Matt Poitras

Young Boston Bruins Center Shining in Providence

For the last two seasons, the Boston Bruins have needed young center Matt Poitras to learn on the fly in the National Hockey League. The team has lacked a quality playmaking center and Poitras fits that profile, even at 20 years of age. Last season, Poitras could only either play in the NHL or go […]

Boston Bruins Assign Matt Poitras to AHL

This afternoon, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced that he had assigned forward prospect Matt Poitras to the Providence Bruins of the AHL. Poitras is in his second season with the Bruins, although his first season was cut short by a shoulder injury that saw him out the remainder of the year. After a […]

NHL Game Recap: Maple Leafs Shutout The Bruins 4-0, Stolarz Makes 29 Saves

After two straight losses, Anthony Stolarz and the Maple Leafs shutout the Bruins at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday, November 5th. The Bruins had just broken a two-game losing streak when they shutout both the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken. Toronto scored four goals on Jeremy Swayman and the Bruins – Morgan Rielly, Matthew Knies, William […]

NHL Game Recap: Swayman And The Bruins Shutout Kraken 2-0

The Bruins secured their second-straight shutout win on Sunday, November 3rd at TD Garden where they hosted the Seattle Kraken to give them their third straight loss after the Kraken had a huge 8-2 victory against the Montreal Canadiens on October 29th. Boston had shutout the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Saturday, then shutout the Kraken […]

NHL Game Recap: Bruins Get Shutout By Flyers 2-0

After breaking their three-game losing streak when they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, October 26th, the Bruins took on the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden on Tuesday, getting shutout 2-0 by the Flyers. It was an unfortunate loss for Boston, especially after they had just put an end to their […]

NHL Game Recap: Stars Dominate, Defeating The Bruins 5-2

Dallas Stars Lineup: Robertson – Hintz – Stankoven Benn – Johnston – Dadonov Marchment – Duchene – Seguin Back – Steel – Blackwell Heiskanen – Dumba Harley – Lyubushkin Lindell – Lundkvist DeSmith Oettinger Boston Bruins Lineup: Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak Frederic – Coyle – Koepke Geekie – Zacha – Poitras Beecher – Kastelic […]

NHL Game Recap: Bruins Earn 1st Road Victory Of The Season, Defeating Avalanche 5-3

The Bruins played the Avalanche in Colorado on Wednesday, October 16th, at Ball Arena. They secured their first road win of the season with a 5-3 final. This is the fourth game straight since the beginning of the season where the Avalanche takes an unfortunate loss. Cole Koepke, Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm, and […]

NHL Game Recap: Boston Bruins Lose 4-3 Against Florida Panthers

On Monday, the Bruins took on the Florida Panthers in Boston at TD Garden. The Panthers secured a 4-3 win, both Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell each scoring two goals for Florida. Johnny Beecher, Brandon Carlo, and Mason Lohrei all scored for the Bruins… Mark Kastelic recorded three assists. The Panthers were playing without captain […]

NHL Game Recap: Pastrnak Scores Game-Winner In OT, Bruins Defeat Kings 2-1

The Bruins hosted the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, October 12th at the TD Garden and defeated the Kings in overtime. Elias Lindholm had scored the game-tying goal, and Jeremy Swayman made a total of 33 saves for the Bruins. David Pastrnak has scored in each of the Bruins’ first three games, and he ranks […]

Analyzing the Boston Bruins Opening Night Lineup: Is There Enough Offense?

The Boston Bruins open the 2024-25 season Tuesday night in Sunrise, Florida against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers with optimism and anticipation. Key offseason additions Elias Lindholm at center and Nikita Zadorov on defense fill two important needs for a Bruins team that has been eliminated in the postseason by the Panthers in […]