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The Boston Bruins and Columbus Blue Jackets will face off in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Second Round is at TD Garden on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).
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The Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 7 on Tuesday to advance out of the first round for the second straight season and seventh time since 2009, a span that includes a Stanley Cup championship in 2011 and a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 2013. The Blue Jackets are in the second round of the playoffs for the first time in their history after becoming the first team in NHL history to sweep the team that finished with the best regular-season record in the first round. They won four in a row against the Tampa Bay Lightning, who tied the record for most wins in one season (62) and didn't lose more than two games in a row at any point during the regular season. "The operative words are just a little success," Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. "It's just starting. There is an end goal to this, and that's everything. We've got to take it step by step but not get too carried away as far as how we feel about ourselves as we start preparing for Round 2."The Blue Jackets haven't played a game since winning Game 4 against the Lightning on April 16. They've tried to stay sharp by practicing hard and with pace. They held an open-to-the-public intrasquad scrimmage at Nationwide Arena on Monday that was attended by more than 5,000 fans free of charge."There's no complaints here," Tortorella said. "There's no sense in worrying about [too many days off]. We're just going to keep on practicing and trying to go about our business the right way."The Bruins had to win back-to-back games against the Maple Leafs to advance after trailing the series 3-2. They outscored Toronto 9-3 in Games 6 and 7, including 3-0 with two empty-net goals in the third period of a 5-1 win in Game 7."The odd thing about this series for us is we actually got healthier as the series went on," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Usually in the playoffs it's the opposite, so for us to get guys back, John Moore, [Marcus] Johansson was the other one who got hurt, [Sean] Kuraly, I think helped us a lot. … Knock on wood, I believe we are going to be healthy going into the Columbus series."
