*Boston Bruins Team Report*
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Last result: 2-0 loss vs. Montreal, April 19
Series: Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinals, 4-3

The Bruins' collapse was completed Monday with a 2-0 loss to
Montreal in Game Seven of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal
series.  It marked the first time in team history Boston lost a
best-of-seven series after leading three games to one. ... The
Bruins had won six straight Game Sevens since 1982. ... Coach
Mike Sullivan disclosed that C Joe Thornton had torn cartilage
in his rib cage, an injury that helped keep Boston's captain
without a point in the series.  "I thought Joe had his strongest
game tonight.  I thought he played hard and competed all over
the ice.  He was a force physically," Sullivan said.  "He's
disappointed in the way the series turned out and the
expectation on him is so high." ... LW Sergei Samsonov was the
Bruins' leading scorer in the series with two goals and five
assists.

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