Tim Thomas had 40 saves in the B's 2-1 victory over the Islanders on Thursday and they will travel to Washington to face off against the Capitals whom they loss to on December 10th.

Since that loss they have won seven straight on the road. These are not the same old Bruins. This team is fire and brimstone on ice.

Thomas the All-Star credits his defense for keeping everything right in front of him so that his vision was clear on his 40 save night. That's humility in it's rarest form.

In 44 games the B's are 33-7 playing well both at home and away. Simply solid. The Capitols have played 45 games and are 28-14.

Sometimes it's hard to remember how young this team is with the success they have been having, but if anyone deserves it, why not them and their fans.

By beating the Red wings 4-1 on Saturday night for their ninth straight home win they are now in a tie for first place and they still seem to be flying under the radar. Personally I think that is a good thing because of years of futility from the Bruins franchise, teams do not take this club too seriously.

The NHL released the 104-player ballot for XM/NHL All-Star Fan Balloting presented by 2K Sports today, with Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard representing the Bruins. Voting opens Nov. 12.

Bergeron has posted 3-5=8 totals, a +5 rating and has won 58.7 percent of his faceoffs (eighth in the league) in the Bruins 12 games this season, while Savard has recorded five goals, 10 assists and a +6 rating. Savard’s 15 points rank tied for third in the NHL as of Tuesday, November 4. A Norris Trophy finalist last year, Chara has three assists on the season while averaging a team high 26:41 of ice time per game.

It was a night of firsts at the Garden on Saturday night. The first multi-power play goal game for the Bruins, Stephane Yelle scored his first point as a Bruins, Shawn Thornton record his first point of the season with an assist on Yelle’s goal, Milan Lucic recorded his first career hat trick tonight – getting four points(the extra point for assisting David Krechji score a goal in the second period) and most importantly, the Bruins won their first home game of the season – beating the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4.