The Bruins had been scheduled to play at home against the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.
The top-seeded Penguins advanced to face the No. 7 Ottawa Senators despite being outshot 38-21 in the decisive win.
Zolnierczyk was suspended four games without pay for a charging penalty against Ottawa Senators defenseman Mike Lundin on Saturday.
The Bruins were originally scheduled to face the Ottawa Senators on Monday evening, which has since been rescheduled for April 28.
The Penguins advanced to face the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the playoffs despite being outshot 38-21 in the decisive win.
The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators were the only Canadian teams to qualify for the playoffs and both were bounced in the first round.
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The Devils will face the Ottawa Senators here on Friday night.
The Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators have already laid off staff.
Benoit and Dziurzynski scored their first NHL goals and Craig Anderson made 37 saves and the Ottawa Senators defeated the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday.
The Islanders (24-17-7) lead the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators by one point, but the Rangers have one game left, and Ottawa has two remaining this weekend.
In their first-round series against the Ottawa Senators, they lost twice in overtime and were on the precipice of elimination before rallying to win Games 6 and 7.
Karlsson and Erik Condra scored goals less than two minutes apart in the second period and Anderson made 42 saves as the Ottawa Senators defeated Buffalo 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Winnipeg (24-19-3) improved to 6-0-1 in its past seven and moved within a point of the idle New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators, who hold the Eastern Conference's final two playoff spots.
Reimer put in a monstrous effort with 49 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs earned their first playoff berth since 2004 with a 4-1 victry over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
The Rangers caught up on goals by Rick Nash and Brad Richards, and appeared to be ready to grab a late lead, but the Ottawa Senators blunted their charge, scored a goal and won, 3-2.
Even before the manhunt, the bombings resulted in two major pro sports games in Boston getting scratched the Bruins against the Ottawa Senators last Monday night and the Indiana Pacers against the Celtics on Tuesday night.
The postponement of Monday night's NHL game between the Bruins and Ottawa Senators, and the cancellation of Tuesday's NBA game between the Celtics and Indiana Pacers both events to be held in Boston were the most tangible reactions by sports officials to the explosions.
The Rangers have a bit of recent history to draw upon, as well, as they came back last year from a 3-2 hole in the first round against the Ottawa Senators winning Game 6 on the road and completing the rally at home in Game 7 when they were the No. 1 seed in the East.
New York is even in points with seventh-place Ottawa, but the Senators have four games remaining one more than the Rangers.
In Canada, a country that may have a more tolerant attitude toward the machinations of government, the professional hockey team in Ottawa was named the Senators early in the 20th century, and, as a member of the National Hockey League, still is.
Now the Leafs head into an important road game in Ottawa against the sixth-place Senators.
Carkner, a native of Winchester, just outside Ottawa, spent three seasons with the Senators before signing with the Islanders in the offseason.
Reimer, who has been stellar in recent weeks, continued to dominate the Senators, improving his overall record against Ottawa to 8-1-1 and a perfect 6-0 at Scotiabank Place.
Just four minutes later, Rangers forward Marian Gaborik, the hero in a 2-1 overtime victory Thursday over the Islanders, tripped Senators defenseman Gryba while pursuing the puck in the Ottawa zone.
Ottawa's Jakob Silfverberg had a chance to stretch the Senators' lead to three on a power play later in the period, but Miller sprawled to make a diving save at the side of the Buffalo net.
The superstar was eliminated by Ottawa in his first postseason in 2007 and helped Pittsburgh knock the Senators out of the first round the next year and 2010.
Daniel Alfredsson had a chance to open the scoring for the Senators on the power play prior to the two-goal barrage, but the Ottawa captain's one-timer missed the net with Miller at his mercy.
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