This would have been a much easier thing to do to one of these rookies had the series been over and a new opponent could bring strategic reason to change things up. As it is, it’s still the New York Rangers and the Bruins will once again be looking for a Game 5 home-ice clincher. They’ve proven these are difficult to accomplish, but for anyone thinking about the Flyers in 2010 note that this team is not without its forward leaders or its forward depth. It earned its position on the backs of three rookie defensemen, and so injuries are not a factor this time around. At least not with this series.

Seidenberg probably plays on Saturday, and given Chara workload (another game over 30 minutes — 31:52 tonight), it’s likely that coach Claude Julien will reunite his shutdown pair and skate them against the Stepan-Callahan-Hagelin line.

If Seidenberg plays right side, Hamilton sits, the Boychuk-Bartkowski pairing and McQuaid-Krug pairings stay intact.

If and when Wade Redden and Andrew Ference are ready, who knows as long as Krug continues to give offense without taking away defense.

FOURTH LINE’S EFFORT UNREWARDED

It looked like the Bruins’ fourth line might have won them the game in the overtime, as Gregory Campbell, Dan Paille and Shawn Thornton pinned in the third defense pairing of Steve Eminger and Roman Hamrlik. Boston was able to filter in fresh players thanks to the fourth line’s forecheck and it really looked like the series-ending goal was inevitable.

The puck finally got out and the Rangers struck.

“Everyone battled hard and I have to give props to Hammer and Emmy — that last shift there was three minutes I think,” said N.Y. defense stalwart Dan Girardi. “That pretty much was the game right there, they got us out of our end clean and then we got the goal there, so great job by those guys.”

Earlier in the second period, Thornton made a heady play in the second period. He was jousting in the neutral zone with Kris Newbury when he saw the Bruins enter the attacking zone with numbers and disengaged with Newbury, making sure an altercation would not cancel a scoring chance.

Also in the second with the Bruins up 2-0, Paille cut through the slot and sent a cross-grain backhand off the right post.

Campbell beat Derick Brassard on a defensive-zone draw with 54.1 seconds remaining in regulation, a huge faceoff win.

The Rangers’ revamped fourth line played eight minutes. Boston’s (20-11-22) skated 11:41 for Thornton, 13:54 for Paille and 14:23 for Campbell.

FOURTH PERIOD

Overtime coming …

Chris Kreider ends it at 7:03 on a great goal that Dougie Hamilton is blaming himself for.

The rookie defenseman thinks he should have bothered Kreider’s stick for the moment it would have taken to make Rick Nash’s pass go through to the corner of the rink. Instead, the speedy Kreider got the perfect touch to the puck, ending the game filled with goals that were otherwise ugly or at least the product of ugly mistakes.

The Bruins finished the game with 40 shots, but Henrik Lundqvist probably didn’t make half as many goal-saving stops as he had two nights ago. There were a couple of dandies, but it seemed the Bruins would have had enough to win this game, had they not sabotaged themselves with errors.

Credit the desperate Rangers with a gritty game, the kind that produces more mistakes. But this game was going away from the home team after Boston broke through with a pair of second-period powerplay strikes (Nathan Horton and Torey Krug), that’s when the slide down the slippery slope began with Tuukka Rask’s unprovoked fall in the crease and Carl Hagelin’s goal.

Hagelin wasn’t even trying to score, just pushing the puck ahead of Boston’s defensemen, hoping to split them and force Rask to cover up for a faceoff in the Boston end. Out of the blue, Rask was on the seat of his hockey pants, reaching back over his leg pads with his goalie stick trying to get it to lay down and intercept the rolling puck. It probably would have made no difference and Hagelin would have been there first.

“It looks pretty bad on TV I bet,” said Rask afterward.

Fact is the ice was awful, thanks to rainy humidity (that’s why the building was so cold an hour before faceoff). But the puck wouldn’t lie down very much, and many times the puck was batted rather than corralled and maneuvered.

Chara’s faux pas can’t be blamed on the ice. The 6-foot-9 captain was retrieving the puck that Rask had left behind the Bruins net early in the third period when Rangers center Derek Stepan snuck under him and in one motion stole it, wrapped it around the left post and put it in behind Rask to send the MSG crowd into delirium and completely change the complexion of the final 20 minutes.

Tyler Seguin’s answer was at the tail end of the powerplay (actually two seconds after its expiration), and it looked as though the Bruins had recovered. But the too-many-men penalty led to Brian Boyle’s goal, also his first of the postseason, to tie it at 3.

THIRD PERIOD

The Bruins needed a clean finish, and they started the third period of Game 4 with a big mistake as Derek Stepan snuck up on Zdeno Chara and swept the puck away from the big defenseman, around the left post and in behind Tuukka Rask for the tying goal at 1:15.

The teams traded chances, and Ryan McDonagh went to the box at 6:04 of the third.

Tyler Seguin scored his first of the playoffs at 8:06, two seconds after Ryan McDonagh’s penalty had expired. It was two seconds away
Brian Boyle tied it on the power play at the 10-minute mark with Seguin serving the minor for too many men on the ice. Figures that’s the penalty that would come back to haunt on a Rangers power play that had been anemic.

The Rangers had that extra dimension of fight that comes with desperation of potential playoff elimination.

Chris Kelly went off for tripping at 12:00, and the Rangers and their fans were really feeling it.

Derick Brassard missed a point-blank shot, and Rask made a huge save on a Brian Boyle rebound try with 5:33 remaining in regulation time.

Nathan Horton stole a puck that gave him and David Krejci pressure, but Chris Kreider came back the other way wide on Adam McQuaid and Rask took away the five hole.

Lundqvist caught a Krug blast with 3:49 left in regulation.

Krug made a risky play to elude Boyle and then two Rangers cutting right in front of Rask with the puck.

Shots through regulation: Boston 33-25

SECOND PERIOD

The Rangers nearly struck in the opening 20 seconds of the second period when Chara made a blind drop pass in his defensive corner. The turnover wound up with Ryan McDonagh cruising through the slot and the defenseman’s shot hit the right post.

If the Rangers knew the Bruins’ systems plays already, they did a better job in Game 4 jumping on them.

Chris Newbury charged into Rask at 3:09 and tried to make like he didn’t mean to do it. The Bruins went on the power play for the second time.

Nathan Horton scored on the power play at 4:39 after David Krejci moved the puck beautifully through the blue-line traffic. Horton tried to give the puck back from low left circle but it got kicked back to him and he fired past a moving Lundqvist for a 1-0 Boston lead.
Daniel Paille nearly doubled the lead after Torey Krug carried into the Rangers zone and Paille’s cross-grain backhander hit the post at 5:40.

Krug did make it 2-0 at 7:41 with Boston’s second power-play goal with Michael Del Zotto in the box for interference.
New York caught a break when Rask fell over some bad ice and couldn’t get his paddle to lie down for Carl Hagelin’s soft backhand and it was 2-1.

That brought the Madison Square Garden crowd to life and, in turn, the Rangers, who put on their best stretch of pressure on the next two shifts.

Momentum continued for New York when Jaromir Jagr went off for a marginal call while he was trying to fend off a checker and protect the puck. Rask’s toughest work was stopping a bothered Callahan shot from the slot.

The Bruins killed the Jagr penalty but not without adventure, as the Rangers drew much life from a horrible goal for the game.
Chara made a nice pokecheck to thwart what New York hoped would be a last-minute goal by Rick Nash, but the Bruins came back and Chris Kelly’s last-second shot went over the crossbar.

The Bruins had a 21-12 shots advantage after two periods.

FIRST PERIOD

Beneficiaries of an early power play after rusty defenseman Roman Hamrlik shot the puck over the glass for a delay of game, the Bruins ran out to a 6-0 shots advantage over the game’s first four minutes.

Boston spent most of the first six minutes in the New York end and kept Lundqvist hopping.

With rain adding to the humidity in New York City, Madison Square Garden’s ice was bumpier than it was on Tuesday, and NHL ice man Dan Craig had the building cold before the game.

But the ice still affected a pass that had the crowd thinking Rick Nash was on a breakaway (offsides), and several plays the Bruins made in the attacking and neutral zones were thrown off and stressed just enough by bobbling pucks.

Bruins rookie Matt Bartkowski went out for a retaliatory slash on Rangers captain Ryan Callahan at 12:42 of the first period, putting the home team on the power play. Though the Bruins finished the frame with a 12-4 shots advantage, the Rangers finished in a flurry.

Johnny Boychuk blocked a Derick Brassard shot, and Brassard had a good chance after pulling the puck around Dougie Hamilton.
Tuukka Rask factored when Carl Hagelin weaved his way in front and shot, but Brian Boyle fanned on Hagelin’s pass to the circle.
PREGAME

Same lineup again tonight for the Bruins, which means their three injured defensemen don’t possibly see action in this series unless Boston loses a game. Same lines (17-46-18, 63-37-68, 19-23-49, 20-11-22 … 33-27, 43-55, 47-54 … 40/35).

Rangers, if you missed it, are scratching Brad Richards, whose contract now takes on the characteristics of the one the Islanders carried all those years with Alexei Yashin.

How hard is it for the Bruins to eliminate the New York Rangers?

Rink Rap’s first experience with this difficulty came on Tuesday, May 9, 1972, when Boston led the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final, 3-1 in games and 2-0 in the first period. Then aging winger Bobby Rousseau scored a pair for the Rangers, at least one of those a fluky goal, as N.Y. stayed alive with a 3-2 win, sending the series back here to MSG where the Bruins won the Cup for the second time in three seasons in a 3-0 shutout. (Did I mention I was at Game 5?)

Fast-forwarding to the present, where former Bruins playmaker Marc Savard tweeted that Rangers coach John Tortorella is to blame for ruining the confidence of players (I’m guessing this has to do with Brad Richards), and that Torts should be fired immediately after the game should the Bruins win.

I don’t pretend to know what goes on behind the closed doors of that club, nor am I privy to what players are whispering (as Savard may be and probably is), so it’s obvious there are perceptions and perceptions often become realities. I would say that a loss tonight will probably result in major off-ice changes for the Rangers because they plateaued instead of taking the next step with their team as we know it.

I tend to look at it and think about how all three games in this series were tight into period 3 and two of them were decided by one goal. If Boston wins them all, let’s face it, this is a push-back season for the 2011 NHL champions, and bowing out to them in four close games is not cause for an institutional revolution. But it may happen just the same.

I respect Torts mostly for the innovations he brought to pre-lockout NHL with the Lightning as speed and creativity were restored to what had been trending as a too-slow, arduous game. He’s also proven himself able to guide a team in this era. So it looks like they won’t go over the top this year.

Whatever happens tonight, there should be a bench in the NHL for John Tortorella.

The Bruins finally solved Lundqvist and the fourth line led the way, factoring in both goals.

Johnny Boychuk’s wrist shot at 3:10 was assisted by Dan Paille, who scored the game winner with 3:31 remaining. Shawn Thornton, who also assisted, thought the puck was already in went it fluttered over Lundqvist’s head and landed on the goal line. Paille got his swipe from a tough angle and floated it into the far-side netting.

It was a period in which both teams had scoring chances, but the Bruins cashed in, finally and decisively.

Boychuk hit the iron before he scored, and the Bruins remained poised if not always in control.

SECOND PERIOD

Nathan Horton had been pretty good in these playoffs, but he made a casual clearing pass that cost the Bruins. The immediate result was his hooking penalty on Rick Nash, but the extended result was a good New York power play that carried its momentum to a goal by Ryan McDonagh.

Rask had denied McDonagh twice already, but he couldn’t see the third shot from the point, as Taylor Pyatt set a screen and it was 1-0 Rangers at 3:53.

The Bruins pushed back with shots from the circle by Krejci and Seguin, but Lundqvist made them look easy.

The Rangers almost scored late in Period 1, when the linesman missed Brian Boyle’s offsides and Mats Zuccarello went in alone. Rask made the stop.

Torey Krug almost did it again. The diminutive rookie defenseman weaved with the puck across the top of the Rangers’ zone and put a formidable shot on Lundqvist. Shawn Thornton had an open look at the rebound but his swipe missed a bouncing puck.

Nash’s shot at the other end was New York best chance since McDonagh’s goal, but the puck caromed to the corner.

Lundqvist carried a heavy load in the second period, and the fans appreciated his snare of Gregory Campbell’s slapper the most.
Seguin’s best play of the night set up Rich Peverley and Krug for shots that Lundqvist stopped midway through, and the last several minutes of the second period was all Boston.

Patrice Bergeron made a great play to win the puck in the circle for Jagr, who set up Marchand in the circle.

Then Johnny Boychuk shot and Horton had Lundqvist down but he put his shot off the crossbar with seven minutes left in the period.
The chance won’t go down as a save, but Lundqvist’s ability to recover position and make Horton think that extra second took away time and space. He didn’t stop the puck but he might have saved New York’s season.

Jagr got a chance from the slot, but Anton Stralman went to one knee to make the block and make it one shot Lundqvist didn’t have to save.

The Bruins outshot the Rangers 14-5 in the middle period.
FIRST PERIOD

Jaromir Jagr hooked Brian Boyle at 4:08, and the Rangers power play, though it didn’t score, looked a lot more menacing than the one with a percentage hovering around 6.

Ryan Callahan got his stick up on Zdeno Chara and Adam McQuaid shoved on Callahan, no penalties were called.

McQuaid pinched up to the blue line and got caught, but Rask was able to thwart Carl Hagelin’s attempt on the 2-on-1 with Derek Dorsett.

Marchand and Dorsett went off with matching minors at 7:42, producing a 4-on-4.

Chris Kelly got a breakaway out of a mistake by Dan Girardi, but Lundqvist turned him away. Rich Peverley drove the net, but Lundqvist kicked the rebound past the Boston forward.

Out of the box, Marchand made one of his vintage cycle moves and got the puck out to an open Dougie Hamilton, the late man on the play. Hamilton fired, but Lundqvist was sharp and swallowed it.

Lundqvist is having a game.

Another neutral-zone miscue sent Tyler Seguin off to the races at 11:15, but Lundqvist denied him. Moments later, Jaromir Jagr had a point-blank chance and Lundqvist stopped it.

The cat-and-mouse game between the blue lines — bouncing pucks, tricky passes and lunging body checks — led to mistakes and big scoring chances for both teams, especially the Bruins in the first period.

Dan Girardi, the defenseman that Rangers coach John Tortorella predicted would play his best game after his stalwart had a hard-luck minus-4 in Boston on Sunday, made the first of those mistakes.

Rask didn’t have to be as good as Lundqvist, but he was solid when necessary, stopping Zuccarello late in the period.

Hamilton and Bartkowski were in a pickle battling down low in the Boston end against New York’s top line of Ryan Callahan, Derek Stepan and Carl Hagelin, but they worked together to maintain solid positioning and got the puck out of trouble.

PREGAME

Saw Dennis Seidenberg and Jay Pandolfo hanging out in street clothes a few minutes ago … just in case anyone out there was clinging to an idea that No. 44 might be back tonight. Ain’t happening. Wade Redden is another question that we’ll watch for during pregame’s.

Redden not skating with Bruins. We’re looking at the same lineup at Game 2.

BRUINS

LW … C … RW

17 Lucic … 46 Krejci … 18 Horton

63 Marchand … 37 Bergeron … 68 Jagr

19 Seguin … 23 Kelly … 49 Peverley

20 Paille … 11 Campbell … 22 Thornton

LD … RD

33 Chara … 27 Hamilton

43 Bartkowski … 55 Boychuk

47 Krug … 54 McQuaid

G: 40 Rask (35 Khudobin)

Injured: 44 Seidenberg, 21 Ference, 6 Redden

Scratch: 45 Johnson, 16 Daugavins, 34 Soderberg, 29 Pandolfo

RANGERS

LW … C … RW

62 Hagelin … 21 Stepan … 24 Callahan

61 Nash … 16 Brassard … 36 Zuccarello

14 Pyatt … 22 Boyle … 15 Dorsett

20 Kreider … 19 Richards … 45 Asham

LD … RD

27 McDonagh … 5 Girardi

4 Del Zotto … 6 Stralman

17 Moore … 44 Eminger

G: 30 Lundqvist (43 Biron)

Injured: 18 Staal, 29 Clowe

Scratch: 40 Hamrlik, 97 Gilroy, 28 Newbury, 8 Powe, 32 Haley

Here is the AHL’s press release outlining the conference finals in both scenarios (note how a Providence-Syracuse series would be played in a 2-3-2 format (as the current series is being played), while a Wilkes Barre/Scranton vs. Syracuse series would be a 2-2-1-1-1).

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced the potential schedules for the Eastern Conference Finals series in the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs.

The Eastern Conference Finals will pit the Syracuse Crunch against either the Providence Bruins or the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a best-of-seven series beginning on Saturday. The Bruins and Penguins play the decisive Game 7 of their conference semifinal on Wednesday in Providence, R.I.

The following potential schedules have been approved by the AHL.

If Providence wins on Wednesday:
Eastern Confeence Finals – Series “M”
1-Providence Bruins vs. 3-Syracuse Crunch
Game 1 – Sat., May 25 – Syracuse at Providence, TBD
Game 2 – Sun., May 26 – Syracuse at Providence, 7:05 ET
Game 3 – Wed., May 29 – Providence at Syracuse, 7 ET
Game 4 – Fri., May 31 – Providence at Syracuse, 7 ET
*Game 5 – Sat., June 1 – Providence at Syracuse, 7 ET
*Game 6 – Mon., June 3 – Syracuse at Providence, 7:05 ET
*Game 7 – Wed., June 5 – Syracuse at Providence, 7:05 ET
*if necessary

If Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins on Wednesday:
Eastern Conference Finals – Series “M”
3-Syracuse Crunch vs. 5-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Game 1 – Sat., May 25 – W-B/Scranton at Syracuse, 7 ET
Game 2 – Sun., May 26 – W-B/Scranton at Syracuse, 7 ET
Game 3 – Wed., May 29 – Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 7:05 ET
Game 4 – Fri., May 31 – Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 7:05 ET
*Game 5 – Sat., June 1 – W-B/Scranton at Syracuse, 7 ET
*Game 6 – Mon., June 3 – Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 7:05 ET
*Game 7 – Wed., June 5 – W-B/Scranton at Syracuse, 7 ET
*if necessary

In the Western Conference Finals, the Oklahoma City Barons will face either the Grand Rapids Griffins or the Toronto Marlies. The Griffins currently lead the Marlies three games to two, with Game 6 of their conference semifinal set for tonight and Game 7 (if necessary) on Wednesday.

GAME DAY

Bruins coach Claude Julien and Rangers coach John Tortorella have this funny thing going on where they openly respect the opponent but, at the same time, pretty much assess all of their trouble areas to their own doing. It doesn’t mean they don’t give the opposition credit, it just sets up a hockey algorithm.

They think a lot a like, both brilliant hockey minds who have won the game’s biggest prize (Julien two years ago with the Bruins and Tortorella in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Lightning), but you listen to either one of them and the good things that the other coach liked in his team’s game were mistakes according to the other coach, correctable ones.

As it specifically applies to this series, the Rangers dominated between the goal lines from the latter part of the first period and throughout the second, according to Tortorella, a period of play Julien considered a lull in his team’s performance.

So what gives? Or what gives tonight at MSG?

“I just think we have to be better as a team. When you go on the road you know you have to be better,” said Julien. “They’ll have the crowd behind them … there’s some inspiration on the other team, but I think we have to realize that we have to be even better. The lull that we had in Game 2, we just can’t afford to have here tonight.”

Tortorella says the Rangers need to play this game in the Boston end of the ice, particular when facing the Bergeron line. Julien says the Bruins cannot afford the Game 2 lull in this one — do it again and they lose is the basic message.

Since these teams play a similar, grind-it-out game, it fits that territorial advantage will go a long way toward determining the outcome, and that includes the reasonable assumption that the goaltending with be good at both ends of the rink.

“I just think that our transition game has been much better against the Rangers (than it was against Toronto in the first round), because you know we have to have a good transition game. The less time we have to spend in your own end, the better it is,” said Julien. “I think our guys have understood that, from the back end to the forwards. The back end moving the puck quickly and the forwards coming back and being outlets. So our transition game has been better, no doubt, in this round than it was in the first.”

NOT LOOKING FOR SEIDS

Julien doesn’t expect Dennis Seidenberg to be on the ice with the team in warmups tonight for Game 3, much less play, but he left the door open for Wade Redden.

“Probably not Seidenberg. Redden we’ll see,” said Julien. “But I don’t think Seids will be. If he is, it will be a surprise to me as much as you guys.”

The guess here is it’s going to be the same lineup again. With a 2-0 series lead, the Bruins won’t rush anything with the return of veteran defensemen, especially when the rookies are making spectacular contributions.

“I think (Torey Krug) has handled himself well. … In the first couple of games, a lot of times he was matched up against (Brian) Boyle, and (Taylor) Pyatt and (Derek) Dorsett, big, gritty players, and I thought he handled himself well,” said Julien. “When he came to our team, because of his size we wanted him to learn how to defend. And it’s not always about strength, it’s about smarts and being in the right position. You know, we’ve got to make the other guys beat you back to the net and get through you before they can get to the net. He’s done a great job of that. It’s about adapting, so he’s got some strengths, obviously, on the offensive end of it. But he’s a good player that defends really well in my mind for a guy his size. And we’ve seen that in the past, (Andrew) Ference is one of those guys, and Don Sweeney was one of those guys back in the day. So I think he fits that mold really well.”

Julien was not offended on behalf of Tuukka Rask that the Rangers were widely considered to have a clear-cut advantage in net with Vezina Trophy finalist (and former winner) Henrik Lundqvist.

“There’s no issue there, I think it’s logical to make that comment,” said Julien. “But, at the same time, it’s one of those things where it’s ‘game on’ and we feel that our goaltender has played well. I think (Lundqvist) has played well also. Gotta give credit to our team right now that we’ve managed to score some goals on a pretty good goaltender. But, at the same time, give our goaltender credit. He’s made the saves, and the second period of last game was probably a good example. When we had some flaws in our game, he was there to stop those pucks and allow us to stay in the game. And, like I said the other day, one reason we won Game 2 was because Tuukka bailed us out in the second period.”

MARCHAND FOUND HIS CONFIDENCE IN HIS LEGS AND HIS LEGS IN HIS CONFIDENCE

The vintage Brad Marchand shifts were missing from the Toronto series, but he came on late in that series and hit the ice running in the second round vs. New York. His back-and-forth, direction-reversing puck cycles and battling in the corners was not happening.

“No, it wasn’t. I saw a lot of video about it and I was getting knocked off pucks easily, and I wasn’t controlling it at all. Even if I had time I was throwing it away, expecting someone to be on me,” said Marchand. “It shows a lack of confidence. I tried to get that back towards the end of the Toronto series and I felt a little better. And now I feel even more confident with the puck and trying to do things with it.”

ESSENSA SEES SOME SHOTS

Bruins goalie coach Bob Essensa, who played in the NHL most-memorably with the Winnipeg Jets, put together a kit out of some of his own goalie gear, some of Tuukka Rask’s and some of Anton Khudobin’s and participated in the morning optional today at MSG.

“You know the old adage, ‘You can’t lose it if you never had it,’” joked Essensa in the Bruins’ dressing room afterward. “I think I’m due for a player’s share now.”

Essensa was working with Khudobin, blocking first shots and letting Khudobin handle the second swipes.

“I wish back in the 80′s and 90′s we had as many shot blockers back then as we’ve got now,” said Essensa. “That’s just the nature of the beast. Everybody wants to block shots, and shooters have to shoot through two or three sets of legs. It makes the goalie’s job — it should be more easier but you’ve got to be able to track it as well.

“It’s a give-and-take, and it’s certainly a challenge for goalies and goalie coaches to find new and different techniques in terms of tracking pucks. It’s going to be a challenge from here on in, and I’m sure our guys’ll tell you and their guys’ll tell you it’s not always easy.”

Some goalies respond to it by playing most of the game on their knees, but the Bruins’ goalies don’t do that.

“Well I think every goalie coach tries to go to the strengths of their individual netminder,” said Essensa. “That’s not the strengths of our guys. They both move well so we want to try to keep them on their feet, keep them moving and attacking the ice.”

JAGR’S POSTGAME TWIRL AT TDG

Julien was asked to comment on Jaromir Jagr’s personal skate around TD Garden ice after Game 2, a rare sight in the sport.

“It’s not something that’s uncommon. I know that there”s guys that have done that inn the past,” said Julien. “For the most part, look at it this way, he doesn’t go out there and bag-skate himself. He goes out and works on his shot and then stickhandling and things that are based on his skills.”

Julien is impressed with Jagr’s constant striving to maintain and improve his skills.

The 41-year-old superstar has struggled to produce, but the Bergeron-Marchand line has been better with him on it. It would probably be better with Tyler Seguin on it, too, now that Brad Marchand is playing his game again. As for Jagr, it’s been Julien’s position that Jagr can be on his program so long as it doesn’t interfere with the team concept and it has not.

“I think you’ve got to let Jaromir take care of Jaromir because he knows his body, he knows himself, and right now it’s about making sure guys feel good about themselves,” said Julien. “And whatever it takes, it takes. I’m going to give days off when I feel it’s needed. This morning there’s an optional (skate) — Jags isn’t out there, so saving it for tonight. So I have no issues with that, he’s done that his whole career. I’m certainly not going to stop him at this stage.

“He’s a guy that demands a lot of himself, but for whatever reason he’s been a good asset to us. Our second line started producing when he got there. Sometimes it’s about a guy having so much respect from another team that there’s more room for other guys, and they’re making plays so,  evenif he’s not on the scoresheet, he’s still making an impact.”

Julien told Jagr upon his arrival that the Bruins supported his personal routines.

“He’s a good asset to our hockey club,” said Julien. “He doesn’t have to be the Jagr of 20 years ago or 15 years ago. He just needs to be the Jags that we’ve got right now because his play right now can help our team.”

TORTORELLA: GIRARDI WILL BOUNCE BACK

Rangers coach John Tortorella addressed Dan Girardi’s statistical nightmare from Game 2, deferring a tactical question to assistant coach Mike Sullivan. But Tortorella emphasized that Girardi’s a very good defenseman who had a bad day, and that there’s nothing he needs to hear from a coach to fix what went wrong on Sunday.

Tortorella’s confidence is based on a strong second period in which Tuukka Rask held the Bruins in with 16 saves.

“We forced turnovers, I thought we held into pucks. our pinches were there, we just forechecked better,” he said a short while ago. “It was definitely a – I thought from the middle part of the first period to throughout the second period, just territorially I thought we played better. Hopefully we can sustained that for minutes, it will give us a better chance to win.”

Patrice Bergeron’s line with Brad Marchand and Jaromir Jagr (or Tyler Seguin if Claude Julien changes things around again) has turned it on big time over the past three games, the key being Marchand’s play improving beginning with Game 6 in Toronto. Marchand still isn’t torturing defensemen and backcheckers in the corners and halfwalls with endless reversals ending in scoring chances out to the slot, but he is skating hard, battling hard and getting goals by going to the net with his stick on the ice. And Bergeron continues to find him in those situations.

“It’s a good line,” said Tortorella … “both ways.”

“The more we can make then spend time in their end zone — Marchand’s probably the best player in the series so far — we’d like to try to keep that in their end zone. It’s all good offensive people, make ‘em defend. I think you have a much better chance of neutralizing them that way.”

No team has ever won two series from 0-2 deficits in the same playoff year, which is what the Rangers will have accomplished if they win this series (they came back from 0-2 to beat Washington last round).

“I’m not even looking at this as a series, I’m looking at it as one game. We just want to win a game — and to crawl back in and make it series,” said Tortorella. “All this stuff about history and what we did last (round), we’re not paying attention to it.

“We made corrections yesterday. We felt we played a pretty good hockey game, it certainly wasn’t a 5-2 game. We want to win a game, then we’ll see where we go.”

All the great coaches do it — as Bruins coach Claude Julien described the process when guiding the Montreal Canadiens all the way back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Bruins in 2004 (first time the Bruins had ever blown a 3-1 series lead), it’s about breaking that big picture into smaller, manageable pictures.

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About to peek in on the Rangers taking the ice for a morning skate … will report back.

Game 3 is Tuesday night at MSG.

Thing to watch: Henrik Lundqvist, who tweaked something in his shoulder late in the third period when Shawn Thornton flung that backhander toward the net from the right boards near to the point and Dan Paille tipped it down into Lundqvist’s chest protector. Apparently Lundqvist did something to his shoulder reacting to that tip. The thing you hate if you’re a Ranger fan is that a goal there would not have even counted because Paille’s made contact above the 4-foot imaginary extension of the crossbar. Plus, it would have been piling on to a decided hockey game. Not a tasteful scenario for the Rangers if this turns out to be anything.

It’s early in the series, but one thing coming through loudly for the Bruins is the succession plan on defense, where Matt Bartkowski, Dougie Hamilton and now Torey Krug step in and play like they belong, while Dennis Seidenberg and Wade Redden try to get themselves ready for a return. The Bruins will take it slowly as long as they remain in command of this series, especially with the luxury of their rookies performing as experienced players.

“They’ve been doing a good job, all of the young guys coming in and stepping their game up,” said Johnny Boychuk after the game. “Torey scored again tonight and gets an assist. Dougie gets an assist and Bart plays well. We need them to step up for us to have a good chance to win the game with a couple of our veterans out, and they’ve been doing a good job by keeping it simple, getting shots through and scoring when they get a chance.”

It’s only a few playoffs ago that Boychuk was coming off a stellar AHL season and spending half his NHL rookie season watching from the press box, then getting in regular and finally making playoff impact with his devastating hit on Thomas Vanek in the 2010 playoffs. The hit knocked the Bruins’ nemesis out of the series before it really got started. Boychuk didn’t set out to injure the star goal scorer, but the Sabres never recovered after a confident play made by a rookie defenseman on the Bruins.

Marchand, meanwhile, got a forgettable 20-game NHL audition that season, basically got himself and his team in trouble with bad penalties and was sent back to the minors where he matured while playing beacoup minutes in all situations. He saw those 2010 playoffs from the practice ice while among the Black Aces, and that experience played a huge role in readying him for what was to come in 2011.

The story continues with this unprecedented success story of rookie blueliners stepping onto the big stage of the Stanley Cup playoffs and getting the job done in all kinds of roles.

One wonders, should this good fortune continue as the injured players recover, what kind of decisions the Bruins coaching staff will be faced with. It’s shaping up so far as a very nice problem.

Rangers coach John Tortorella, meanwhile, liked parts of his team’s game, especially the second period.

“Our second period is where we want to be,” he said. “We can’t put it in the net. We had multiple chances. We felt really good going into the third, and to have that type of goal (Bergeron to Marchand) go in on just a 2-on-2, it hurts you. And then they’re just going to fill the middle and they’re just going to jam you so we wouldn’t generate much more.”

Tortorella said his team’s play late in the first period and throughout the second is sustainable. That’s what to look for in Game 3 on Tuesday night in New York, a push-back based on consistent application of that segment of today’s game by the Rangers. The Bruins will have to stay out of the penalty box because the New York powerplay will not sleep forever. There’s too much talent.

The Bruins have to match New York’s intensity with their own attack, and so far in these playoffs the Bruins have shown they are more than capable of playing aggressively on the road.

SECOND PERIOD

The Bruins started the second period shaky like they ended the first, as Matt Bartkowski and David Krejci made turnovers that led to New York scoring chances.

But Boston went ahead 2-1 at 2:24 when Daniel Paille withstood two Michael Del Zotto crosschecks to keep the puck in the offensive corner and get it out to Adam McQuaid. McQuaid’s relay to the left point put Krug in an awkward position, but the rookie got it to the net where Dan Girardi stuck his skate out to block it and Gregory Campbell roofed the rebound.

Rick Nash got it right back for the Rangers at 3:20, pulling the puck away from Zdeno Chara’s pokecheck and taking it down 2-on-1 where his snap shot beat Tuukka Rask stickside to tie it at 2.

The game got feisty, and the Rangers had the better of the 4-on-4 play with Derek Dorsett and Chris Kelly in the box, as Rask had to come up with big saves on Nash and Ryan McDonagh.

The Rangers played short-rink hockey for a chunk of Saturday’s practice at TD Garden, and the results were on display as their superior movement led to possession and more scoring chances.

New York almost tied it when Carl Hagelin knocked Zdeno Chara off balance and Ryan Callahan made a big hit on Bartkowski. Derek Stepan wound up sweeping the puck from the shot but it went off Rask’s leg pad and the post.

The next 4-on-4 (Arron Asham and Shawn Thornton were in the box for roughing), Patrice Bergeron won a faceoff that Marchand chased down and fed Johnny Boychuk, whose wrist shot from 40 feet beat Lunqvist to make it 3-2 Boston at 12:08.

New York came right back — Callahan to McDonagh — but Rask made the save.

Rich Peverley had some bad luck when his play around the boards hit the referee high-sticked Callahan, then couldn’t get it out of the zone and wound up taking a high-sticking penalty on Callahan.

FIRST PERIOD

Torey Krug did it again, scoring at 5:28 to put Boston on top, 1-0.

The rookie, playing in his second NHL playoff games, scored for the second time in as many outings as the late man on a Bruins rush. He fielded a cross-ice pass from Nathan Horton by placing his stick behind his left skate, then pulling it back out in front to shoot the puck. David Krejci also assisted.

Tyler Seguin had a chance to add to Boston’s lead after David Krejci sent him in alone, but Henrik Lundqvist stopped Seguin’s bid at 6:30.

New York drew even when Brad Marchand lost a bet at the blue line, his cross-ice pass picked off by Rangers captain Ryan Callahan who took it backhand side to beat Rask and make it 1-1 at 8:01.

The Bruins went to the penalty box twice in the opening period to none for the Rangers, who failed to convert.

Boston ended the period with a 12-11 shots advantage.

PREGAME

High above rinkside at TDG for Game 2 of NYR-Boston today at 3.

Bruins coach Claude Julien said Dennis Seidenberg and Wade Redden both skated again today, but neither will play in this game.

“When I’m good enough to go, then it’ll be up to the coach’s choice at that point,” he said.

“With Seidenberg obviously doing better, I don’t anticipate him being ready for (today), but with the injury he’s got you never know,” said Bruins coach Claude Julien, who hadn’t talked with Redden and said a decision would be made today.

There was no sign of Andrew Ference.

Captain Zdeno Chara again skated with Dougie Hamilton, Matt Bartkowski with Johnny Boychuk and Torey Krug with Adam McQuaid.

Asked if he’s ever been on a team with as much young depth on defense, Chara said, “No, I haven’t.”

TORTORELLA: UNSPOKEN ADJUSTMENTS … MORE IS MORE

New York Rangers coach John Tortorella hinted at minor off-ice adjustments his team needs to make and only added that he’d discuss those adjustments later in the series … and you thought Robbie Ftorek was cryptic. Cab vs. subway? What’s for dinner? Curfew?

Rink Rap asked Tortorella if he has a bead on his team relative to or had he organized his thoughts on how his players were affected by playing or not playing during the lockout.

“I think if you look right through the league, the guys that did go and play, it certainly benefited them. Some guys that didn’t go and play, it hasn’t affected them at all, but some guys that didn’t go and play it has affected them. And I said it right on through, and I think older players should have played,” said Tortorella. “I think older players, even when it’s not a lockout, need to do even more as far as conditioning, as far as being on the ice. Some guys feel, because they’re veteran and they’re up in age, they need to rest.

“I’ve seen guys’ careers end quickly because they’re not going enough. They need to be on the ice more, that’s the way I feel about it. People may not agree with it, but I really believe that. I’ve seen a number of situations — when I was an assistant coach in Buffalo a long time ago — I’m not going to name the player or two players — they felt they needed to be off the ice more because they were older — where their career ended, where they should have been on the ice practicing and conditioning even more.”

Wayne Presley? (The 10-year veteran forward lasted only one more season in the NHL after not playing a full 94-95 slate). Bruins assistant coach Doug Houda was also on that team, but had a few more NHL seasons after that one.

MOORE DARKHORSE IN GABBY DEAL

NYR defenseman John Moore is averaging 17 minutes of ice time per game in the playoffs, which isn’t bad for a throw-in to the trade that sent Marian Gaborik to Columbus. Tortorella says his speed helps make up for the learning curve on positioning.

“His approach is not to test the waters, he’s trying to make a difference,” said Tortorella. “And really gave me an opportunity in the first series (vs. Washington) to prop him up to the top four. He got a little overwhelmed after some minutes there and so we bumped him back down (to the third pairing with Steve Eminger), but he’s a guy that, a couple of years down the road, I’m hoping we’re going to say, ‘That was a helluva deal because we got him in it, especially at that position.’”

HAGELIN IMPRESSES EVERYWHERE BUT ONE PLACE

Speedy little winger Carl Hagelin hasn’t been getting powerplay time with the Rangers’ struggling powerplay because Tortorella says “he stinks at it.”

“I don’t know why. I wish I could play him on the powerplay, but I put him on he stinks. I think he’s too quick. I think he’s a jitterbug and he screws it up so … but again, I may use him — I’d love to. And I’m not trying to be a smart (aleck), he stinks on the powerplay if I put him on there.”

But the rest of the Rangers aren’t exactly having success (2-for-31 = 6.4 percent).

“That’s why he may get an opportunity. I’m not sure if he will or not,” said Tortorella, who likes Hagelin’s game in any other situation. “Everything else (is good). He stinks on the powerplay. He does everything else well.”

Tortorella recalls no other player like Hagelin in this regard.

“It screws me up because I’d like to put him on the powerplay,” he said. “But he stinks on the powerplay.

“I love the guy. He is such an effective player.”

Tortorella says he even asked Hagelin why he stinks on the powerplay. Asked what does he say, Tortorella said, “Not too much.

“He’s a real important player to us, but it just has not worked out there. But he may get an opportunity if we keep on going (without conversions) here.”

JAGR PLAYING MIND GAMES

The Stanley Cup playoffs can be so grueling that it becomes a mental game between players and not only opponents but themselves.

“They played seven games (in the first round), so did we,” said Bruins right winger Jaromir Jagr of the New York Rangers. “If you ask any player on any team, they would tell you they feel a lot better two or three months ago than they feel right now. But it doesn’t matter, the most-important thing is you should feel better than the guy you play against.

“That was always my thing, even if I was tired, always telling myself, ‘He’s a lot worse than me.’ I think that kind of tricked the brain, I guess.”

Jagr is trying to figure out how to get the puck to go in the net. He has four assists but no goals in the postseason for Boston.

“When I look at some hockey games right now, there’s a lot of guys scoring goals — they don’t even look where they shoot it,” said Jagr. “I think that might be my problem right now. I’m just looking for the perfect shot and the goalie probably already knows where I’m going to shoot it. I’ll have to change it a little bit — just shoot it. If I don’t know where I’m going to shoot, how’s he supposed to know?”

*BOSTON BRUINS PRESS RELEASE*

BRUINS TO HOST “YOKIDS BOSTON BRUINS SUMMER CAMP SERIES PRESENTED BY
STONYFIELD”

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Bruins and Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc. have partnered to host four YoKids Boston Bruins Summer Camps, presented by Stonyfield, for youth hockey players ages 6-15.

The YoKids Boston Bruins Summer Camps will provide youth hockey players with the skills and support necessary for them to reach their full potential. The camp consists of 37.5 hours of hockey specific training, including Pro Ambitions’ signature “Battle Camp,” a series of 1-on-1
game-simulated battles all over the ice. In addition, campers will participate in daily on and off-ice conditioning, four hours of daily on-ice sessions with former and current NHL players*, as well as a variety of appearances and autograph sessions with members of the Boston Bruins organization. Each skater will receive a camp jersey and Bruins gift bag. The first camp begins Monday, July 15 at the Jim Roche Community Ice Arena. Camps cost $580.00 per week for skaters and $515.00 per week for goaltenders.

Registration is now open; to register your youth hockey player, visit www.bostonbruins.com/summercamp. For additional information on the program, please contact Mike Dargin at mdargin@bostonbruins.com.

YoKids Boston Bruins Summer Camp presented by Stonyfield Dates and Locations:

West Roxbury – Jim Roche Community Ice Arena
Address: 1275 Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132
Dates: July 15 – 19, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Franklin – Veteran’s Arena
Address: 910 Panther Way, Franklin, MA 02038
Dates: July 22 – 26, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Plymouth – Armstrong Arena
Address: 103 Long Pond Rd, Plymouth, MA 02360
Dates: July 29 – August 2, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Haverhill – Haverhill Valley Forum
Address: 7 Parkridge Road, Haverhill, MA 01835
Dates: August 12 – 16, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Chara’s timely pokecheck deflected Derick Brassard’s cross-ice pass on a Rangers 3-on-2 and sent away Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand on what developed into the game’s winning play as the Bruins took Game 1 of this second-round best-of-seven, 3-2. Bergeron carried down right wing and held the puck in stride until Marchand drove the net, and Bergeron timed his pass perfectly for the left winger to swat it home at 15:40.

“Tonight was one of those things where the little details make a big difference in the game,” said Julien. “That pokecheck that he made at the right time, and then giving us a chance to come back and score was huge. Zdeno does those things over and over, and that’s why I said to people that even though he hasn’t been nominated for a Norris, he’s been our Norris Trophy winner every year by the way he’s played and the amount of time he’s played and the players he’s played against. He continues to do that, and we appreciate that kind of play from him a lot. This is the kind of thing that you get from Zdeno, and tonight wasn’t any different.”

Chara, who came into this second-round series with better-than-ppg 1-7-8 scoring totals in the postseason, skated 30:02 of regulation time and exactly eight minutes of the extra period, assisting on the winning goal for his eighth helper of the playoffs and his 10th point.

He skated the majority of the night with Dougie Hamilton, who played 20:45 and matched Chara’s plus-2, adding an assist on Torey Krug’s powerplay goal. Matt Bartkowski had an even busier night, skating 26:42. Krug played 16:41.

“Yeah, anytime you have young players put in a role like this it’s not easy, but they handle it pretty good,” said Chara. “They tried to play a simple game and it’s working, and I’m sure it’s going to be more challenging. But we’ve just got to help them out as much as we can.”

REX REACHED OUT TO MARCHAND

Marchand had received a text before the game from ex-teammate Mark Recchi.

“He just texted me and told me to play my game and not to worry about anything else. The goals and stuff will come,” said Marchand. “It’s nice to hear from him. He’s obviously a guy that I went through a lot (with) when I played with him, and it was good to hear from him again.”

Marchand downplayed his premature exit from the morning skate, when he doubled over and needed help leaving the ice.

“No, no, I wasn’t worried at all,” he said of the incident. “I’m serious, I wanted to get off the ice. Claude knows I hate morning skates. He used to yell at me when we won the Cup there because I wouldn’t even take a stride. I just wanted to get off early.”

NEW YORK
11 Hadfield … 19 Ratelle … 7 Gilbert
22 Rousseau … 18 Tkaczuk … 10 Fairbarn
27 Irvine … 21 Stemkowski … 14 MacGregor
6 Sather … 9 Goyette … 20 Carr

5 Rolfe … 2 Park
15 Nielson … 16 Seiling
24 Demarco … 3 Doak

30 Villemure / 1 Giacomin

BOSTON
12 Cashman … 7 Esposito … 8 Hodge
9 Bucyk … 17 Stanfield … 19 McKenzie
21 Marcotte … 16 Sanderson … 18 Westfall
11 Walton … 14 Bailey … 28 Roberts

26 Awrey … 4 Orr
20 Smith … 10 Vadnais
6 Green

30 Cheevers / 1 Johnston

One thing to take from this, besides generational talents anchoring the defenses, is the goaltending tandems. These days, for the overwhelming majority of teams, it’s about that one go-to stopper. It wasn’t that way for the Bruins and the Rangers, and while Ed Johnston was on the back nine of his playing career, he actually went 6-1 in the ’72 playoffs with a 1.86 goals-against average. Had Bobby Rousseau snuck in his third-period Game 5 winner off a defenseman’s skate, EJ might have taken some votes away from No. 4 for the Conn Smythe.

In the present, it’s Henrik Lundqvist vs. Tuukka Rask (the King had some interesting comments on Rask’s abilities that are quoted in the prior Rink Rap entry), and the biggest difference nowadays is goaltending as an art has almost been swallowed by goaltending as a science. The equipment that used to prevent serious injury now prevents most injuries altogether, especially the masks. But trapping mitts are so big now and leg pads are quick-wear material so goaltenders lack the dexterity and rebound control they once had. For most, none of that matters because the whole position is different. Instead of making a save while trying to stay in one piece, goaltenders now prioritize getting themselves in the way somehow. The percentages game is everything, and reactions don’t occur against flying pucks but against the anticipation of where that next puck will most likely fly. The one part of goaltending that’s harder now: seeing the shot — teams no longer get out of the way to help the goaltender, they get in the way to help the goaltender. If they fail they only set a screen — that hasn’t changed — but success is now considered mandatory as teams play the percentages.

As for his three injured defensemen (Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference and Wade Redden), Julien said, “They weren’t on the ice this morning, doesn’t look good.”

Julien on the Rangers’ shot blocking strategy: “Got to find ways to get pucks to the net. Just got to keep your head up when you’re shooting. They’re going to block shots no matter what. We’ve just got to do the best we can do to get them on net. When they don’t, well they can block them and what can I do? As a team, you’re going to get some shots blocked because they like doing it. We’re just going to do our best to get them through and make sure they get to the net, and hopefully get some net-front traffic. That’s going to make thing a little tougher for their goaltender, that’s not a secret.”

Their goaltender, Henrik Lundqvist, is coming off a series in which the opponent had a superstar sniper (Alex Ovechkin) who commands as much individual attention as an NHL goaltender can afford to give. The Bruins have a share of the playoffs’ leading scorer in David Krejci (13 points, tied with Evgeni Malkin), but the Bruins are different from playing Washington.

“I don’t change my game. I play the same way, I approach the game the same way, but it is a different team,” said Lundqvist. “I think Washington might have really high-skilled players and Boston is more about the team. Every time we play them it’s around the nets, it’s around the blue lines, that’s where it’s decided.”

The Bruins’ and Rangers’ similarities cannot be overstated, but the question lingers about offense and New York’s lack of scoring prowess. If they lose this series, the Marian Gaborik trade to Columbus will be questioned, but so far that deal has paid huge dividends. Designed to restore the forward-line grit lost in the departures of Brandon Prust (Montreal) and Mike Rupp (Minnesota), the deal has produced the Rangers’ leading scorer of the first round in Derick Brassard (2-7-9).

With a darkhorse pacing the attack, the Rangers are a little like the 2011 Bruins, who needed huge contributions from Chris Kelly and Michael Ryder to bail out of their opening-round series hole against Montreal. But that formula depends on traditional names steppoing up as we move along here, and those would include Rick Nash (2 assists in 7GP) and Brad Richards (1-0-1).

“I think we have, as we went through the Washington series, I’ve settled with some lines that I think has given us some balance, not only through the middle but just through our lineup,” said Rangers coach John Tortorella. “I feel pretty comfortable with our lineup right now.”

Tortorella was encouraged by the improvement his team showed during its seven-game series against the Capitals.

“It was fortunate for us, Game 7 was our best game, so I’m not sure if that brings it into Game 1 here, but I feel good about the team right on through,” he said. “Our powerplay struggled a bit (7.1 percent), but other than that I thought we played really well and we got better as the series went on.”

Here are the Rangers’ lines as presented by Dan Rosen of NHL.com (as of Wednesday — today was an optional skate, and Rink Rap saw more Jim Schoenfeld than anyone actually in tonight’s lineup).

LW … C … RW

62 Hagelin … 21 Stepan … 24 Callahan

36 Zuccarello … 16 Brassard … 61 Nash

14 Pyatt … 22 Boyle … 15 Dorsett

20 Kreider … 19 Richards … 45 Asham

LD … RD

27 McDonagh … 5 Girardi

4 Del Zotto … 6 Stralman

17 Moore … 44 Eminger

G: 30 Lundqvist (43 Biron backing up)

Marc Staal not among skaters today.

THE KING SEES SPEED IN RASK

“He’s — on his skates he’s really fast,” said Lundqvist of Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. “Side to side, moves well, aggressive goalie. We’ve played against each other a bunch of times now and he’s good. I’m have to match it. He’s a little different compared to me. I play a little deep, he’s real aggressive, he comes out to challenge the shooter a little more. That’s what I see.”

BRUINS’ PROJECTED LINEUP

LW … C … RW

17 Lucic … 46 Krejci … 18 Horton

63 Marchand … 37 Bergeron … 68 Jagr

49 Peverley … 23 Kelly … 19 Seguin

20 Paille … 11 Campbell … 22 Thornton

LD … RD

33 Chara … 27 Hamilton

43 Bartkowski … 55 Boychuk

47 Krug … 54 McQuaid

G: 40 Rask 935 Khudobin backing up)