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Opponent Observe: The Bruins are on the warpath. They’ve received eight of their final 9 video games, with their most up-to-date victory coming 2-1 over the Blue Jackets in time beyond regulation at house on Thursday to clinch the 2023 Presidents’ Trophy with their franchise-record 58th win of the season.
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“It’s superior to be a part of this workforce. There’s three trophies on this league and we acquired certainly one of them proper now, however the different two are those we’re actually going for, so it feels good. It feels cool to be part of an historic franchise – and to have your title part of that and this workforce is fairly cool.” —Bruins ahead Trent Frederic after Thursday’s win, through NHL.com
Pens Path Forward: The Penguins full this weekend’s back-to-back set tomorrow, once they face the Philadelphia Flyers at house. That may deliver them even in video games performed with the Florida Panthers, so when the mud settles, we’ll see which workforce holds the wild card spot heading into the ultimate stretch.
Bryan Rust, on Saturday’s matchup vs. Boston: “We clearly all know what’s happening within the standings… I believe we all know what’s at stake. And I believe simply coming in with the suitable mindset, figuring out the opponent we’re up in opposition to, and figuring out it’s going to be a tall activity.”
Season Collection: The Pens have but to win in opposition to the Bruins this season (if it’s any consolation, they’re actually not the one workforce that may say that.) On November 1, the Penguins blew a three-goal lead and went to time beyond regulation, the place Hampus Lindholm received it for visiting Boston, 6-5. On January 2, a Kasperi Kapanen aim was undone by two Jake DeBrusk tallies within the third interval, and Pittsburgh misplaced 2-1 at Fenway Park.
Hidden Stat: The Bruins have proved to be just about unbeatable after scoring the primary aim. They’ve solely misplaced one such sport on the street, and it occurred in time beyond regulation (16-0-1.) General, when putting first, Boston is 38-1-3. Ethical of the story: rating early, rating first. (Certain, that didn’t assist the Penguins of their final matchup with the Bruins, however let’s attempt it once more.)
Attending to know the Bruins
SBN accomplice weblog: Stanley Cup of Chowder
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Potential Recreation Traces
Forwards
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha – David Krejci – David Pastrnak
Tyler Bertuzzi – Charlie Coyle – Trent Frederic
Jakub Lauko – Tomas Nosek – Garnet Hathaway
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Protection
Dmitry Orlov / Charlie McAvoy
Jakub Zboril / Connor Clifton
Goalies: Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark
Scratches: AJ Greer, Oskar Steen, Matt Grzelcyk, Derek Forbort (decrease physique)
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IR: Nick Foligno (decrease physique), Taylor Corridor (decrease physique, day-to-day), Matt Filipe (decrease physique)
Though TSN’s Darren Dreger stated earlier this week that the Bruins would name up Taylor Corridor from the injured reserve if it weren’t for wage cap constraints, Boston head coach Jim Montgomery referred to as the report “false” and stated Corridor has not but been cleared to play.
Nick Foligno returned to Bruins observe in a no-contact sweater earlier this week.
Stats
through hockeydb
At 53 targets and 46 assists, red-hot David Pastrnak is one tally away from the primary 100-point season of his profession.
For the primary time in two months, Linus Ullmark made consecutive begins for the Bruins this week. Boston has not too long ago alternated video games evenly between the members of stellar goaltending duo, however Montgomery advised Boston.com giving Ullmark three begins in six days would assist replicate the playoff crunch and provides Swayman an opportunity “to get some video games of the again finish.” Due to that, the Penguins are prone to face Swayman, who by way of his final 4 begins is undefeated with two shutouts.
And now for the Pens…
Friday Apply Traces
Forwards
Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
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Jason Zucker – Evgeni Malkin – Rickard Rakell
Danton Heinen – Ryan Poehling – Mikael Granlund
Drew O’Connor – Jeff Carter – Josh Archibald
Protection
Brian Dumoulin / Kris Letang
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P.O. Joseph / Jeff Petry
Mark Friedman / Chad Ruhwedel
Goalies: Tristan Jarry, Casey DeSmith
Scratches: Alex Nylander, Jan Rutta (injured)
IR: Dmitry Kulikov (week-to-week, lower-body harm), Nick Bonino (week-to-week, lacerated kidney), Marcus Pettersson (decrease physique)
Tristan Jarry appeared to settle again into the starter’s seat on Thursday by holding regular in his shutout of the Predators. It might make sense for the Penguins to place him again in internet tonight, and save tomorrow’s contest versus the a lot weaker Flyers for Casey DeSmith to (hopefully) bounce again in opposition to.
Malkin prolonged his house level streak with an help on Jason Zucker’s aim in opposition to Nashville.
House level streak = prolonged
Evgeni Malkin has factors in his final 10 house video games courting again to February 23. In that span, solely Clayton Keller (20) and Connor McDavid (17) have extra house factors than Malkin’s 16. pic.twitter.com/9docVd5cfk
There’s extra to this matchup than only a combat for an additional treasured two factors within the neck-and-neck wild-card race with the Florida Panthers. The Bruins can be dealing with the No. 2 wild card workforce within the playoffs. If the Penguins qualify for the postseason, they’ll be seeing Boston— a workforce they’ve but to beat this season— once more. A win tonight would mark probably the most important of 2022-23.
The Minnesota Timberwolves forced Game 7 against the reigning champion Denver Nuggets with a 45-point blowout in Game 6 on Thursday night. The Wolves bounced back after losing three games in a row, and the second round will see at least one Game 7. It could see as many as three. The New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks are both up 3-2 in their respective series against the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder, and they’ll try to close things out this weekend.
The Boston Celtics became the first team to punch their ticket to the conference finals in the 2024 NBA playoffs. The Celtics ousted the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night with a Game 5 win. The victory moved Boston to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth time in the last eight years and the third year in a row. The Celtics will face either the Knicks or the Pacers in the next round, starting on Tuesday.
The postseason field started with 20 teams, and now we’re down to seven. The Warriors, Kings, Hawks and Bulls were ousted in the Play-In Tournament before the Pelicans, Suns, Clippers, Lakers, Heat, 76ers, Bucks and Magic were eliminated in the first round. And now the Cavs have been sent home in the second round.
Here’s a look at the upcoming schedule, as well as all the playoff scores. All games airing on ABC, ESPN and NBA TV are streaming on fubo (try for free).
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Thursday’s playoff scores:
Game 6: Timberwolves 115, Nuggets 70
Below is a look at the complete playoff bracket.
2024 NBA playoff bracket
Upcoming NBA playoffs schedule
(All times Eastern)
Friday, May 17 Game 6: Pacers vs. Knicks, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Saturday, May 18 Game 6: Mavericks vs. Thunder, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Sunday, May 19 Game 7*: Knicks vs. Pacers, 3:30 p.m., ABC/fubo Game 7: Nuggets vs. Timberwolves, TBD
Monday, May 20 Game 7*: Thunder vs. Mavericks, 8:30 p.m., TNT
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Tuesday, May 21 Game 1: Celtics vs. TBD, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Wednesday, May 22 Game 1: Western Conference finals, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Thursday, May 23 Game 2: Celtics vs. TBD, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Friday, May 24 Game 2: Western Conference finals, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Saturday, May 25 Game 3: TBD vs. Celtics, 8:30 p.m., ABC/fubo
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Sunday, May 26 Game 3: Western Conference finals, 8 p.m., TNT
Monday, May 27 Game 4: TBD vs. Celtics, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Tuesday, May 28 Game 4: Western Conference finals, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Wednesday, May 29 Game 5*: Celtics vs. TBD, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Thursday, May 30 Game 5*: Western Conference finals, 8:30 p.m., TNT
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Friday, May 31 Game 6*: TBD vs. Celtics, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Saturday, June 1 Game 6*: Western Conference finals, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Sunday, June 2 Game 7*: Celtics vs. TBD, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Monday, June 3 Game 7*: Western Conference finals, 8:30 p.m., TNT
NBA playoffs: Second-round scores
Celtics vs. Cavaliers Game 1: Celtics 120, Cavaliers 95 Game 2: Cavaliers 118, Celtics 94 Game 3: Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93 Game 4: Celtics 109, Cavaliers 102 Game 5: Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98 (Boston wins series 4-1)
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Knicks vs. Pacers Game 1: Knicks 121, Pacers 117 Game 2: Knicks 130, Pacers 121 Game 3: Pacers 111, Knicks 106 Game 4: Pacers 121, Knicks 89 Game 5: Knicks 121, Pacers 91
Thunder vs. Mavericks Game 1: Thunder 117, Mavericks 95 Game 2: Mavericks 119, Thunder 110 Game 3: Mavericks 105, Thunder 101 Game 4: Thunder 100, Mavericks 96 Game 5: Mavericks 104, Thunder 92
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Game 1: Timberwolves 106, Nuggets 99 Game 2: Timberwolves 106, Nuggets 80 Game 3: Nuggets 117, Timberwolves 90 Game 4: Nuggets 115, Timberwolves 107 Game 5: Nuggets 112, Timberwolves 97 Game 6: Timberwolves 115, Nuggets 70
NBA playoffs: First-round scores
Celtics vs. Heat Game 1: Celtics 114, Heat 94 Game 2: Heat 111, Celtics 101 Game 3: Celtics 104, Heat 84 Game 4: Celtics 102, Heat 88 Game 5: Celtics 118, Heat 84 (Boston wins series 4-1)
Knicks vs. 76ers Game 1: Knicks 111, 76ers 104 Game 2: Knicks 104, 76ers 101 Game 3: 76ers 125, Knicks 114 Game 4: Knicks 97, 76ers 92 Game 5: 76ers 112, Knicks 106 (OT) Game 6: Knicks 118, 76ers 115 (Knicks win series 4-2)
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Bucks vs. Pacers Game 1: Bucks 109, Pacers 94 Game 2: Pacers 125, Bucks 108 Game 3: Pacers 121, Bucks 118 (OT) Game 4: Pacers 126, Bucks 113 Game 5: Bucks 115, Pacers 92 Game 6: Pacers 120, Bucks 98 (Indiana wins series 4-2)
Cavaliers vs. Magic Game 1: Cavaliers 97, Magic 83 Game 2: Cavaliers 96, Magic 86 Game 3: Magic 121, Cavaliers 83 Game 4: Magic 112, Cavaliers 89 Game 5: Cavaliers 104, Magic 103 Game 6: Magic 103, Cavaliers 96 Game 7: Cavaliers 106, Magic 94 (Cleveland wins series 4-3)
Thunder vs. Pelicans Game 1: Thunder 94, Pelicans 92 Game 2: Thunder 124, Pelicans 92 Game 3: Thunder 106, Pelicans 85 Game 4: Thunder 97, Pelicans 89 (Oklahoma City wins series 4-0)
Nuggets vs. Lakers Game 1: Nuggets 114, Lakers 103 Game 2: Nuggets 101, Lakers 99 Game 3: Nuggets 112, Lakers 105 Game 4: Lakers 119, Nuggets 108 Game 5: Nuggets 108, Lakers 106 (Denver wins series 4-1)
Timberwolves vs. Suns Game 1: Timberwolves 120, Suns 95 Game 2: Timberwolves 105, Suns 93 Game 3: Timberwolves 126, Suns 109 Game 4: Timberwolves 122, Suns 116 (Minnesota wins series 4-0)
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Clippers vs. Mavericks Game 1: Clippers 109, Mavericks 97 Game 2: Mavericks 96, Clippers 93 Game 3: Mavericks 101, Clippers 90 Game 4: Clippers 116, Mavericks 111 Game 5: Mavericks 123, Clippers 93 Game 6: Mavericks 114, Clippers 101 (Dallas wins series 4-2)
DARTMOUTH – Students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth got an amazing graduation gift from their commencement speaker Thursday. Billionaire Robert Hale surprised more than 1,100 graduates with $1,000 each.
“Each of you is getting $1,000 cash right now,” he said.
Gift comes with one “catch”
There was one instruction to go along with his gift. Hale said $500 is for the graduates to keep and $500 is for them to give to others. He invited them all to share in the joy of giving by gifting the money to a cause or person who needs it more than they do.
“These trying times have heightened the need for sharing, caring and giving,” he said. “Our community needs you and your generosity more than ever.”
Hale is the CEO of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, which he founded in 2002, and a co-owner of the Boston Celtics. Forbes estimates his net worth at $5.4 billion.
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Graduation surprise becoming a tradition
And Hale has done the same thing before. Last year, he gave $1,000 to all 2,523 graduates at UMass Boston. And in 2021, he gifted the same amount to 230 Quincy College graduates.
College graduates can certainly use the cash. It’s been less than a year since the COVID-era student loan payment pause ended. The Education Department said that roughly 40% of student loan borrowers who owed a payment when the pause ended in October 2023 failed to make that payment by mid-November.
Neal Riley
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Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston University.