Patrice Bergeron, a guy who wasn’t invited to Team Canada’s orientation camp in August, got to the rink Monday and got a nice surprise.

From being on the outside to finding a spot on Canada’s top line as they open the Olympic tournament today against Norway (4:30 p.m. PST), Bergeron felt like like one of the luckiest guys in the world.

“For sure,” said the Boston Bruins forward, “(Crosby)’s such a great player and Rick Nash is an unbelievable player, as well. The two of them, having a chance to play with them is a real honour. I’m just trying to go out there and not get too nervous about playing with them.

“It seems like we find each other on the ice and seems like the chemistry has been pretty good from the get-go.”

Crosby and Bergeron played together at the 2005 world junior tournament with great success – Bergeron was in the middle then and Crosby on the left side – and at the world championships.

“Me and Berg have played together a couple of times now. Hopefully the familiarity there is going to help to adjust quicker,” said Crosby. “Nash and I played together in the summer camp and he’s a pretty straight forward guy to play with, he’s got a lot of speed and tries to use it to the outside. It shouldn’t be too hard to figure everything out.”

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In his younger days, Daniel Paille was expected to be an NHL star.

Unfortunately, Paille’s big league career hasn’t worked out quite as hoped, with 35-41-76 totals in 193 games.

But Paille showed his pedigree Tuesday night in Buffalo, where he scored twice in the Bruins’ 3-2 shootout win against the Sabres. He has played several such standout games in recent weeks, nights on which he was one of the best forwards on the ice.

A winger who has skated on every B’s line since arriving from Buffalo in a late-October trade for a 2010 third-round draft pick, the speedy Paille of late has earned a spot on the No. 1 threesome with center Marc Savard and Miroslav Satan.

“Dan is one of those players, his speed alone creates a lot and his forecheck creates a lot, whichever line he’s been on,” coach Claude Julien said yesterday at the Tampa Bay Lightning’s suburban practice rink. “With Savard, there’s no doubt if he uses that speed, Marc is going to find him.

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So much for the Bruins having a full, healthy team.

In one of the better games of their recent skid, the B’s lost defenseman Mark Stuart to a broken pinkie on his right hand in Saturday’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Stuart was operated on yesterday and will be lost until after the Olympic break.

“The last couple of games I thought (Stuart) was playing some of his best hockey, and we liked his game. Unfortunately, you lose him for 3-4 weeks,” said B’s coach Claude Julien, who just got Marc Savard, Marco Sturm and Steve Begin back from injuries. “It’s the second major injury for him, a guy who’s been as reliable as you can find as far as health issues are concerned until this year.”

Stuart, who suffered a broken sternum earlier in the season, got hurt in one of the turning points of the loss to the Kings. Early in the second period, LA defenseman Peter Harrold sent a breakout pass to Anze Kopitar, and Stuart blasted the Kings’ top scorer. Wayne Simmonds immediately went after Stuart, and the B’s defenseman eagerly obliged.

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The struggling Boston Celtics just got Kevin Garnett back from injury. They’ll hope he doesn’t trade places with Paul Pierce.

Pierce injured his left foot in the first quarter of Boston’s 99-88 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday. He sat out part of that quarter and all of the fourth even though the win was not certain. The Celtics outscored the Wizards 25-10 without their captain to beat the Wizards.

“I’ll get some X-rays tomorrow, but I think it’s not going to be too bad,” Pierce told reporters after the game, adding that he thought it was a sprain. “I would have known by now [if it was broken]. I think I’ll be all right.”

Celtics coach Doc Rivers said the injury was nothing serious, but he didn’t want to risk aggravating it by pushing Pierce.

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