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The Boston Bruins got a little stronger ahead of their four-game road trip.Goaltender Tuukka Rask returned from a team-approved leave of absence to deal with a family matter and returned to practice on Tuesday. He was joined by 2015 first-round draft pick Jacob Zboril Jimmy Howard Jersey , who was recalled Tuesday. The 21-year-old defenseman could make his NHL debut against the Avalanche, and he’s feeling a mix of nerves and anticipation.“When I got the call yesterday, I started sweating right away. I got so nervous,” he told the Boston Herald on Tuesday. “Right now, after practice I’m pretty confident, and I’m excited for it.”Article continues below ...Rask, who is 4-4-0 in eight games, will likely not play against Colorado. Jaroslav Halak is scheduled to start after making 77 saves in two weekend games Jonathan Ericsson Jersey , both victories.Rask didn’t specify his reason for needing a leave but said his family is OK. He was thankful for the support from the team while he was tending to his family situation.“My job is to be a hockey goalie for the Boston Bruins. I also have another job title, and that’s a family man,” Rask told reporters on Tuesday. “This was a time that I felt deep inside my heart that I needed to be with my family and make things right so I could get back here and focus on my job. That took three days, I’m back here, I’m back to work, and I’m ready to battle with these guys.“At the end of the day, I realized that a hockey career is a very short career, but your life is much longer than that. I appreciate that I got the privacy at the time I needed. I’m ready to move on now.”The Bruins (10-5-2) take on a Colorado team that ended a frustrating five-game losing streak on Sunday. The Avalanche beat Edmonton after some tough losses Womens Justin Abdelkader Jersey , three of which came against division opponents. They blew a three-goal lead in Calgary on Friday and then a late 6-5 lead at Vancouver the next night.Colorado (8-6-3) has been getting strong production from its top line but has struggled to find secondary scoring. Going into Tuesday’s action winger Mikko Rantanen led the NHL with 26 points and teammate Nathan MacKinnon was third with 24. Captain Gabe Landeskog is sixth in goals with 11 (which is tied with MacKinnon.The Avalanche got a much-needed boost with the return of 20-year-old center Tyson Jost. Jost missed four games with a head injury but scored a goal in Friday’s loss at Winnipeg.“It’s great to have him back,” coach Jared Bednar told reporters over the weekend. “I thought he was skating real well. He was playing through people with and without the puck. He gets the puck on and off his tape in the scoring areas, and he was pulling the trigger on his shot real well.”The Avalanche did get forward Matt Nieto back after missing one game and right winger Sven Andrighetto is moving closer to a return from a lower body injury. He has missed five games and will most likely not play Wednesday against the Bruins. Colorado is shooting for him to return on the team’s road trip that begins in Anaheim on Sunday.While the Avalanche will roll out two of the top three scorers against Boston, the Bruins are just as formidable. David Pastrnak led the league with 16 goals before Tuesday’s games and Patrice Bergeron was second in scoring with 25 points. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has called Ondrej Kase the “Energizer Bunny” of his team.Kase certainly had plenty of jump Wednesday night, rallying Anaheim to its seventh victory in eight games.The 23-year-old forward from the Czech Republic got his first NHL hat trick in a 6-3 win over the Dallas Stars. Anaheim trailed 3-2 at the end of the second period but scored four goals in the third, including three in a three-minute span to take control.“He’s a guy that numerous times has been a clutch goal scorer. He’s the type of player that seems to hound the puck and be effective and now he’s being rewarded,” Carlyle said.Kase completed his hat trick at 10:45 of the third when he pounced on a loose puck in front and put it past goalie Ben Bishop to tie the game at 3. Cam Fowler had Anaheim’s only other hat trick this season on Nov. 4 against Columbus.“I just closed my eyes and shot the puck. I had room Luke Glendening Jersey , so I just tried to hit the net,” said Kase, who has played 134 career games. “It was amazing. I’m so happy.”Brandon Montour, who had four points in the final 20 minutes, gave Anaheim the lead 81 seconds later when he connected on a slap shot after Bishop was knocked down by one of his own players.Jakob Silfverberg then scored for the fourth straight game when he tapped in the puck with his skate on a breakaway to extend the lead. Hampus Lindholm added an empty-net goal as Anaheim got its sixth win when trailing after two periods. John Gibson stopped 26 shots.Kase missed the first 18 games of the season after sustaining a concussion in the final preseason game but has a point in nine of the 15 games he has played. The right wing has five goals and four assists in the past five games.“He’s got such a different skill level with his speed, his hands and his offensive instincts. It’s tough for defensemen to challenge,” said Montour, who had a career-high three assists.Miro Heiskanen Martin Frk Jersey , Blake Comeau and Alexander Radulov scored in a five-minute span during the second period for Dallas, which has dropped its last two games after winning four straight. Devin Shore added two assists.“It was a tale of three periods,” said Bishop, who made 30 saves. “I think they obviously took it to us in the first. We took it to them in the second. Then, they took it back in the third.”Kase opened the scoring less than seven minutes into the game when he took a pass from Pontus Aberg in front and beat Bishop for his third goal in four games.Heiskanen evened it on the power play when he got the rebound of a shot by Jason Spezza and fired a slap shot past Gibson. Two minutes later, Dallas took the lead when Shore fed Comeau near the far post for a wide-open shot. Rudulov gave the Stars their second power-play goal of the period with a high wrist shot from the right circle.Kase pulled the Ducks to 3-2 late in the second with a wrist shot that went between Bishop’s legs.MILESTONE NIGHTRyan Getzlaf had two assists to become the second player in Anaheim history to go over 900 points in his career. The Anaheim captain, who has 901 points (255 goals, 646 assists) http://www.officialredwings.com/authentic-adidas-mike-green-jersey , is the eighth active skater to reach that milestone. Teemu Selanne is the franchise leader with 988 points.“It’s another step along the way. I’m in good company with Teemu and he’s a good guy to be chasing,” Getzlaf said.NOTES: Dallas won the season series 2-1. … Anaheim has won its last six at home against the Stars. … Anaheim had a season-high 15 shots in the first period. The last time it had 15 or more in the first 20 minutes was 16 against Colorado on April 1 last season. … It is the fifth time this season the Stars have scored three or more goals in the second period. Three of those games have been against the Ducks. … Heiskanen, who leads NHL rookie defensemen with 16 points (six goals, 10 assists), has scored a point in three straight games (two goals, two assists). … Spezza has an assist in three consecutive games.UP NEXTStars: Continue their road trip Thursday at San Jose.Ducks: Begin their longest road trip of the season (six games) on Saturday in Columbus.