After a rough stretch, the Boston Bruins are now keeping pace in the wild-card race. Superstar forward David Pastrnak is playing his best hockey of the season, and the Bruins are reaping the rewards.

The B’s lost a third period lead and coughed up the game-winner on a shorthanded goal by Chris Kreider, losing to the New York Rangers, 3-2, at Madison Square Garden.

Second Period_1, N.Y. Rangers, Panarin 23 (Zibanejad), 6:07. 2, Boston, Pastrnak 28 (McAvoy, Zacha), 15:03. 3, Boston, Lindholm 10 (Zadorov, Marchand), 15:19. Penalties_Geekie, BOS (Tripping), 7:36; ...

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The Tampa Bay Lightning have assigned forward Conor Geekie to the Syracuse Crunch, it was announced Tuesday. Geekie, who was ...

The Bruins scored a pair of second-period goals and Jeremy Swayman made them hold up with a 33-save shutout for a 3-0 victory ...

Charlie McAvoy got his 299th career point with a goal in the second period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third ...

Jeremy Swayman pitched a 35-save shutout and Charlie McAvoy scored the eventual game-winning goal as the Boston Bruins beat ...

Power-play opportunities_Minnesota 0 of 4; Boston 0 of 3. Goalies_Minnesota, Fleury 11-6-1 (35 shots-32 saves). Boston, Swayman 18-17-4 (35-35). A_17,850 (17,565). T_2:29.

If you’re a huge Trent Frederic fan, you might want to pull on your replica No. 11 Bruins sweater more frequently this month.

BOSTON — Charlie McAvoy got his 299th career point with a goal in the second period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota Wild ...

Charlie McAvoy got his 299th career point with a goal in the second period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third ...