BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins defenseman Wade Redden has returned to practice but says he isn't quite ready to play after missing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers. Coach Claude Julien says it will be a game-time decision whether Redden can play.

With veterans Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference and Wade Redden injured, the Bruins used first-round draft pick Dougie Hamilton along with Krug and Mart Bartkowski on defense. Hamilton assisted on Krug's goal with 2:55 left in regulation, and Bartkowski played a career-high 26 minutes in the 3-2 victory over the Rangers. Hamilton, who made the team out of training camp and played 42 games in the lockout-shortened season, said it helps to know that he won't be yanked out of the lineup with one bad shift. Hamilton, the No. 9 overall pick in the 2011 draft, had five goals and 11 assists this season while averaging about 17 minutes per game. To help fill in, the Bruins called Bartkowski up from the AHL for the third time this year; he had two assists and six penalty minutes in 11 games for Boston this year. The 2009 Norris Trophy-winner, who averaged about 25 minutes per game in the regular season, has played about 30 minutes per game in the playoffs, including 35 minutes in Game 7 against the Maple Leafs and more than 38 in the opener of the Rangers series.

[...] just a few feet from the empty side of the net. Get off the ice early so he could score that winning goal, Bruins coach Claude Julien joked after the first playoff game between the Original Six teams in 40 years. After consecutive shutouts in the last two games against the Washington Capitals in the opening round, last year's Vezina Trophy winner and this year's finalist for the award allowed two soft goals then admitted he made a mistake on Marchand's. [...] at 2:55, rookie Torey Krug tied it with his first career goal in his fourth NHL game and first in the postseason. The Bruins nearly won in regulation, but Johnny Boychuk's shot from the right point clanged off the left post with one-tenth of a second left. The Bruins became the first team to overcome a three-goal deficit in the third period of a seventh game and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Bergeron's goal in overtime. Lundqvist appeared to have a good view of the 50-foot slap shot from just in front of the middle of the blue line and got a piece of the puck, but it trickled by him. Stepan's goal was the sixth against the Bruins in the first two minutes of a period in their eight playoff games. ... The teams last met in the playoffs in 1973 when the Rangers won the first-round series in five games.

Boston's leading goal-scorer during the regular season scored his first of the postseason with 4:20 left in the first overtime and the Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night in the first playoff game in 40 years between the Original Six teams. The Bruins overcame a three-goal deficit with 11 minutes left in regulation and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Patrice Bergeron's goal in overtime. Derek Stepan put the Rangers ahead 2-1 just 14 seconds into the third period, and Torey Krug tied it on a power play with his first NHL goal in four career games. Lundqvist appeared to have a good view of the 50-foot slap shot from just in front of the middle of the blue line and got a piece of the puck, but it trickled by him. McDonagh's rising slap shot soared over the right arm of goalie Tuukka Rask. Stepan's goal was the sixth against the Bruins in the first two minutes of a period in their eight playoff games. ... The teams last met in the playoffs in 1973 when the Rangers won the first-round series in five games. Both teams' leading goal scorers in the regular season had no goals in eight playoff games heading in.

[...] Period_1, Boston, Chara 2 (Krejci, Horton), 12:23. Penalties_Pyatt, NYR (boarding), 2:22; Chara, Bos (hooking), 4:38; McQuaid, Bos (interference), 13:52. [...] Period_3, N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 3 (Hagelin, Callahan), :14. First Overtime_5, Boston, Marchand 1 (Bergeron, Chara), 15:40.