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WILMINGTON - At the risk that Cam Ward could get into their heads, the Bruins tonight will perform their own exploratory surgery on the talented Carolina goalie. For starters, they'll get in his face.

If that doesn't work, they'll take aim on some of the goalie's other body parts with their intimate, probing work around the net. We would divulge more saucy details here, but for the sake of a family readership, we can only tell you so much about how the Bruins intend to break the 1-1 series deadlock, and Ward's mesmerizing spell, when they meet the Hurricanes tonight in Raleigh, N.C., in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series.

Ward, the playoff MVP in 2006 when he backed the Canes to their only Stanley Cup, was back on cue in Game 2 Sunday night, snuffing out all 36 Boston shots en route to a 3-0 victory. He was at his best in the third period, especially on back-to-back turnbacks on Michael Ryder and Dennis Wideman, when the Bruins finally shook their two-period doldrums and played as if they were interested in advancing to the Eastern Conference finals.

"Great save, and he made them the whole game," said Ryder, noting how the 25-year-old Ward flashed his left pad and stopped the winger's point-blank attempt with about 6:30 remaining. "If I could have lifted it a little, I might have scored there. We were desperate in the third period, and we have to play the whole game that way."

Ward, who starred as a junior in the...
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