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BOSTON — Having fallen one short of matching the franchise record for consecutive road wins Authentic Mikael Backlund Jersey , the Anaheim Ducks visit what has been a friendly place for them on Thursday night.The Ducks, who gave up three third-period goals and lost to the New York Rangers on Tuesday, have won their last four visits to TD Garden — and have won nine straight overall against the Bruins — by a count of 37-17.The Bruins ended a two-game losing streak when Jaroslav Halak pitched a 22-save shutout in a 4-0 win over the Canadiens in Montreal on Monday night.Article continues below ...The Ducks had outscored their opposition 18-4 in their previous 10 third periods before Tuesday.“We stopped playing in the third, and they came with a push,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said after the game. “We get kind of a break to get a power play and they score the goal. We set something up and didn’t execute it and next thing we know the puck’s in our net.”The franchise record for consecutive road wins is seven, run up way back in 2006. Now, they will try to start a new streak as they look for their 10th win in their last 12 games overall.The Bruins were coming off losses at Pittsburgh and at home to Buffalo when coach Bruce Cassidy held a little meeting.As reported by Joe McDonald of The Athletic: “Cassidy didn’t call out any individuals. It was simply a matter of ‘this is what we need to do in order to win.’ The message was to start with a better checking game. Play with a purpose. Be accountable. To a man, the Bruins responded.”And the Bruins, who have battled injuries from the outset, could be getting healthier soon. Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara and Kevan Miller have all been reinstated for practice Mike Smith Jersey , Bergeron a full go Wednesday, while Jake DeBrusk and Urho Vaakanainen, both out with concussions, were also skating.“Don’t think he’ll play tomorrow. Potential to play this weekend,” Cassidy said.The Ducks had their four-game winning streak snapped by the Rangers, who outshot them 14-1 in the third period after mustering 10 shots in the first two.Chad Johnson, making his Ducks debut as John Gibson’s backup and wearing his St. Louis Blues mask, played well, but not quite well enough.“He did what he’s supposed to do, give us a chance to win,” said Ryan Kesler. “We just didn’t keep our end of the bargain.”Gibson Sean Monahan Jersey , who is 15-9-4 on the season, has stopped 65 of 67 shots in beating the Bruins in his only two career starts against them.With Halak playing Tuesday, his third shutout of the season, the rotation would call for Tuukka Rask to play Thursday. But given the shutout — Halak’s second of the season — and Rask’s 1-6-1 career record (3.62 goals against average and .865 save percentage), Halak could get the call.Halak is 8-6-1 with 2.80/.899 career numbers against Anaheim.Talking about Bergeron, out with an upper-body injury, Cassidy said Wednesday, “Bergie skated in a full contact and is feeling better. I don’t have a definitive timeline, but he’s progressing well and could potentially play this weekend. It’s nice just that things run a little bit smoother with guys that have been around. The practice habits, the pace of the drills and the mood of the team (gets lifted). I think that’s the biggest thing. Guys know that they’re getting close when they’re with the rest of the group. That’s the biggest noticeable difference with everybody is the jump in the (team’s) step.” ST. LOUIS (AP) Three days after missing the playoffs, the St. Louis Blues learned their star forward Vladimir Tarasenko will need surgery on Wednesday for a dislocated left shoulder.Tarasenko was hurt in the first period of the regular-season finale on Saturday in Colorado. The Blues needed a point in the game to reach the playoffs TJ Brodie Jersey , but lost 5-2.Tarasenko revealed he had a dislocated shoulder while standing with his left arm in a sling Tuesday as teammates cleared out their lockers. The recovery after surgery can take up to six months.”We’ll see how it goes,” Tarasenko said. ”It was a hard year all the way around.”The 26-year-old led the team with 33 goals and 66 points. It was his lowest point total in four seasons. The Blues won 44 games this season and finished with 94 points.Mike Yeo wrapped up his first full season as the Blues coach. St. Louis is 66-40-8 since Yeo replaced Ken Hitchcock as coach on Feb. 1, 2017. That’s the 10th-best regular-season record in the NHL in that period.But it’s little consolation for a team missing the playoffs for the first time after six straight seasons. Two years ago, the Blues were playing for the conference championship.”We understand we’ve taken a step back this year,” General Manager Doug Armstrong said. ”That lies firmly on my shoulders. My job is to deal in reality. The formula we had this year did not breed success and we need to find that formula.”Armstrong said the play of special teams needs to improve.The Blues were 30th on power-play success at 15.4 percent. They finished 18th in penalty killing at 79.7 percent. During the previous six seasons making the playoffs, the Blues ranked No. 1 in the NHL in penalty killing with a rate of 84.3 percent.However, the Blues scored only 38 power-play goals.”As a coaching staff, I promise you we won’t just sit around and just assume things will get better next year,” Yeo said. ”We have to look at everything from the way we manage it, operate it and holding guys accountable and the personnel we’re using and the tactics.”When Yeo coached the Minnesota Wild, the power play also was stagnant.”I’ll take responsibility for it Womens Travis Hamonic Jersey ,” Yeo said. ”I don’t dodge that. That’s on me.”Armstrong backs his coach.”Mike and I are tethered together and we’re going to figure this thing out,” Armstrong said.St. Louis was just 24-17 on home ice this season.”You can’t have the home record we had and be satisfied,” Armstrong said. ”The people that come here work for a living and we need to send them home happy. If we’re in the top 10 in home records, we’re in the playoffs.”The salary cap should increase about $4 million for next season. Armstrong said the Blues ownership will continue to spend to the cap.”We spend to the cap,” Armstrong said. ”We’ve had a good run here. We’ve got to get back to that.”Goalie Jake Allen was signed to a four-year, $17.4 million contract on July 1, 2016. He finished with a 27-25-3 record, a 2.75 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage and one shutout.”I definitely need to be more consistent,” Allen said. ”I know I’m capable of it. I don’t think I need to change much. I’m a pretty good goalie.”Backup goaltender Carter Hutton is an unrestricted free agent. Hutton was 17-7-3 with a 2.09 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage. He had three shutouts.Armstrong said he wants to bring Hutton back.