Matt Bartkowski scored his first NHL goal in the Bruins' Game 7 win. It was the game's first goal, coming at 5:39. Bartkowski, in only his 23rd game, found the net and also had three shots on goal. Bruins coach Claude Julien was happy how his young defensemen, Bartkowski and Dougie Hamilton, played. "You have to find a way to give credit to those two young guys on the back end -Hamilton and obviously Bartkowski," Julien said. "Bartkowski was moving the puck and carrying it so well tonight, and he scored a big goal for us. I saw Dougie Hamilton get more and more comfortable as the game went on as far as carrying the puck and making plays. You talk about people coming in, well we were minus three real good veterans in our back end, so that's half your core, and those guys come in and do a heck of a job.

Matt Bartkowski will draw back into the lineup in Game 7. Wade Redden won't play Monday night after getting back into action in Game 6 from an undisclosed injury.

Matt Bartkowski played sparingly in his NHL playoff debut Friday night. He received only 6:40 of ice time but was on the ice for the Leafs' Clarke MacArthur's game-winning goal. Bartkowski was replacing the injured Wade Redden and skated most of his shifts alongside Adam McQuaid. Despite the fact that he registered five assists in the first round of the AHL playoffs, Bartkowski can be ignored from a fantasy persepective.

Matt Bartkowski is in the lineup for the Boston Bruins on Friday. This will be Bartkowski's first NHL playoff game. He has two assists in 20 career regular season contests with the Boston Bruins.

Matt Bartkowski should be considered Boston's likely candidate to replace injured defenseman Wade Redden on Friday night. He was recalled from the minors on Thursday and practiced alongside Adam McQuaid in the morning skate. Coach Claude Julien wouldn't commit to playing Bartkowski over Dougie Hamilton, but that appears to be his choice.

The Boston Bruins have called up blueliner Matt Bartkowski from Providence of the AHL. It's not clear whether a current member of the Bruins has suffered an injury , but it's unlikely the defenseman will be in the lineup for Game Five against Toronto Friday.

Matt Bartkowski has been sent down to AHL Providence. Bartkowski has two points in 11 games with Boston this season. He also has three goals and 24 points in 56 AHL contests in 2012-13.

Matt Bartkowski registered his first career point on Sunday. It was Bartkowski's 12th career NHL game. "It's kind of a monkey off my back, I guess. It always feels good to win and it feels even better when you can contribute in that way," said Bartkowski. He has some offensive upside, but he isn't expected to have any fantasy value in standard leagues for the rest of the season.

Mark Barkowski was naturally relieved that he was not dealt in the nixed Jarome Iginla deal. He was told to start packing his bags for Calgary after being scratched from Wednesday night's AHL game hours after signing a new contract with the Bruins. The deal was obvioulsy a condition of the trade with the Flames. "I wouldn't have signed that deal here if I didn't want to be here and didn't like it here," said Bartkowski. "So, I was pretty happy when I heard it didn't go through." Of course, he could still be dealt in another trade before Wednesday's deadline. That said, the Bruins still think pretty highly of Bartkowski.

Defenseman Matt Bartkowski was part of the trade (along with a first-rounder and Alexander Khokhlachev) that sent Jarome Iginla to the Boston Bruins. Bartkowski just signed a one-year contract extension worth $650K on Tuesday. He'll now be in the Calgary Flames system. We'll see if he gets immediate ice time.