The Bruins have done little to inspire confidence that a late-season surge into the postseason is in the cards. Since Neely’s comments, the Bruins are 3-3-1, dropping back-to-back games against the Sabres and Jets this week by a combined score of 13-4.

The Boston Bruins suffered an embarrassing 7-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 28. With the Sabres at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, this was a winnable game for Boston, but they were blown out instead.

Before the Western Conference leader Winnipeg faces the best team in the Eastern Conference on Saturday, the Bruins will give them a pitstop in Boston.

Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm had goals for the Bruins, who have lost two in a row. Joonas Korpisalo finished with 21 saves.

At the time of this article, they hold the top wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with a one ... like the Bruins would consider trading Brad Marchand. Shinzawa writes: “Putting Marchand ...

Brad Marchand is No. 5 on the Boston Bruins ... They have the second-worst goal differential in the Eastern Conference. Elias Lindholm, their $54.25 million offseason signing, is their No ...

Brad Marchand is one of ... the Bruins fell out of playoff position in the Eastern Conference and trail Ottawa by one point in the standings.

But even with Boston reeling after coughing up a two-goal lead to Ottawa in the third period, Brad Marchand didn’t touch the ice in the extra frame at Canadian Tire Centre. Without Marchand ...

It was another disheartening defeat for Boston, one that saw team captain Brad Marchand get benched in overtime. While Marchand was far from the only player to show a lack of effort on defense in ...

The B’s erased a two-goal deficit early in the third period, only to give up two goals to the Western Conference-Winnipeg Jets in 42 seconds and three in the first 5:56 of the third. The Jets then cruised to a 6-2 victory over the B’s.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season in likely his final game in Montreal, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night. The 40-year-old Fleury, from Sorel-Tracy about 50 miles northeast of Montreal,

No. 2 Michigan State allowed two goals in the third period in a 4-2 loss against No. 11 Ohio State on Thursday at Value City Arena.