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WILMINGTON, Mass. Authentic Jay Ratliff Jersey . (AP) -A spirited practice was over. Most of the Boston Bruins were back in the locker room. But not Marc Savard. With his return from a 24-game absence just days away, Bostons best playmaker kept working on the ice with a few teammates on Wednesday. It felt like the Boston Marathon, said Savard, sidelined more than seven weeks following a Grade 2 concussion. They made it pretty tough today, but I got through it. I gave everything I had. So it was a good test. His next challenge comes in the opening game of the second round of the playoffs in which the sixth-seeded Bruins will have home-ice advantage against the seventh-seeded Philadelphia Flyers. The matchup was determined when eighth-seeded Montreal beat top-seeded Washington 2-1 Wednesday night in Game 7. If Washington had won, Boston would have faced fourth-seeded Pittsburgh, the team Savard was hurt against when he absorbed a blindside hit from Matt Cooke. But after Wednesdays practice, Savard said, Im feeling great. At the time, he didnt know the opponent or the date of the next game. But he did know how he wants to play his first few shifts - make contact, not avoid it. Im not a guy that hits a lot but (Ill) try and get a couple of bumps in early and test myself that way so Im tested and I feel involved, he said. Savard isnt backing off after dealing with three injuries that caused him to miss half the regular season - 15 games with a broken left foot, eight with a partially torn ligament in his right knee and 18 games (plus six in the playoffs) with the concussion. But hes been cleared by doctors to play, even if his ice time might be less than usual. His conditioning is as good as it can be at this time, coach Claude Julien said. When youve been out for two months, its important for you to come in and be given a fair chance to help your hockey club and thats what were going to try to do with him. The Bruins advanced on Monday night with a 4-3 win over third-seeded Buffalo in Game 6. Savard resumed skating the previous Monday. Even without him, the power play was solid. A lot of it is confidence. You can see our guys right now are moving the pick and making the right decisions, Julien said. Were not overpassing. Savard is Bostons best passer and figures to play on the power play. He led the Bruins in assists and points each of the past three seasons but had just 10 goals and 23 assists in 41 games this season. Last year, he had six goals and seven assists in 11 postseason games. Boston can certainly use him after scoring the second-fewest goals in the regular season. Hes always been a big part of our team, a big part of our power play, forward Milan Lucic said. Hes shown that he can score in the playoffs. Hes excited. You can just see it in him when hes out there. Hes just got a smile on his face that hes back playing. Late in the season, the Bruins were struggling just to make the playoffs. Then they got hot. They won four of their last five games with the only loss coming in overtime. They kept rolling by winning three of the first four playoff games - against goalie Ryan Miller, the mens hockey MVP of the Vancouver Olympics. After a loss in Buffalo in Game 5, the Bruins returned home to finish off the Sabres. Thats where we started to gain our confidence, that last week or two to finish out the season, Lucic said. We carried it on to that first series. Goalie Tuukka Rasks confidence grew in the first postseason action of his career. He played like a cool veteran, allowing just 2.18 goals per game in the more intense playoff atmosphere. I have no doubt that kind of stuff doesnt get to him, Julien said. Hes very down-to-earth and hes stayed that way so far. And hes not worried that Rask will wear down by playing every game. The amount of time off seems just right for the Bruins. The next series probably will start Friday or Saturday, a break of three or four days since Mondays clincher. Last season, they had the best record in the Eastern Conference, swept Montreal in four games, then had nine days off before the second round. Boston beat Carolina in the first game, but lost the next three and was eliminated in seven games. We allowed ourselves to slip out of the playoff mode because we had so much time off, Julien said. It took us a while to get our game back and when we got it back it was a little too late. ... So, hopefully, this short break here is just the right amount of time. Savard already has had too much time off. Im excited to get back with my teammates and just be part of the team, he said, whether its 12 minutes, 20 minutes, whatever it is. I just want to help out any way I can. Patrick Willis Womens Jersey .J. (AP) - New Jersey Devils right wing Brian Rolston has had surgery to repair a sports hernia. Dez Bryant Youth Jersey . 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Another setback tonight would give Buffalo its first eight-game skid since January 25-February 13, 2003. Buffalos latest defeat came Tuesday night in New Jersey, as Brian Gionta and Patrik Elias scored in the shootout to lift the Devils to a 2-1 decision. The first two shooters for both sides missed, before Buffalos Ales Kotalik beat Martin Brodeur with a backhander that he lifted over the netminders stick. Gionta countered with his goal, and after Brodeur made a stick save on Thomas Vanek, Elias swung wide coming out of the neutral zone, and from between the circles beat Ryan Miller with a hard wrister that rang off the inside of the left post. Miller made 29 saves and Jason Pominville scored in regulation for the Sabres. Buffalo is wrapping up a three-game road trip tonight and is just 8-10-3 as the visiting team this season. Ottaawa, meanwhile, has won five of its last seven contests and is first in the Northeast Division and Eastern Conference with 58 points on the year. Authentic Tramon Williams Jersey. The Senators last played on Saturday, when they posted a dramatic victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning. Mike Fisher scored with 1:43 left in overtime to lead the Sens to the 4-3 decision at Scotiabank Place. In the extra session, Fisher side-stepped Tampa Bay defenseman Brad Lukowich at the left circle and fired a wrister through the five-hole of Johan Holmqvist. Randy Robitaille scored a pair and Fisher added an assist for the Senators. Dany Heatley also tallied and Ray Emery stopped 16-of-19 shots to earn the win. Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson each have seven-game point streaks intact for Ottawa, while Heatley has reached the scoresheet in six straight contests. The Senators are playing the second test of a four-game homestand tonight. Ottawa is 13-6-2 at Scotiabank Place this season, but has lost six of its last nine home tilts. The Senators are 3-1 against Buffalo this year and have won eight of the last 11 contests with the Sabres. ' ' '