BOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins made up for a slow start with an impressive finish.Patrice Bergeron played a key role.Bergeron score two of
Boston’s three goals in the third period
Youth Dustin Byfuglien Jersey , and the Bruins pulled away from the Calgary Flames for a 5-2 win on Tuesday night.Boston held Calgary to 17 shots in the
last 40 minutes and scored four straight goals after falling behind 2-1.”We
played much more to our style of play, how we want to wear teams down and
eventually get our looks,” coach Bruce Cassidy said.”That’s essentially what we
asked our group to be after the first period. Let’s just play hard, get back to
competing hard and winning pucks, getting there first. If you’re not getting
there first, arrive ornery and I thought we did a good job.”Riley Nash also
scored twice and David Backes had two assists for the Bruins, who won for the
sixth time in seven games. Zdeno Chara had an empty-net goal and Tuukka Rask
stopped 27 shots.”I thought the last 40 minutes were the way we want to play,”
Bergeron said. ”That’s heavy team that’s got a lot of skills. It’s going to
happen. You’re not going to dominate and be at your best all the time.”Calgary
had won four of five. Sam Bennett and Johnny Gaudreau scored for the Flames, and
David Rittich had 35 saves.Down 4-2, the Flames gambled by pulling Rittich for
an extra skater and Chara made them play with an end-to-end shot with 3:46 left
to play.After coming up empty on five power-play opportunities, the Flames felt
they cost themselves a chance at a point or two in the fifth of six straight on
the road.”We’ve just got to better obviously on special teams,” said Flames
captain Mark Giordano, who assisted on Gaudreau’s goal. ”We had our looks on the
power play. We had some good kills early but at the end of the day not good
enough.”The Flames wrap up the long trip Thursday at Nashville.Boston jumped in
front on Nash’s ninth goal just 28 seconds into the game, but Bennett got his
eighth of the season at 2:03 and Gaudreau stuffed in a rebound at 9:12 to put
Calgary up 2-1.Nash tied it with 3:40 left in the second, and Boston regained
the lead 1:15 into the third period when Bergeron scored on the power play.
Bergeron took a long pass through center ice from Torey Krug and beat Rittich
with a wrist shot to the stick side.It was the 26th goal of the season for
Bergeron, who added No. 27 at 9:19 when he tipped in a shot from Brad Marchand
after blocking a shot in Boston’s own zone and starting the Bruins on an odd-man
rush the other way.”You always try to take care of the D-zone first and then you
can think offense,” Bergeron said. ”Obviously after that we were able to sustain
some pressure and eventually get the goal.”NOTES: Nash’s two goals gave him 10
for the season, tying the career high he set with Carolina in 2013-2014. … The
Bruins honored the 40th anniversary of the 1977-78 lineup that featured 11
players who scored 20 or more goals. Ten members of the team were introduced in
a pregame ceremony along with former coach Don Cherry. … Rittich was making just
his 11st start of the season. G Mike Smith is day to day with a lower-body
injury that forced him to leave Sunday’s win against the Islanders in New York
with 2 seconds remaining. … The Flames were without F Troy Brouwer
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7HKN–GOLDEN KNIGHTS’ STUNNING SEASONThe NHL wanted the Vegas Golden Knights to
be competitive, but no one expected them to turn up this kind of magic on and
off the Las Vegas Strip. Vegas is already the most successful first-year
expansion franchise in league history and looks like a serious Stanley Cup
contender as a result of shrewd moves by general manager George McPhee, the
coaching of Gerard Gallant and career seasons out of several players. What once
looked like a team playing over its head during a hot start has become a
sustainable success that has made the Golden Knights one of the best in the NHL
right now. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos, video by
5 a.m. on Wednesday.THURSDAY, Feb. 8BLACK HISTORY-GAME CHANGERS-JOHNSONThere was
no more potent or more closely guarded symbol of white domination at the turn of
the 20th Century than the title of heavyweight champion of the world. Then
32-year-old Jack Johnson stepped into the ring. By AP Sports Writer Kareem
Copeland. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos and video by 3 a.m. Eastern on
Thursday.FRIDAY, Feb. 9BBO–FOOTBALL TRAININGLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – In the
shadows of Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Carlos Gonzalez, Martin Prado
Josh Morrissey Jersey , Jordan Schafer and several other Major League Baseball stars train alongside football players – using similar methods. Under the
guidance of a former NFL strength and conditioning coach, baseball players do
football cutting drills and lifting to prepare for spring training and the
season. By Stephen Whyno. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos, video by 5 a.m. on
Friday, Feb. 9.BKC–THE LOW-MAJORS-SLIM MARGINSACRAMENTO, California- Sacramento
State appeared to have the type of team that could break the school’s NCAA
Tournament drought in 2015-16. When senior point guard Cody Demps went down with
an injury, those hopes disappeared in a hurry. Unlike the bigger schools in
Division I college basketball that just bring another talented player off the
bench, small programs like Sac State have a razor thin margin for error. By
Basketball Writer John Marshall. UPCOMING: 1,000 words, photos by 12 p.m.
Friday.BBO-SPRING TRAININGBaseball enters its most unsettled spring training
since 1995, with more than 100 free agents still on the market as players and
Major League Baseball feud publicly about riches and rules. J.D. Martinez, Eric
Hosmer, Mike Moustakas and Jake Arrieta were among the most prominent players
still seeking jobs, and the players’ association could open its own camp for the
unemployed. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by noon
Friday.MONDAY, Feb. 12BLACK HISTORY-GAME CHANGERS-ALIMuhammad Ali knew he didn’t
have much time left. His career was at stake but more importantly, so was his
freedom as he awaited the day he would formally refuse to be inducted in the
armed forces of the United States. Ali embarked on a grand tour from a soccer
stadium in England to the Astrodome in Houston to make some money before his
fighting days came to an end. He would need it, because his refusal to be
drafted ended up costing the heavyweight champion three years during what would
have been the prime of his career. By Tim Dahlberg. UPCOMING: 900
words
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CHANGERS-MUTED ERABlack athletes become superstars, signing lucrative
endorsement deals and gaining tremendous popularity among whites. They become
saturated in pop culture. And with so much to lose, some of the most prominent
athletes became voiceless, not speaking out on societal woes and not willing to
take a stand. O.J. Simpson. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. Rodney King’s brutal
beating creates an outcry about police brutality. So much so that when Simpson
is charged with murder, his trial will divide the country and stir racial
tensions. Woods bursts onto the golf scene, destroying records held by whites.
He was heralded by blacks, but wants to make sure he paid respects to his
mother’s Asian heritage. By Jesse J. Holland. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos, video
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