Eastern Conference finals breakdown: Boston Bruins versus Tampa Bay Lightning
The Eastern Conference finals matchup between the Bruins and Lightning features two teams with good to great balance up front, but which club will win?
View ArticleLucic, B's trending down as playoffs loom
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- If, as expected, Boston Bruins power forward Milan Lucic has not merely played his way down the lineup but out of it altogether, ...
View ArticleIn clinching home ice, Pens exposed Bruins' weaknesses
In an emotionally charged arena, the Bruins looked like the better team for half the game, but Pittsburgh's depth allowed the Pens to not only overtake Boston but also to clinch home ice for the...
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Burnside: Five top storylines
Just about anything can happen in the playoffs, and Scott Burnside offers up his five most intriguing storylines of the postseason.
View Article2013 Stanley Cup playoffs - Highs and lows from the second round
From the Penguins' offensive clinic to Raffi Torres' hit, the second round of the NHL Playoffs had a little for everyone to enjoy, or not, Scott Burnside writes.
View Article2013 Stanley Cup playoffs - Burnside - Jarome Iginla simply happy to be in...
For years the face of the Calgary Flames, veteran forward Jarome Iginla finds that he fits well in Pittsburgh, too, writes Scott Burnside
View Article2013 Stanley Cup playoffs - Burnside - A tale of two hits
Matt Cooke's hit on Adam McQuaid earned him a five-minute major and a game misconduct, but the hit wasn't much different from the one Brad Marchand put on James Neal, writes Scott Burnside
View ArticleSimply shocking to see Pens in such peril
PITTSBURGH -- Everything we thought we knew about these Eastern Conference finals and how they might play out has now been blown to smithereens. Ka...
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Five ways the Pittsburgh Penguins can bounce back against...
The Penguins have stumbled badly so far against the Bruins, and Scott Burnside offers up five ways Pittsburgh can get back into the series.
View ArticlePens' best wasn't enough to beat hot Bruins
BOSTON -- There is nowhere quite like the dressing room of a team that has gone down 3-0 in a best-of-seven playoff series. There is especially not...
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Burnside: Are the Pittsburgh Penguins choking, or are the...
The Bruins-Penguins series is unfolding much like the 1997 Stanley Cup finals, in which an underrated Detroit team swept Philadelphia, writes Scott Burnside.
View ArticleNHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Weight of expectations heavy for Pittsburgh...
The pressure to win in Pittsburgh rises with each postseason disappointment, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside.
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