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The Boston Bruins won Game Four, 1-0, sweeping the favoured Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Final. Boston held Pittsburgh, the leagues highest-scoring team, to two goals in the four-game whitewash. Bruins G Tuukka Rask stopped 134 of 136 shots faced in the four games, good for a .985 save percentage. The lone goal in the deciding game was scored by Bruins D Adam McQuaid, a defensive defenceman who scored one goal in 32 regular season games and now has two in 16 playoff games this year. Bostons defence has made a habit of jumping into the play offensively, scoring 15 goals so far in the postseason. Los Angeles and Pittsburgh are tied for second in goals from defencemen in the playoffs, with eight. Bostons balanced attack got contributions from their top two lines. Nathan Horton led the Bruins with five points in the series, and David Krejci, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron each had four. As much as the story of the series was Rask and the Bruins domination, the flip side was that the Penguins star-laden offence was silent. D Paul Martin, with two assists, was the only Penguin with more than a single point. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both held off the scoresheet in all four games. The last time Sidney Crosby went four games without a point was a five-game stretch in November, 2009. The last time Malkin went four consecutive games without a point occurred in late December, 2009 through early January, 2010. The superstars were held off the board, but they obviously werent alone. Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow, James Neal and Kris Letang were also blanked. That means that Pittsburghs top four playoff scorers (Malkin, Letang, Crosby and Iginla) were shut down. The Penguins power play was 0-for-15 in the series, the only time all season that they went four straight games without scoring a power play goal. However unlikely it may have been going into the series for Pittsburgh to get ousted so easily, that was the result and it will likely result in some soul-searching. There have already been rumours that Malkin could be a trade target, as out of this world as that sounds. Its hard to imagine the Penguins being better without Malkin to work in tandem with Crosby down the middle, but any trade would depend on what the Penguins received in return. Its not easy to get equal value, to be sure, but its not impossible. But those are questions to be answered in the summer, and Ill surely get to a Penguins Off-Season Game Plan in due time. As for the Bruins, they escaped by the thinnest of margins against Toronto in Round One, but theyve been an unstoppable freight train since. Theyve been one of the best possession teams in the league through the regular season and the playoffs. Combined with superior goaltending, thats a winning combination. 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In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety.OXFORD, Miss. -- Deandre Burnett hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final two minutes and finished with 21 points and Mississippi held off Montana for an 86-81 win on Thursday night.Cullen Neal added 19 points, including five 3-pointers, Terence Davis scored 18 points, and Sebastian Saiz had 17 points and 13 rebounds.Sayeed Pridgett led Montana (1-5) with 19 points. Ahmaad Rorie added 18 points and Jack Lopez scored 17.Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy was pleased with his teams offense, but the Rebels struggles on the defensive end were clearly at the forefront of his mind Thursday.Defensively, theres a recurring theme, Kennedy said. Were giving up 12 made 3-pointers a game at 45 percent. It went down a little bit tonight (Montana was 12-for-33 from the 3-point line, good for 36.4 percent). Were making a lot of mistakes as it relates to guarding the ball, which creates unnecessary rotations and then the thing that infuriates me -- and Im not supposed to be mad on Thanksgiving -- is the scouting report errors. In the gym tonight, you could hear us yelling, `Dont leave. Hes a shooter, and we leave. We have to have a little more personal accountability as it pertains to preparing for the game.Ole Miss led by as many as 18 points midway through the second half, taking a 62-44 lead on Saizs traditional 3-point play. Montana got as close as 81-76 in the final minute. However, Lopez missed a 3-pointer that would have pulled the Grizzlies within one possession, and the Rebels converted at the free throw line over the final 30 seconds to seal it.Im happy we competed and Im happy we found some grit and didnt give up, Montana coach Travis DeCuire said. We could have easily laid down and lost by 25 or 30. We made some mental errors in the first half and the beginning of the second half that put us in that situation. Once we stopped making mistakes and started competing and crashing the glass, we out-played them in the last 10 minutes. But sometimes teams get a lead and they dont do what theyre supposed to do either, but I did think we grew up a little bit todday.ddddddddddddOle Miss led by 12 at halftime after building a 14-point lead in the first half, thanks primarily to the 3-point shooting of Neal and Davis, each of whom hit three treys in the opening 20 minutes.The Rebels shot 45.2 percent overall and made 11 of 26 from 3-point range.Im pleased with us offensively, Kennedy said. Were scoring in the high 80s consistently and were doing it in an efficient manner. Turnovers continue to come down. If we eliminate some of the foolish ones, were decent in that area. We just have to continue to work.BIG PICTUREMontana: The Grizzlies have been on the road since Nov. 14, and they showed some signs of fatigue at times Thursday, committing 19 turnovers and shooting just 38.4 percent from the field.Ole Miss: Admission was free on Thursday in Oxford, and the Rebels drew a surprisingly large holiday crowd of 7,358 fans. At 5-1 with games against Middle Tennessee and Memphis coming up in the next eight days, the Rebels, who gave No. 11 Creighton a scare on Monday night in the Virgin Islands, have a chance to make some national noise with wins.ROLE PLAYER: Davis role increased on Thursday with Ole Miss guard Rasheed Brooks struggling. Brooks did not score in 19 minutes, going 0 for 6 from the field. Kennedy said Brooks has been distracted the past couple of days due to personal reasons. Davis played 24 minutes, many coming as a result of Brooks struggles, and made 6 of 9 shots. Davis added five rebounds and an assist.HE SAID IT: Theyre a phenomenal team. Theyre playing at a high level right now. They have a lot of guys who do a lot of things. They have athleticism. They can shoot. They have one of the better point guards in the country (Neal). Theyre going to win a lot of games. I think thats a team that can contend in the SEC. -- DeCuire on Ole Miss.UP NEXTMontanas road trip concludes Sunday afternoon at South Dakota.Ole Miss plays host to Middle Tennessee Wednesday night. ' ' '