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With a 2-0 series deficit and no Carey Price, Michel Therrien expects nothing less than a positive response when his club takes on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. While the team lost 3-1 on Monday night - a relative improvement from their 7-2 drubbing in Game 1 - the Montreal Canadiens head coach was impressed with the effort his players gave against a tough Rangers squad. "I want to give credit to the Rangers for what they did well," he told reporters in a conference call on Tuesday. "The Rangers defence did a good job of boxing players out, blocking shots and preventing second chances. We just need to keep working the way we did yesterday. Things can change very fast if we keep creating chances. The most important thing is that players follow the game plan and stay alert. If we keep doing that, things will turn around." The Canadiens - trailing by two games for the first time in these playoffs - have held the lead for just 17 seconds over the first 120 minutes played. Henrik Lundqvist made 41 saves in Game 2, including 19 in the third period. "I liked the engagement level of our team in Game 2," Therrien added. "The first game was emotionally and physically tough for us, but we regrouped really well. On Monday, we played with energy and we pushed the pace. Im anxious to see the guys tomorrow and I feel optimistic for the rest of the series because of the way we competed." The Canadiens will now try to become the 20th team in Stanley Cup playoff history to win a series when losing the first two games at home. Fittingly, the Habs and Rangers have been a part of last three instances its happened - Montreal lost 4-2 to Carolina in 2006 after winning the first two games in Raleigh, the Washington Capitals beat the Rangers 4-3 after New York took the first two games at the Verizon Center in 2009 and Montreal won the first two games at Bostons TD Garden before losing 4-3 in their 2011 series with the Bruins. Still, Therrien is a full believer that his team can win once theyre reset in a couple of days. "Its a challenge to play in New York, but weve won many games throughout the years at Madison Square Garden," he explained. Therrien did not say which goaltender - Dustin Tokarski or Peter Budaj - would start in Game 3. Air Force 1 Sale Ireland .J. -- Jaromir Jagr has hit so many NHL milestones this season for the New Jersey Devils that he is starting to downplay them. Nike Air Force 1 Clearance Sale .Jeff Green, playing in his second preseason game after missing the first four because of a calf strain, had 18 points. The Celtics (3-3) shot 47.2 per cent from the floor and made 15 of 37 3-point attempts. http://www.cheapairforce1ireland.com/ . Here is a look at all the moves through the first week of NHL Free Agency. The most significant deals will get the full Numbers Game column treatment, like these:Briere-for-Parenteau trade. Air Force 1 Online Sale . Top-ranked Rafael Nadal was also taken to three sets but emerged with a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win over Tobias Kamke of Germany, while second-seeded David Ferrer joined Murray in making an early exit after a 6-4, 7-5 loss to Daniel Brands of Germany. Cheap Nike Air Force 1 Ireland . LeBron James believes hes a major reason for their early failures.BOSTON - The Boston Celtics went at each other hard for a couple of days. It must have worked because they didnt let down against Sacramento.Jared Sullinger scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help the Celtics snap a four-game losing streak with a 106-84 victory over the Kings on Wednesday afternoon.Known for blowing big second-half leads a handful of times this season, the Celtics coasted to the win.That was the best game physically weve played, I thought, as a team, Boston coach Brad Stevens said. I was a little nervous coming into today because we had two hard practices, where there were very few fouls called and there was a real emphasis on getting into bodies and getting into the ball and competing and growing as a team by competing against each other. Hopefully, we can build on that.Kelly Olynyk added 15 points, Jae Crowder 12 and Marcus Smart 11 for Boston, which never trailed and avoided matching its longest losing streak this season.Darren Collison and Carl Landry each scored 14 points to lead the Kings, who lost for the ninth time in 11 games.Everything was just off tonight, Kings coach Tyrone Corbin said. Its a disappointing effort, disappointing loss and we have to get better.Sacramento forward DeMarcus Cousins was ejected after collecting his second technical of the game midway into the final quarter. He finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds.We have to come together as a team — myself included, Cousins said. Im the leader of this team. I have to get my stuff together. I cant have games like I had tonight. We have to come together and figure this thing out.Cousins, who set two screens on Smart, was battling for position for a rebound with the rookie guard. He then grabbed him by the arm and flung him to the floor.Smart got up and yelled at Cousins before they were separated. Each received a technical and Cousins was ejected because it was his second of the game. His other came in the first quarter.Cousins headed out the tunnel near the Kings bench to a loud choruss of boos.ddddddddddddHe knows Im not going to back down, Smart said. To be honest, I dont know why I got the technical.Boston led by 16 after three quarters and pushed it to 23 on Crowders 3-pointer with just under eight minutes to play.The Celtics went on an 8-0 run early in the third quarter, turning a 10-point halftime edge to 57-42 on Evan Turners fast-break layup. They maintained at least an eight-point lead for the rest of the quarter.The Kings had closed the gap to 69-61 on Ray McCallums free throw before Boston scored the final eight points of the quarter, six coming on consecutive 3-pointers by Olynyk and Smart in the final 38.1 seconds.Boston led 49-39 at halftime.____TIP-INSKings: Corbin talked before the game about having the interim tag recently lifted by management. You can relax on that part of it and focus more on the games and who we have and what we feel well be with this group for the rest of the year, he said. We can move forward on what we want to be, trying to grow on both ends of the floor. Corbin replaced fired coach Michael Malone on Dec. 15.Celtics: Boston coach Brad Stevens inserted Turner into the starting lineup as the point guard. Were still searching, Stevens said. Weve got to stop searching soon. Thats the bottom line. Im hopeful itll be a good change. ... Sullinger started despite missing Mondays practice after tweaking his right ankle against Washington on Saturday.SORRYCousins said he apologized to his teammates after getting tossed and I shouldnt have done it when asked what went through his mind when he got to the locker room. He was dressed in street clothes, sitting in his locker and waiting for the media.NO ACTIONCorbin didnt start F Jason Thompson, who didnt play at all, and inserted F Ryan Hollins into the starting lineup because we needed to change something. Hollins scored four points with three rebounds in just over 11 minutes.UP NEXTKings: At Minnesota on Thursday night.Celtics: Host Dallas on Friday in Rajon Rondos return. ' ' '