The Boston Bruins blew a two-goal lead late in the third period and eventually lost 6-5 in a shootout Saturday afternoon at the Canadian Tire Centre.

The Ottawa Senators had been told they would learn from the hard times and they’re finally starting to see some results.

Tim Stutzle scored in the shootout to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins. Leevi Merilainen, who made 23 saves in regulation and overtime, turned away all three Bruins skaters in the tiebreaker.

All the Boston Bruins had to do was hold on for a few more minutes. Leading by two goals, all that separated them from a massive win was one last late push by the Ottawa Senators. The Bruins did not make it.

If Bruins’ management does indeed decide to take the “retool” path at the trade deadline, then they may look back at Saturday’s game in Ottawa as the game that sent them down that road. In a wildly entertaining and raucous game,

Koepke's replacement will be determined shortly. Bruins head coach Joe Sacco said forward Mark Kastelic would be back in the lineup if he is given the green light to play by the medical team. If not, Oliver Wahlstrom will replace Koepke in the lineup.

But they could also get worse between now and the 2025 NHL trade deadline, and that’s something that Bruins president Cam Neely addressed Wednesday night. “I think, right now, we’ve gotta look at two paths: one that we’re buying and one that we may just be retooling a little bit,

For this contest against the Lightning, the Bruins are going to have a far different-looking lineup. At morning skate, recent call

Early on in the game, the Bruins and the Cats were very clearly interested in hurting each other rather than scoring the opening goal, and the Bruins capitalized on a holding penalty against Antony Lundell;

OTTAWA, Ontario — In a matchup of teams fighting for position at the tail end of the Eastern Conference playoff structure, the Bruins dropped a 6-5 shootout decision to the Senators on Saturday at Canadian Tire Centre.

THROUGH GAMES OF SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 2025

Under duress from Charlie Coyle, Victor Hedman lost the puck just inside his left point position and Poitras pounced on it, bursting up ice on a 2-on-1. He smartly waited out Nick Perbix’s belly-flop slide and made a pretty pass around the defenseman’s skates to Trent Frederic for a redirection at 4:24, Frederic’s seventh of the year.