BOSTON — In the middle of a tight third period between the Bruins and Kraken, something set off Alex Steeves and Ryan Winterton. The two young forwards squared off for a fight at an unusual point in Thursday’s game at TD Garden. Both were assessed five-minute majors in a one-goal game with 8:47 left.

Kraken battle right to the final shift, but can’t recover from a 2-0 lead established in the first four minutes of the game by the hometown Bruins, dropping a close one in Brandon Montour’s return

Access to high-quality education remains a top priority for many families, and a new study suggests strong academic performance often goes hand in hand with a high quality of life. The study by Melbourne Business School Online examined school performance across major U.

So those Kraken, a team a lot of people sort of wrote off as directionless with too many albatross contracts and too few high-end scoring talents…appear to be third in the division and have one of the best records in the Pacific over the last ten games. This season’s theme is “wait, really?”

BOSTON — The Bruins had to spend most of Thursday’s game against the Kraken at TD Garden a man short. Defenseman Andrew Peeke didn’t return for the second period after suffering a lower-body injury in the first period. The Bruins announced Peeke wouldn’t return for the remainder of the game.

The Boston Bruins visit the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 10 p.m. ET. The matchup airs on ESPN+. Boston claimed a 3-2 victory on the road its last time out on Jan. 3 against the Vancouver Canucks. Seattle won on the road in its most recent game on Jan. 5, 5-1 over the Calgary Flames.

Kaapo Kakko had two goals and an assist, Berkly Catton scored his first two NHL goals, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Boston Bruins 7-4 on Tuesday night.

Ray Bourque distilled Zdeno Chara’s Boston Bruins legacy in one sentence on Thursday. That’s not easy to do. Chara is a complicated, multi-layered guy. The same guy who was a menacing beast of a defenseman on the ice,