John Moore moving toward making his playoff debut - The Boston Globe
TORONTO —
John Moore didn’t want to complicate things.
“Playoffs, X’s and O’s are out the window,” he said. “It’s about how bad you want it.”
Moore wants badly to make his Bruins playoff debut, and it appears he will in Wednesday’s Game 4. The defenseman, who had been skating on his own, returned to practice for the first time since he was hit from behind by Tampa Bay’s
Adam Erne on March 25.
Moore, who paired with
Matt Grzelcyk at practice, would bump out
Steven Kampfer. The latter, playing in his first career playoff game after 201 in the regular season, skated just 11:06 on Monday. Moore averaged 18:46 in the regular season. He would also be a penalty-kill replacement for Kampfer, who was victimized on a power-play goal. In that area, the Bruins miss
Kevan Miller, who remains out with a knee injury.
At Tuesday’s practice,
Connor Clifton participated in a red (no contact) jersey. He missed Game 3 with an upper-body injury, putting Kampfer in the lineup.