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The NHL on Friday suspended Boston Bruins forward David Backes three games without pay for what the league called "an illegal check to the head" of New Jersey Devils forward Blake Coleman. The hit happened during the Devils' 5-2 victory in Boston on Thursday. With two minutes remaining in the game, Backes skated from the left circle into the slot and put his shoulder into Coleman's face as Coleman cleared the puck. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 10:14:pm EST

Flat' loss with almost full Bruins lineup shows they still have work to do originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com BOSTON – Well, the Bruins learned the hard way they're still going to have to grind even if they have close to their full roster back. On a night where Zdeno Chara, Kevan Miller and Jake DeBrusk returned from injuries and gave Boston close to a full, healthy roster for the first time in months, the Bruins didn't look like an energized group buoyed by their returning players. Instead, it looked like a team that thought they'd simply roll over the underachieving New Jersey Devils now that most of their pieces were back where they'd been envisioned to be earlier in the season. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 12:29:am EST

Celtics can't contain James Harden in loss to Rockets originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com 1:30 - Kyle Draper, Brain Scalabrine and A. Sherrod Blakely break down the Celtics' loss to the Houston Rockets and discuss James Harden's dominating performance and how Boston was unable to defend him all night. With talk of Rob Gronkowski retiring in the air, Tom Giles, Chris Gasper and Phil Perry discuss Gronk's future and what the Patriots need to do to keep him in Foxboro. Rich Keefe and DJ Bean discuss how Zdeno Chara's return to the Bruins lineup was spoiled by the New Jersey Devils and debate if the loss paints a bigger picture for the team moving forward. Continue to Article

December 28, 2018 12:03:am EST

It’s been a busy few months for Martin Brodeur. In August, he left his position as St. Louis Blues assistant general manager to take on the role of executive vice president of business development with the New Jersey Devils, the franchise that he spent 1,259 of his 1,266 NHL games with. A little over two months later he was inducted as part of the 2018 Hockey Hall of Fame class. “I think the fact that I played the game of hockey, I think there’s a lot of value for the business people here to kind of pick my brain about what the game’s all about, what the players are comfortable and not comfortable to do,” Brodeur said. Continue to Article

December 27, 2018 5:32:pm EST

When Taylor Hall was asked in the offseason who is the toughest goalie to play against, he'd say Sergei Bobrovsky. Bobrovsky made 39 saves, Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory. ''I don't know if it's just like us he plays like that.'' Hall said. Continue to Article

December 23, 2018 4:57:pm EST