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Will success at home in Game #2 translate into wins on the road?

By Giesse
NHL: Stanley Cup Playoffs-Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Bruins
Charlie Coyle ponders how many games Nazem Kadri will miss.
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The Bruins are back at it against the Maple Leafs in Toronto tonight- Game #3 is at 7:00PM on NESN as well as NBCSN.

  • The Bruins will need to toe the line while also maintaining physicality tonight. Patriot Ledger
  • Will the Bruins be able to translate Saturday’s success into wins in Toronto, now that home ice advantage has been negated? Boston Herald
  • Roster and deployment decisions tilted the ice for the Bruins. WEEI
  • Officiating has suddenly become a factor. (with video) NESN
  • Updates: Jakub Zboril has been called up. Marcus Johansson is ill, and remains in Boston. Torey Krug, Jake DeBrusk, and Connor Clifton will travel to Toronto. NBC Sports
  • The incident in question was just the icing on the cake of sour interactions between Kadri and Jake DeBrusk all evening long on Saturday. CBS Boston
  • Zdeno Chara wisely elected not to extract retribution on ice. Nazem Kadri will travel to New York to speak with the NHL Department of Player Safety- he is wearing down a stripe in their carpet. WEEI
  • Don’t even think of blaming the officials for Kadri’s actions. 985 The Sports Hub
  • Just for context (fun?) the Maple Leafs v. Bruins Stanley Cup series ire has long historical roots. Sports Illustrated
  • Rob Gronkowski pumped up the crowd as honorary flag captain, after a visit to Fenway. (With link to video) WEEI
  • The good news from Providence? The PBruins punched their tickets to the postseason. Here are the pertinent details from this weekend’s action. Rinkside Rhode Island

Behind enemy lines:

  • The game did not go well for the Maple Leafs, but the Bruins did not emerge unscathed, and may be left looking to Providence for reinforcements. HockeyBuzz
  • The Leafs have a Nazem Kadri problem. Puck Prose

Elsewhere around the rink:

  • In selected news of other Stanley Cup playoff series: MOAR CANNON! The stunned Lightning fell to a 3-0 game deficit in their series against the Blue Jackets last night. Tampa Bay Times The Jets finally won one against the Blues in their series, scoring thrice in four minutes in the second period. MSN Owen! IS OWEN THERE! The Islanders have driven the Flightless Birds to the brink of elimination, 3 games to nil- NBC Sports wept real tears. Sporting News
  • Sean Avery has a hot taek on the DeBrusk/Kadri situation. Ha ha ha ha NO. (Censored text) Boston.com (Audio link, *NSFW*) @SpittinChiclets
  • One Hockey Hall of Famer had better things to do this weekend, like watching some golf. Reddit