It might be safe to say that the Black and Gold have returned to their mid-season form with the playoffs just two weeks away. With two wildly disparate games over the weekend, the Bruins tightened their stranglehold on the Wales' top spot after a 7-5 shootout win over the Leafs Saturday night and last night's Tim Thomas-led victory over the sandpapery Flyers, 4-3. The weekend sweep leaves the bears with 106 points and seven games remaining. Should the 2nd place D.C. Caps win their remaining six games, the Bruins need only go 3-4 the remainder of the way to hold the #1 seed.

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