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The Bruins will be at home this week, hosting the Sharks on Tuesday and the Islanders on Thursday:
- When we left off... on Saturday, the Bruins' defensemen peppered the Sabres, and Niklas Svedberg earned his first shutout win. Kevan Miller was injured in a post-fight fall. (with videos) [Boston.com]
- Take three... interesting points from the game. [ESPN]
- Chris Kelly is doing a good job of justifying being retained, and his third line has been a bright spot for the Bruins so far. [BleacherReport]
- It is a unique division of a center's usual responsibilities between Kelly and Carl Soderberg that has been the success of the line as a whole. [WEEI]
- Soderberg has been impressive, and he will likely earn a big payout. [MetroWestDailyNews]
- Zdeno Chara is very fit man. Even so, as he gets older, his training focus has changed. [WEEI]
- Meanwhile, the Providence Bruins bested the Portland Pirates yesterday with Jeremy Smith in net, [Providence Journal] marking three games in three days for David Pastrnak, who is still near the top the AHL in scoring. [ProvidenceJournal]
- The key ongoing problem for the Bruins is in boosting the pipeline. Drafting has been problematic. [BostonHerald]
- These youth players got to ask Patrice Bergeron their burning questions. One lad, wearing #86 for the Belmont Rangers, is aptly named. (Video, 4:28) [NESN]
- Meanwhile, these juvenile delinquents got their photo op with Bergeron all wrong! (Video, 0:31) [YouTube]
Elsewhere around the rink:
- What's My Line? Show a random person a photo of Phil Kessel, and let them guess his occupation. Hilarity ensues. [WingingItInMotown]
- Are you following the funniest hockey Twitters? [Sportsnet]
- Canadiens players read mean Tweets aloud, and they look genuinely hurt as a result. (Video, 1:35) [YouTube]
- the LA Kings ' Slava Voynov has been suspended following a domestic violence arrest. [TheScore]
- Review the week that was in the NHL, from unfortunate Capitals backdrops to revisiting the story of a goalie whose perfect 1.000% save percentage somehow doesn't jibe with the number 1 logged in his loss column. [Grantland]
- Here's the NHL honor roll of players who are successful at drawing penalties. [Sportsnet]
- Scott Bakula plays a bit of hockey, and has since he was a little kid, which involved waiting for ponds to freeze back home in St. Louis. [TheHockeyNews]
- A class action lawsuit has now been filed over Junior Hockey compensation. [TheStar]