The Red Sox are chasing history again, and the number sitting in front of them is 15.
Boston has won 14 straight entering Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles, leaving the club one victory shy of the franchise mark set in 1946. That team ran off 15 in a row, and this year’s group now has a chance to match it.
That kind of run naturally invites a bigger Boston sports comparison. The city’s other major teams have had their own hot streaks, and some of them were downright ridiculous.
The Celtics own the longest winning streak among Boston’s NBA, NHL and NFL teams, and it came in the middle of a memorable stretch. During the 2008-09 season, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen helped Boston win 19 straight games. The Celtics also put together an 18-game streak in the 1981-82 season.
The Patriots’ best run depends on how you count it. If playoffs are included, New England won 21 games in a row from Oct. 2003 to Oct. 2004, a stretch that included Super Bowl XXXVIII and a 6-0 start to the 2004 season. If you’re looking only at a streak within one season, the Patriots’ 16-0 campaign is the benchmark, and the only way to top that now would be to go 17-0 in the longer regular season.
The Bruins have their own place in the conversation, too. Their longest winning streak came in the 1929-30 regular season, when they won 14 straight. They also put together a 13-game streak in early 1971.
So while the Red Sox keep pushing toward a record that has stood for nearly eight decades, they’re doing it in a city that knows a thing or two about long runs.
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The Bruins prospect pool has been thin for a while, so any sign of real NHL help is worth noting. This latest look at the organizations rankings digs into the middle of the list, where Boston is starting to see more than just long-term projects. Nils Bartholdsson has already shown some scoring touch in Sweden, Elliott Groenewold has built a reputation as a dependable defender at Quinnipiac, and Dans Locmelis has kept pushing his way into the conversation with Providence.
What makes this part of the list interesting is how different the paths are. Some of these players are still in college or junior hockey, others are closer to pro ice, and the Bruins are trying to figure out which ones can eventually fill actual roster needs rather than just occupy prospect space. There is still plenty of development ahead, but for a team that has spent recent seasons rebuilding its pipeline, getting to this point is a meaningful step even if the final answer on the group is still coming into focus. [Read more 🡒]
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A favorable nine-game run in the middle of the schedule could offer that same sort of launch point again, the kind that can turn a decent start into something much more dangerous. The Bruins are still a long way from threatening the franchise's all-time standard, but with a stretch like that on the calendar, the possibility of a streak that changes the conversation is at least sitting there in plain sight. [Read more 🡒]
Bruins Face An Early Schedule Problem With McAvoy Still Out
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McAvoy is slated to rejoin the lineup during Bostons second road trip, a stretch that sends the Bruins through San Jose, Anaheim, Los Angeles and Dallas. It is not exactly a soft landing, either, with several of those teams coming off playoff-caliber seasons, so the Bruins may have to navigate a tricky early test before their defense is back to full strength. [Read more 🡒]