With five games remaining until the Olympic break, the Boston Bruins have an opportunity to do something they haven't yet been able to do all season - string together consecutive extended winning streaks, and gain separation in the standings.

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If Boston wants any chance of staying in the mix and making the playoffs they need to win their next game in Seattle and end the road trip 3-1-1

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Projecting how many goals, assists, points, and games played each individual rostered skater is on pace for based off of first half analytics.

What would other goalies numbers look like if they were on Boston? And would they be better than Swayman's?

If the Boston Bruins season ends up going south heading into the Olympic break and beyond, remember this past week as to where it started.

Boston shouldn't trade any of their upcoming 1st round draft picks unless it's for a top player in the league.

In an otherwise positive road trip that saw Boston extend its winning streak to four games - Sunday's runaway loss (6-2) in Minnesota left a sour taste, along with a humble reminder of just how thin Boston's margin for error can be both on the ice and in the standings

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Boston is now 17-13-0 on the season and 3-2-0 without both David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy in the lineup - with the latter missing the team's last ten games.

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Winners in two of their three games this past week, the battle of attrition continues to be the Bruins toughest opponent as of late.

This time last week the Bruins were first place in the Atlantic Division and riding high following a high profile win over the Canadiens in Montreal. However, for those who read last week's recap, you may remember that caution was thrown to the wind regarding Boston's final five games before American Thanksgiving where it was noted that ...

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Well, would you look at that. The Boston Bruins (12-8-0) are a quarter of the way through the season and currently 1st place in the Atlantic Division, 3rd place in the Eastern Conference, and 6th overall in the NHL standings.

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In what's been a roller coaster start to the season, it's only fitting that the Boston Bruins find themselves with a record of 7-7-0 through fourteen games.