Savard won't have to be a hero

...Lucic joining Bergeron and Recchi, and Krejci, Ryder and Wheeler staying together. That left Daniel Paille, Shawn Thornton, Steve Begin and Vladimir Sobotka as candidates for fourth-line duty in St. Louis. Thomas testing...

Mailbag: Burning questions

Will the Bruins add more offense? Our mailbag has the answers.

Bucci's Mailbag: Hey, check out my new Whalers hat!

...that "C" off his sweater a couple of seasons back. Marleau skated with Dany Heatley and Joe Thornton during Team Canada's Olympic orientation camp practices. Although the three usually play together only on the...

Still no slap shots for Lucic

...it's time to bring in some practice goalies. Grasping at answers The line of wingers Shawn Thornton and Byron Bitz flanking Steve Begin has been particularly snake-bitten of late. Thornton and Bitz...

Player diary: Bruins winger Milan Lucic

ESPNBoston.com will be checking in throughout the season with Bruins left winger Milan Lucic, who discusses his upcoming return to the ice from a brok...

BOSTON - NOVEMBER 10: Shawn Thornton #22 of the Boston Bruins celebrates a goal with his teammates in the second period against...

Bruins' front line finally comes through

...line at both ends, everybody else was able to fall into place. Begin, Byron Bitz, and Shawn Thornton turned their body-banging into a goal. And the trio of Sobotka, Blake Wheeler, and Michael...

BOSTON - OCTOBER 31: Shawn Thornton #22 of the Boston Bruins skates with the puck against Jason Strudwick #43 of the Edmonton...

Thomas can't squeeze out win

...pinch in the offensive zone left the club down a defenseman by the time Bergfors beat Shawn Thornton down ice and fired the shot. On the second goal, there was nothing Zdeno Chara or...

Bruins rally from 2 down late, then win on Bergeron's shootout goal

Patrice Bergeron scored the lone shootout goal and the Bruins rallied late for a 4-3 victory over the Senators on Saturday night.

Bruins-Senators Preview

Bruins-Senators Preview

Marchand off to a good start

...less-than-stellar ice conditions. "My hands weren't ready for that," he said. … Forward Shawn Thornton missed the game with an undisclosed injury. Julien said that Thornton would accompany the team on...

Thomas, Begin lift Bruins over Predators on heels of Savard injury

Steve Begin got his first goal with Boston, getting the tiebreaker at 8:33 of the third period Wednesday night to lift the short-handed Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators.

Wideman likely in, Thornton out

...ready to return to the lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury. ... Winger Shawn Thornton hasn't practiced all week due to an undisclosed injury and he's "very doubtful" for...

Bruins go with a new-look lineup

...who was given Monday off, centered a line flanked by Marco Sturm and Mark Recchi. With Shawn Thornton given a second straight "maintenance day" by coach Claude Julien, the rest of the lines featured...