The Bruins play their next-to-last exhibition game this afternoon, with the Islanders on Causeway Street at 4 o'clock, and coach Claude Julien will continue to sort through his line combinations and defense pairings as he prepares for Thursday's season opener in Denver. (Full article: 844 words)

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