It’s too early in a best-of-seven series to call anything a crushing defeat, but the method of the loss was ego-flattening.

BUFFALO -- The Buffalo Sabres shocked the Boston Bruins by scoring three goals in a 4:34 span late in the third period en route to a 4-3 come-from-behind win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round at KeyBank Center on Sunday.

It will be quite the scene in Buffalo on Sunday. Playing their first postseason game in 15 years, the Buffalo Sabres will have a raucous crowd behind them as they take on the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of Round 1.

Paval Zacha scored 38 seconds into overtime, David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists and the Boston Bruins rallied for a 4-3 win over the Atlantic Division-leading Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night. Casey Mittelstadt scored with six minutes remaining to ...

But winning could help the Bruins secure Toronto’s first-round draft pick. As part of last year’s Brandon Carlo trade, Boston gets the Maple Leafs pick unless it’s in the top five. Heading into Tuesday’s action, Toronto was in the fifth spot. So the Bruins are rooting for a Leafs’ win.

The No. 1-seeded UCLA Bruins won their first ever women's NCAA Tournament championship Sunday, taking down fellow top seed South Carolina in a 79-51 blowout.

Mark Kastelic scored twice, and Jeremy Swayman posted a 21-save shutout – his second of the season – en route to the dominant victory, which saw the Bruins hit the 100-point mark for the first time since the 2023-24 campaign.

The Bruins ended the regular season with the all-important VIBES in a much better place, thanks to a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. The B’s jumped out to a 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game and never looked back,