Kevin Paul Dupont

Warning, Globe readers, what you're about to read could be disturbing and potentially harmful to your sports psyche, particularly if you've ever invested time in watching a Bruins postseason game.

BUFFALO — Still not at their best, but a better, more composed version of themselves, the Bruins extended their season by at least one more chapter with Tuesday night's 2-1 overtime win over the Sabres.

The Bruins crashed out of the playoffs Friday night, sent skittering down Causeway Street by a faster, slicker, revived Buffalo franchise, , that won its first Stanley Cup playoff series since 2007.

U nder contract for two more years, Brady Tkachuk won't be wearing the colors of your preferred team not located in Ottawa for some time, if indeed he ever leaves the Senators

Bruins players will file into their Brighton practice facility one last time early Sunday morning, packing up their goods for offseason ‘26 less than 48 hours after getting booted out of the playoffs Friday night by the Sabres.

When the Bruins meet again for training camp in mid-September, things will be different, more daunting.

S peed, specifically the desire to add more of it to their skill sets, was front and center on the minds of Fraser Minten and James Hagens last Sunday as they departed for the summer.

The Vegas coach was fined $100,000 and the team forfeited a second-round draft pick for violating NHL media regulations.

Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, a 4-0 shutout of the Canadiens, was a bit more like it for the Hurricanes.