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Bruins try to sweep Rangers in Game 4

The Boston Bruins will try to become the first team this postseason to reach the conference final stage, as they attempt to complete a sweep of the New York Rangers in Thursday's Game 4 at Madison Square Garden.The fourth-seeded Bruins have jumped out to a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals and are one win from returning to the third round. Boston won the Stanley Cup in 2011 before losing in the first round to Washington last spring.The Rangers, meanwhile, need to pull off an improbable comeback in this best- of-seven series to make it back to the East finals for a second straight season. New York lost in six games to the New Jersey Devils in last spring's conference finals.Only three teams have come back from an 0-3 hole in the history of the NHL playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942, the New York Islanders in 1975 and the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010. The Flyers' comeback three years ago was against the Bruins.After recording a pair of wins in Boston to begin...

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