Bergeron (face) is slated to play Thursday against the Rangers, per Kevin Paul Dupont of The Boston Globe.
Bergeron left Wednesday's game after he was struck in the face by David Pastrnak's shot. He has 16 goals and 35 points in 44 contests this season. Bergeron is projected to skate on the Bruins' first line and serve on the top power-play unit.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Questionable for Thursday
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Bergeron (face) will have the final say regarding if he plays Thursday versus the Rangers, Joe Haggerty of Boston Hockey Now reports.
Bergeron took a David Pastrnak shot off the face in Wednesday's game versus the Islanders, but he was able to finish the contest. With Thursday being the second half of a back-to-back, Bergeron may ultimately be a game-time decision, though it seems like he's probably closer to playing than sitting out based on his return to Wednesday's game.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Collects 600th career assist
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Bergeron notched a power-play assist, five shots on goal and two blocked shots in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Ducks.
Bergeron's helper on the second of David Pastrnak's three goals Sunday was the former's 600th career assist. The 37-year-old Bergeron is already a member of the 1,000-point club, and he's up to 1,015 points through 1,256 contests. He's been his usual excellent self recently with five tallies and six helpers over his last 10 outings, giving him 33 points, 141 shots and a plus-19 rating through 40 games this season.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Two assists in road win
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Bergeron notched a pair of assists in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Sharks.
Bergeron helped out his linemates on the first and last goals of the game. Brad Marchand opened the scoring and David Pastrnak wrapped things up. This was Bergeron's first multi-point effort since Dec. 19 -- he had three goals and an assist in the seven games in the interim. The 37-year-old center is up to 15 tallies, 17 helpers, 136 shots on net, 38 hits, 31 blocked shots and a plus-18 rating through 39 appearances.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Pots winner in NJ
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Bergeron scored a goal on four shots in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Devils.
Bergeron's game-winning tally broke a 1-1 tie with a 4:09 left in the third period. It was the fourth goal in the last five games for the veteran center, who also has three assists over that span. Even at age 37, Bergeron remains one of the best two-way forwards in the NHL.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Explodes for four points
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Bergeron scored two goals and two assists on five shots, fueling the Bruins to a 7-3 victory over Florida on Monday.
Bergeron added two insurance goals in the third period with one on the power play to extend the Bruins' lead to four goals. He would also pick up an assist on Brandon Carlo's and David Pastrnak's goals to give him four points for the game. This snapped a three-game pointless streak for the Bruins' captain and could mark a spark for a scoring outburst.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Deposits 10th goal
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Bergeron scored a goal on three shots and added three hits in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Golden Knights.
Bergeron tied the game at 1-1 in the second period with his 10th goal of the season. He'd gone eight contests without scoring prior to Sunday, though he managed four assists in that span. It's still a relatively quiet stretch for the top-line center, who is up to 22 points, 88 shots, 25 hits and a plus-15 rating through 27 appearances this season.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Hands out milestone helper
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Bergeron drew an assist during Saturday's 5-1 victory over the visiting Avalanche.
Bergeron recently picked up his 1,000th career point, and the 37-year-old center helped Jake DeBrusk create his own milestone Saturday. Bergeron was credited with a secondary assist on Debrusk's 100th career goal, which capped Saturday's scoring. Bergeron, who has compiled three helpers in his last five contests, contributed five shots during 18:18 of ice time against Colorado.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Secures 1,000th career point
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Bergeron registered a milestone point during Monday's 5-3 victory over the host Lightning.
Bergeron on Monday became the fourth player in the Bruins' 98-year history to reach 1,000 points. The 37-year-old center earned a secondary helper on Brad Marchand's second-period goal to reach the career milestone and cap the Bruins' three-goal second-period Monday. Bergeron, who finished with four shots and three hits, has recorded at least one point in six of seven games (five goals, three assists).
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Nets special team tally
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Bergeron scored a man-advantage goal during Sunday's 5-2 victory over the Canucks.
Bergeron has scored half of his eight goals on the power play. The 37-year-old center drove to the net during a man-advantage situation and skillfully redirected David Pastrnak's slap-pass past goalie Thatcher Demko at 17:29 of the first period. Of his 408 career goals, 126 have come on the power play. Bergeron registered only one shot in 17:50 of ice time Sunday, including 6:17 on the power play.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Edging closer to 1,000 points
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Bergeron scored twice in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Sabres.
The points push his current streak to a modest three games and four points, including three goals. The 37-year-old pivot is as good as ever this season, and is flirting with a point-per-game pace (seven goals, seven assists in 15 games). Bergeron is just four points from hitting the 1,000 mark for his career (996; 407 goals, 589 assists).
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Adds another game-winning marker
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Bergeron scored a goal during Monday's 3-1 victory over the visiting Blues.
Bergeron, who snapped a six-game goal drought with Monday's game-winning marker, converted the Bruins' second power-play tally, breaking a 1-1, third-period tie. The 37-year-old center connected from the slot off a pass from Brad Marchand, marking his first game-winner this season and 75th of his career. Bergeron generated a game-high seven shots against the Blues.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Three points in loss to Ottawa
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Bergeron scored an even-strength goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Senators.
It was a big performance for the 37-year-old center, who also chipped in seven shots, two PIM, a blocked shot, a hit and a plus-1 rating. Bergeron has racked up an impressive three goals and six points through four games to begin the season.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Two points Monday
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Bergeron scored a goal and an assist in Monday's 5-3 win over the Panthers.
He scored his second goal of the season midway through the second period, then helped set up David Pastrnak for his second tally in the third. Bergeron is off to a quick start to the campaign with two goals and three points through three games, but the 37-year-old hasn't maintained a point-a-game pace over a full season since 2018-19.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Scores Bruins' first goal
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Bergeron scored a first-period power-play goal Wednesday, leading the Bruins to a 5-2 victory over the Capitals.
Bergeron continues to produce. The 37-year-old team captain collected a rebound off a rising shot by David Pastrnak and beat Capitals goalie Darcy Kuemper at 7:58 of the first period Wednesday. It was his 401st career goal, fourth in team history.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Listed on camp roster
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Bergeron (elbow) is listed on the Bruins' training camp roster, Conor Ryan of MassLive.com reports.
Bergeron underwent surgery on his injured elbow in late May. He was given a 10-week recovery timeline at the time, and it appears he's met that mark. The 37-year-old center is projected to be the Bruins' top center once again in 2022-23.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Back for another season
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The Bruins have re-signed Bergeron (elbow) to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
Per the report, Bergeron's deal for the 2022-23 season includes an additional $2.5 million in performance-based incentives. The Bruins also inked fellow center David Krejci on Monday, with the moves solidifying the pivot spot on the team's top two lines for the coming campaign. Bergeron is recovering from an elbow procedure, but Amalie Benjamin of NHL.com previously indicated that the captain could be ready to play by the end of August.
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Patrice Bergeron: Still unsigned
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Though Bergeron (elbow) remains unsigned, Bruins GM Don Sweeney has expressed a degree of optimism that the veteran center will elect to play for the team this coming season, Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic reports.
"I think we're in a really good place with Patrice," Sweeney noted earlier this week. "Just the timing and working out the details of his contract and allowing him to declare that he's good to go could be any timeframe there." Bergeron -- who turns 37 on July 24 -- is coming off a 2021-22 campaign in which he recorded 25 goals and 65 points in 73 games en route to being awarded his fifth Selke Trophy. Per Amalie Benjamin of NHL.com, Bergeron is bouncing back from surgery to repair a tendon in his left elbow, with the center's expected recovery timetable putting him on track to be ready to play again by the end of August.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Undergoes elbow surgery
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Bergeron underwent elbow surgery May 31 and is expected to recover in around 10 weeks, Conor Ryan of MassLive.com reports.
It was also reported that Bergeron hasn't yet made a decision regarding whether he will continue his career next season. The 36-year-old center won his fifth Selke Trophy on Sunday and has played 18 years in the NHL. He's expected to be healthy for training camp if he opts to continue his NHL career and sign with Boston or another team this offseason.
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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron: Three points in Game 4
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Bergeron had a goal and two assists in Sunday's 5-2 Game 4 win over the Hurricanes.
One of the assists came on the power play. Bergeron also earned his team a four-minute power play when he took a high stick in the final minute of the second period. He was cut on the play but got fixed up in the locker room and came right back onto the ice for the third. Bergeron has three goals and three assists in the last three games after being blanked in Game 1.
