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NYR @ BOS: Game Two Preview

BostonBruins.com – The Bruins and Rangers resume their second round series on Sunday afternoon on TD Garden, and after their 3-2 overtime win in Game One that saw Brad Marchand net the winner 15:40 into OT, the B’s are expecting the Blue Shirts to come out hungry in an attempt to tie the series at a game a piece.

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Anticipating Adjustments from Rangers

BOSTON, MA – Both the Bruins and the New York Rangers got back on the ice for practice Saturday afternoon at TD Garden, in preparation for Sunday’s Game Two of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series.

“We expect them to come hard at us; we expected them to come hard at us last game, too. Our D’s handled it well, our forwards did a great job of coming back. It’s just a matter of being ready to up your game because the other team is going to be better,” said Bruins Head Coach Claude Julien, following the team’s skate.

“That should be something that you know automatically. We saw some things in our game that we talked about in our dressing room that we’ve got to improve on. That’s the adjustments you make game to game in these kinds of series.”

Rangers’ bench boss John Tortorella agreed that there were adjustments to make on his team’s end as well, though he liked the team’s approach.

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Positive Trend on B's Blueline with Redden, Seidenberg Back Skating

BOSTON, MA - The trio of young defensemen in Matt Bartkowski, Dougie Hamilton and Torey Krug has seamlessly kept stability on the Bruins’ back end with the injured veterans sidelined.

But, things seemed to be trending in a positive direction for the B’s on Saturday. Dennis Seidenberg skated before the team’s practice at TD Garden prior to Game Two with Strength and Conditioning Coach John Whitesides and got in an off-ice workout Friday. Meanwhile, Wade Redden joined his teammates on the ice for practice for the first time since being in the lineup for Game Six against Toronto.

Coach Julien gave updates on Seidenberg and Redden following practice, along with Andrew Ference, who did not skate with the team Saturday.

“As far as Wade [Redden], I haven’t had a chance to talk to him after practice, so I can’t say much about that; I don’t know the situation with him,” said Julien, before adding later to reporters, “Redden will probably be a game-time decision, or a decision made tomorrow.”

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Chara's Impact Extends Beyond Impressive Minutes

BostonBruins.com - Nearly every summer, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara, an avid cyclist, rides stages of the Tour de France.

It has been well-documented that cycling has been a part of his training for years, and at times, when he’s watched as the Tour athletes come past, he has started running alongside the riders, trying to push them up the hill.

That’s what the Bruins captain does for his team every night - and it was very apparent on Thursday, when he logged 38:02 in ice-time, more than half of the game’s playing time, to lead all skaters on the ice, in the Bruins’ 3-2 overtime win over the New York Rangers to take Game One.

The next closest skater was Rangers’ defenseman Dan Girardi with 32:05. The nearest Bruin was Patrice Bergeron, who logged just over 27 minutes on the ice (hefty in its own right, for a forward).

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In Playoffs, Overtime Has Been Good to Bruins

BOSTON, MA – The last two games – back-to-back victories in overtime thrillers – have been grueling ones for the Boston Bruins. As a result, the B’s used Friday to take a breather and participate in off-ice workouts and meetings; they did not hit the ice.

So far this postseason, the Black & Gold have won all three overtimes games they have played. The OT games also mark the B’s past three wins.

In Game Four against Toronto, David Krejci netted the winner to put the Bruins up three games to one; Game Seven saw the B’s complete one of the greatest comebacks in Stanley Cup playoff history, when Patrice Bergeron put one past the Leafs’ James Reimer; and Thursday night in Game One of the second round against the New York Rangers, Brad Marchand took a feed from Bergeron and guided it past Henrik Lundvist.

The Bruins were dominant Thursday during the extra session, outshooting New York 16-5.

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Krug's First NHL Goal Couldn't Come at Better Time

BOSTON, MA – The Bruins have a bit of a trend going. In two straight games, they have gotten stellar play from young, call-up defensemen. And both times, one of those ‘young guns’ delivered his first career NHL goal.

On Thursday night, it was call-up Torey Krug’s turn to score his first-ever NHL goal, in his first-ever NHL playoff game.

Just four days prior, in Game Seven of the B’s first round series against Toronto, Matt Bartkowski, playing in just his second career playoff game, tallied Boston’s first goal of the game - and the first NHL goal of his career - just over five minutes into the first period from the left faceoff circle.

Bartkowski was called up from the AHL affiliate Providence Bruins and stepped into a depleted defense corps, that saw Andrew Ference and Wade Redden sidelined. Just 37 seconds into that game, Dennis Seidenberg was done for the night with an injury of his own.

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