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Toronto's season may have come to an end in heartbreaking fashion, but there were bright spots along the way.

Then we had Comcast Sports Net's Tony Amonte's plea of "they're going to break the f--king glass" during the mayhem after Game 7 against Toronto, Rask's lay off my iPod "are you f--king kidding me?" quip live from the locker room after Game 3. Thursday, we were treated to Rangers' coach John Tortorella's verbal throw down with one of the linesmen ... (more)

In overtime Thursday night, when Rick Nash and Chris Kreider blitzed through center ice on a two-on-two rush, the Bruins thought they were in good shape.

Say that you're a hockey team with a 3-0 series lead in the playoffs, a team that has outscored the opposition with glee and regularity, a team that knows what's on the line and has decided to focus solely on the game ahead and not what it means as an attempt to maybe calm jangled nerves.

When Boston scored another power play goal in the second period, it was as if they were taunting the hapless had previously called out the fans at MSG during the first intermission.

Tuukka Rask, regardless of what happens in Game 4 of his Bruins' series against the New York Rangers, is going to want this one back.

He is tied for second place in scoring on the Boston Bruins in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

So here we are again. For the second time in what seems like minutes, the Boston Bruins have an NHL Playoff opponent on the ropes.

There are some stars playing in the 2013 NHL playoffs that are hard to hate. Who honestly wants to see either Jarome Iginla or Daniel Alfredsson eliminated from contention, denied a Stanley Cup championship once again? On the other hand, there are several players that haven't done much to endear themselves to fans around the league.

From now until the start of next season, and quite possibly beyond, there will be a lot of Toronto Maple Leafs fans who will point the finger at goaltender James Reimer for the team's shocking ousting from the 2013 playoffs.

May 19, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; A general view of the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo on on the ice before game two in the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.

One of the universal truths in the Stanley Cup playoffs is that the teams that receive secondary scoring are usually the ones that win games and series.

One of the universal truths in the Stanley Cup playoffs is that the teams that receive secondary scoring are usually the ones that win games and series.

First period, 8:20, 0-0: Already, Henrik Lundqvist has been tasked with stopping Chris Kelly on a semi-breakaway and Tyler Seguin on a complete breakaway, and he's stood up to both.

Ryan Callahan, Zdeno Chara, Dustin Brown and Joe Thornton will try to lead their teams to victory on Tuesday night.

The issue doesn't quite seem as dire as it did when the series against the New York Rangers began, but the Bruins blue line slowly is getting healthy.

The Rangers trail the Bruins, 2-0, in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the exact same hole they faced in the first round when they rallied to beat the Washington Capitals in seven games.

As fans react, New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, second from left, and teammates right wing Mats Zuccarello , defenseman Dan Girardi and center Derick Brassard react after the Boston Bruins scored their fifth goal during the third period in Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal hockey playoff series in Boston on Sunday, May 19, ... (more)

The volume of the derisive "Lund-qvist! Lund-qvist!" chants in the third period at TD Garden grew right along with the Bruins' lead.

Bruins coach Claude Julien said defenseman Wade Redden, who skated with the team in Saturday's practice at TD Garden, would likely be a "game-time decision'' for Sunday's Game 2 against the New York Rangers, while the status of Dennis Seidenberg, who skated before practice, remained uncertain.