the top-seeded Boston Bruins 1-0 in the opener of their Eastern Conference playoff series Friday night. The Bruins won the Presidents’ Trophy for the best record in the […]

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Red Wings take edge off Bruins

DETROIT (AP) — Gustav Nyquist broke a tie with 7:12 left in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night. Nyquist scored 1:42 after teammate Tomas Jurco tied the game. Jimmy Howard finished with 33 saves to seal the win. The NHL-leading and Atlantic […]

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Bernier helps Leafs to win over Wings in Winter Classic

Light snow swirled down in the Big House, making it tough to push the puck through piles of the white stuff on a sheet of ice where football is usually played. Teeth-chattering temperatures and a brisk wind were factors, too, that made the NHL’s Winter Classic much more of an event than a game. Tyler […]

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Red Wings pound Bruins

DETROIT (AP) — Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar each a goal and an assist in the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. Justin Abdelkader and Drew Miller and also scored for Detroit. Johan Franzen had three assists, Joakim Andersson two assists and Jonas Gustavsson made […]