BOSTON (CBS) — The Bruins made their first move of the offseason on Monday. Two days after the team was knocked out of the NHL Playoffs, Boston signed defenseman Jakub Zboril to a two-year contract extension. The deal will have an annual cap hit of $1,137,500, GM Don Sweeney announced Monday. The 25-year-old blueliner missed the majority of the 2021-22 season after he suffered a torn ACL in December. He was limited to just 10 games with the Bruins, tallying three assists to go with 24 hits while averaging 15:44 of ice time. But Boston has not yet lost faith in Zboril, who was drafted by the Br ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS) — The Bruins played well at home throughout their first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, but they could never find an answer in Raleigh. And now, their season has come to an end. The Hurricanes defeated Boston 3-2 in Game 7 of their first-round matchup Saturday at PNC Arena. The B’s, despite winning all three of their games at TD Garden during the best-of-seven series, fall in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2017. The Canes took the early lead with under 1:30 left in the first period. Teuvo Teravainen scored right in ..read more

BOSTON (CBS) — When Hampus Lindholm took the ice for Monday’s optional skate in Brighton, there was some hope that he could maybe suit up for the Bruins in Tuesday night’s Game 5 against the Hurricanes. Those hopes have been dashed. Lindholm did not travel to Raleigh and has been ruled out for Tuesday night’s tilt. The defenseman has not been cleared to return after taking a massive hit in Game 2. With Charlie McAvoy also sidelined for Boston, as he remains in COVID-19 protocols, the Bruins had Matt Grzelcyk and Brandon Carlo making up their top defensive pairing at Tuesday’s morning skate ..read more

BOSTON (CBS) — Tony DeAngelo has very quickly become the subject of many fans’ ire in Boston, a reality that was evident when Bruins fans heartily booed the Carolina defenseman every time he touched the puck during Sunday’s Game 4. While the boos were impossible to miss, DeAngelo doesn’t believe the volume was all that loud at the TD Garden. Speaking to the media between Games 4 and 5, DeAngelo took an unprompted shot at the rowdiness — or perceived lack thereof — from the Boston crowd. “There’s no panic in our locker room, 2-2 series and we’re back in front of a much louder building than was ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho and Nino Niederreiter each scored twice and the Carolina Hurricanes overcame the early loss of goalie Antti Raanta to beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in the first-round series. Jesper Fast had the game’s first goal for Carolina in another strong offensive showing to start this series. Rookie goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov came on in relief of Raanta to finish with 29 saves. Game 3 is Friday night in Boston. The Hurricanes also played with a physical edge against a Boston team that has knocked them out of the playoffs twice in three po ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis and Nino Niederreiter scored second-period goals and Antti Raanta was strong in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Monday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Raanta had 35 saves in his first career postseason start with No. 1 goaltender Frederik Andersen sidelined by injury. He held up against Boston’s game-opening surge to keep Carolina in it before Jarvis and Niederreiter scored roughly two minutes apart in the second period to break a scoreless tie. Carolina never surrendered that lead. Teuvo Teravainen and Vin ..read more

BOSTON (CBS) — On Friday, it was determined that the Boston Bruins will be facing the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Saturday, the schedule for the series was released. It goes as follows: Game 1: Monday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in North Carolina Game 2: Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. in North Carolina Game 3: Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. in Boston Game 4: Sunday, May 8 at 12:30 p.m. in Boston Game 5: Tuesday, May 10 at TBD (TBD) Game 6: Thursday, May 12 at TBD (TBD) Game 7: Saturday, May 14 at TBD (TBD) This will be the third playoff meeting between Boston and Carolin ..read more

BOSTON (CBS) — It’s official: The Boston Bruins will be facing the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That matchup wasn’t determined until the very end of the regular season on Friday night, with Boston ending up as the top wild card team in the East. With Carolina being the division winner with the second-highest point total in the Eastern Conference, the matchup was set. (There was a chance entering Friday’s games that the Bruins would move into third place in the Atlantic, thus setting up a first-round matchup against Toronto.) This will be the third playoff ..read more

BOSTON (CBS) — It’s no secret that a lot of players in the NHL really don’t like playing against Brad Marchand. The Bruins winger does an incredible job getting under the skin of anyone who isn’t wearing a spoked-B on their sweater. But that doesn’t mean those very players wouldn’t jump at the chance to share the ice with Marchand. That much is clear in this year’s NHLPA poll, which was released Wednesday. With 566 players on all 32 teams participating anonymously, Marchand was the top answer when asked they were asked “Which player do you least enjoy playing against, but would like to have on ..read more

BOSTON (AP) — Jake DeBrusk snapped a 2-2 tie in the second period, Linus Ullmark made 19 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Tuesday night to clinch the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. DeBrusk scored the eventual game-winner when he slammed home the rebound of a Brad Marchand shot at 4:59. Ullmark is 5-1 in his last eight appearances and has only allowed 10 goals in that span. Erik Haula and Taylor Hall scored six seconds apart in the first period and Marchand notched his 32nd goal late in the third for Boston, which will travel to Carolina in the first roun ..read more