The Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs have alternated wins during the Eastern Conference First Round. They head into Game 5 at TD Garden on Friday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS, NESN) with the best-of-7 series tied 2-2.
"You got to park every game, regardless if you win or lose," the first-line left wing said Thursday. "You know we're not going to look at that and expect it to project us into winning next game. We're just going to have to start from square one again tomorrow, and hopefully we're ready."
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Boston tied the series with a 6-4 win in Game 4 at Toronto on Wednesday.
"It was a good win, but we've been there before," Bruins center David Krejci said. "We had a good game and then the next one we lost. We've been in this situation before, new day today. Get ready, have a good morning skate tomorrow and another good one tomorrow night."
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said he struggled with the decision to either give players a day off Thursday or have them practice and hold an optional morning skate before Game 5. In the past, he's liked how they've performed after practicing the day before.
Rest and relaxation won out.
"The right thing to do to me is give them the day off," Cassidy said. "We've been away for three, four days, we've had a lot of travel, reintroduce yourself to your kids again. Get a breather and come in tomorrow.
"We've just got to … find the right buttons to push tomorrow to make sure we're on time [at the] start."