Defenseman Zdeno Chara will play after missing the Bruins' 6-3 win against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday because of an illness. "We decided with the training staff it would probably be best to stay away and not risk any possible injuries or any more spread it through the locker room," Chara said after practicing Friday. "So it's been good yesterday and progress from yesterday to today. So it should be good to go for tomorrow." The Bruins will try to earn a second straight victory for new coach Bruce Cassidy, who was promoted from assistant coach after Claude Julien was fired on Tuesday. Boston has been chasing consistency all season and would like to duplicate its effort from Thursday. "We do know we play games like that. But ... for some reason the second games aren't as strong as the first ones," center David Krejci said. "So we have to make sure to come out hard again, play a full 60 minutes, just like we did [Thursday]. I think we had a good practice today and [are] obviously feeling good about ourselves." Boston leads the Philadelphia Flyers by one point for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference and trails the Toronto Maple Leafs by one point for third place in the Atlantic Division. Goaltender Tuukka Rask has started 13 straight games, but Cassidy said Rask and Anton Khudobin would split the weekend games (the Bruins host the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday), so Khudobin will start against the Canucks.
