The Bruins were missing a pair of key pieces at Friday’s practice, but Marco Sturm said there’s no cause for concern with them. Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov were given “maintenance days” by Sturm and the coach expects to have both in the lineup against the Avalanche on Saturday afternoon.

A look at the top performers from Thursday's showdown between the Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks over at TD Garden.

New coach Marco Sturm’s job is rebuilding organizational culture. Wins are secondary. That is a good thing, though maybe not an easy one.

Casey Mittelstadt gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead just over two minutes into the first period. The forward crashed the net and knocked in the rebound of Pavel Zacha’s shot for his third goal of the season, and third point in two games. With the assist on the play, Zacha has four points (one goal, three assists) in the last three games.

In the span of just 25 seconds, the Bruins erased what was a two-goal lead for the Anaheim Ducks in the third period — with tallies from Geekie and David Pastrnak knotting up a seesaw contest at 5-5 with just 5:03 left in regulation.

I can get mad at those guys, my players, as much as I want. And I am mad. But at the same time, I have to realize they’d never played a different system," said Marco Sturm

When UCLA parted ways with DeShaun Foster, the Bruins saw 12 commits in their 2026 class decommit from the program. It made sense, considering the recruits didn

The Boston Bruins had a strong start, but too many defensive lapses cost them as they lost 7-5 against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night inside TD Garden.