Nathan Horton

The Boston Bruins can draw a virtual knot for first place in the Eastern Conference with a road win over the top dog Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon. In order to pull that off, though, they must present a living, breathing, skating reminder that their offense is the second-most prolific in the NHL behind none other than these Flyers.

The Toronto Maple Leafs head to Boston for their fourth meeting against the Boston Bruins.

So far this season, the Bruins have won all three meetings rather convincingly, outscoring them 19-5 and look to feed on a very successful November, having won 25 of a possible 26 points.

The Boston Bruins are on a tear as they add the hot Edmonton Oilers to their list of defeated teams, extending their win streak to four games.

After the Bruins had their 4-7-0 start in October, the Bruins were outscored 24-27.

November, on the other hand, looks like the Bruins turned on a switch.

The Florida Panthers started out in 1993 in a land nobody had ever considered fertile ground for a hockey club, let alone an NHL franchise.

Florida shot out of the gates and made the Stanley Cup Finals in only its third season.  Colorado ended the dream with a 4-0 series victory. 

During the Boston Bruins championship run of 2011, the entire North American continent gave witness to NHL records and franchise records being set, tied, or broken.

The Bruins became the first team in National Hockey League history to win a seven game playoff series without scoring a power play goal. 

Once again, the “seventh player” had its say and got its way Friday night as Rogers Arena cheered the Vancouver Canucks to a 1-0 triumph and 3-2 series lead in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Watch Nathan Horton's Goal Lift Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals

After one of the hardest fought series of this postseason, the Boston Bruins finally ousted the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 1-0 victory in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

As the final seconds ticked off, you could see the anguish in the face of Martin St. Louis and Dwayne Roloson. Both are cagey veterans on the backside of their careers; they knew this opportunity might not come again.

Roloson played one of his best games of the playoffs after struggling most of the series. He made 37 saves—many of the ten bell variety—and held his hockey team in the game.

The Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins are about to engage in a best of seven game series to claim the Stanley Cup.

As is befitting the last two teams standing in the grueling endurance challenge that is the NHL playoffs, the Bruins and Canucks both have an abundance of stars.

With the Boston Bruins now in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 21 years, the youngest generation of fans should be celebrating the best season they have ever seen.

Nothing will ever erase the embarrassment of the 2010 playoffs. The Bruins became just the fourth NHL team to lose a seven-game series after winning the first three games, and the only team to do so while blowing a three-goal lead in game seven.