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How amazing was that Boston Bruins come-from-behind Game 7 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night? The Elias Sports Bureau provided us with this perspective: The Bruins are the first team in NHL history to win a Game 7 after trailin...

If the Los Angeles Lakers do the improbable -- the very, very improbable -- they would join quite the exclusive club. Ditto the Boston Celtics (or the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks or Milwaukee Bucks). And over in hockey, there'...

Penguins 1, Canadiens 0 * Penguins: won 13 straight games (tied for 5th-longest streak in NHL history, 2nd-longest streak in franchise history) * Sidney Crosby (PIT): 15th goal this season (6 goals, 17 assists during 13-game win streak) * Penguins...

Elsa/Getty ImagesTim Thomas is looking to become the first goalie in NHL history to record three Game 7 shutouts.The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins will play the 141st Game 7 in the history of the NHL playoffs Wednesday, with two more Game 7s ...

The Boston Bruins aren't just back. They have achieved at a historic level in the month of November, taking points in all 13 games and outscoring opponents 59-25. The Bruins hadn't taken points in 13 straight games since 1983, and hadn't played a ful...

Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks (series tied at 3), 8 p.m. ET This is the 16th Game 7 in Stanley Cup finals history and the sixth since 2000. Boston has never played in a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup finals. Vancouver is 0-1 in Game 7s in the...

Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins (Canucks lead 3-2), 8 p.m. ET The Canucks are one win away from winning their first Stanley Cup. In 1994, they lost to the Rangers in the Cup finals in Game 7. The Bruins have never played a Game 7 in the Cu...

Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks (Series tied at 2), 8 p.m. ET The Bruins outscored the Canucks 12-1 in the past two games. This is the largest goal differential in a two-game span in Stanley Cup finals history, according to Elias. For the ...

BOSTON -- A handful of statistical notes and trends from a tremendous period of hockey by the Boston Bruins. After scoring two total goals in the previous two games, they scored four goals in the period to jump to a 4-0 lead: * Andrew Ference's go...

Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins (Canucks lead 2-0), 8 p.m. ET Every Stanley Cup finals series since the lockout ended in 2005 has seen the home team take a 2-0 series lead. The 2009 Red Wings are the only ones that lost the series. Since t...

Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks (Canucks lead 1-0), 8 p.m. ET Teams that have gone up 2-0 in the Stanley Cup finals since expansion in the 1967-68 season have gone on to win the series 25 of 27 times. The team that wins Game 1 has won the ...

Vancouver Canucks forward Raffi Torres scored with 18.5 seconds remaining in the third period to give his team a 1-0 lead over the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's the latest regulation goal in a 1-0 ...

Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks, 8 p.m. ET The team that has won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals went on to win the Cup 77.5 percent of the time. When the home team won Game 1, it won the series 86.3 percent of the time. When the road team wo...

No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning at No. 2 Boston Bruins (series tied at 3), 8 p.m. ET Since the NHL went to a seven-game series in all four rounds, no team has won two Game 7s in advancing to the Stanley Cup finals, then won the title. Both Boston and T...

No. 3 Boston Bruins at No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning (Series tied at 1), 8 p.m. ET Boston's Tyler Seguin is the first NHL player to record six or more points in his first two career playoff games since 1982 when Barry Pederson (7), Dale Hawerchuk (6)...

Since 1980, there has been only one year in which there were three sweeps in the conference semifinals. In 1995, the Flyers (versus the Rangers), Red Wings (versus the Sharks) and Blackhawks (versus Canucks) all swept their way into the conference fi...