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OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Senators will be hoping theyve found their scoring touch when they host the Boston Bruins, who will be without captain Zdeno Chara, on Thursday at Canadian Tire Centre.The Senators (11-7-1) are coming off a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, the first time theyve scored three or more goals in a game since Oct. 25 in a 3-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks, and the third goal in that game was into an empty net.Its the first time since Oct. 18 they scored at least three goals in a game on a goalie (7-4 win against the Arizona Coyotes).They will face a Bruins team without its top defender.Chara sustained a lower-body injury in the Bruins 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues in Beantown on Tuesday which dropped the Bruins record to 11-8-0.Hes day-to-day. I think hes pretty doubtful for these next two games, Bruins coach Claude Julien told the teams website Wednesday. After that, well see.Replacing one of the dominant defensemen of his generation will require a group effort, Julien said.We have to do it by committee, he said. We just lost our best defender. Teams hate playing against him and thats the kind of impact hes got. Theres no individual thats going to step up and do his job. Were going to have to do it as a group.The good news for the Bruins is it looks like scoring forward David Pastrnak will be ready to return from an upper-body injury which kept him out for three games and defenseman Kevan Miller is close to returning after missing the first 19 games of the season with a broken hand. They will both travel to Ottawa and will be game time decisions.Also a game-time decision is Ottawa winger Bobby Ryan. He missed the past two games with a bruised right index finger.In addition to scoring four goals in a game, also encouraging for the Senators against the Habs was who scored: they finally got some production from the players who are expected to carry the offense.Derick Brassards goal was his second in three games after going 15 games without a goal. Mike Hoffman, back in the lineup after missing two games with a groin injury, scored for the first time in five games and captain Erik Karlsson for the first time in 12 games.Senators coach Guy Boucher was asked if there was a weight lifted from some of his players shoulders.I dont see it as a weight. I see it more as deserving, Boucher said. Weve been talking about it. Weve been working on it. The guys have been very focused on doing a better job around the net, having more poise and especially lifting the puck up, screening the goaltender. If you look at our goals, Hoffman lifted the puck up, (Mark) Stone had a lot of poise on that goal and lifted it, Karlssons goal happened because (Jean-Gabriel) Pageau is really screening the goaltender. All the goals we got we a result the guys really pushing hard to be better around the net.Craig Anderson will start in goal for the sixth time in the Senators past seven games (hes 3-1-1 in his past five games). Jose Calderon Jersey . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. Thon Maker Pistons Jersey .1 million pounds ($61.2 million) on Saturday, giving the beleaguered English Premier League champions a major lift. https://www.pistonsrookiesshop.com/Reggie-Bullock-City-Edition-Jersey/ . 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Theres no doubt about that. They beat us handily, consistently. Its a lot better being on this side of things.Bumgarner (11-4), also an All-Star, didnt appear Tuesday in the Midsummer Classic at Petco Park because he pitched on Sunday, throwing a one-hitter and striking out 14 in a 4-0 victory against Arizona.Rosales homered off the side of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner leading off the fourth, his sixth.Myers, eliminated in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, homered to right-center in the fifth.I saw him well tonight, Myers said. Obviously, hes had some success off me. I saw some good pitches tonight. I felt like he left some mistakes over the plate. I was just able to put good swings on them.Andrew Cashner (4-7) won for the first time in four starts by holding the Giants to one run and four hits in six innings, striking out nine and walking none.It was vintage Cashner, Green said. It was really good. I dont remember him ever ripping off sliders like that. Thats as hard as Ive ever seen him throw a slider. ... It was a top-of-the-rotation type start today.Bumgarner just wasnt quite as sharp, manager Bruce Bochy said. Weve gotten pretty spoiled with him. Six innings, four runs, thats an off night for him, obviously. A couple of balls left the ballpark. He just wasnt quite as sharrp and they took advantage of it.ddddddddddddStill, he keeps you in the game. We just couldnt do anything offensively.Brandon Maurer worked the ninth for his second save.Brandon Belt was ejected for arguing with umpire Mike Estabrook after striking out in the ninth, and Bochy also was tossed.Bumgarner allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out nine and walked one.Yangervis Solarte hit an RBI double in the first and Matt Kemp had an RBI single in the third for San Diego.Conor Gillaspie singled home the Giants run in the second.FUNNY MOMENTSolarte, the Padres third baseman, tumbled into the stands to catch a foul pop in the ninth inning. When he emerged, the ball was covered in what appeared to be nacho cheese.It was a great catch, Green said. He mightve gotten a hot dog and some mustard on it over there. I dont know what he went into over there. I dont think you want to go into the ground in the first row too often. You get a lot of peanut shells and beer and everything else.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: OF Hunter Pence, on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. Bochy said hed like Pence to get at least 30 at-bats before rejoining the active roster.Padres: RHP Tyson Ross, who hasnt pitched since opening day due to inflammation in his right shoulder, will be set back two more weeks after spraining an ankle last week.UP NEXTGiants: RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-5, 3.91 ERA), who won his final start before the All-Star break, is scheduled to start the middle game of the series Saturday night.Padres: Rookie RHP Luis Perdomo (3-4, 7.48) will try to bounce back from a loss in his last start before the break. ' ' '