LATE PENALTY KILL SEALS PROSPECTS CHALLENGE WIN FOR BRUINS OVER DEVILS

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For a team that’s had two practices and one game together, the prospects for the Boston Bruins sure have a lot of experience killing 5-on-3 power plays. The Bruins were down two men on three separate occasions in their Prospects Challenge opener against New Jersey on Sunday night, yet still escaped with a 4-3 win.

The lone blemish of Boston’s first period came when the Bruins went down two men, giving Blake Speers the space he needed to bank a shot off the post for New Jersey and even the score at 1-1. The Bruins couldn’t have foreseen two chances at redemption, but that’s what they got.

Boston killed 54 seconds of 5-on-3 play in the second period and then 1:12 more to preserve their one-goal lead in the final four minutes of the contest (defensemen Brandon Carlo and Matt …

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