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Morning sports update: LeGarrette Blount missed practice with illness again on Thursday

Tuukka Rask left a Bruins’ loss after taking a slap shot to the neck, the Patriots are heavy favorites heading into Saturday night’s playoff contest and college football is coming back to Fenway.

LeGarrette Blount misses practice again with illness: Blount and practice squad receiver Devin Lucien were the only missing bodies from the shells-and-sweats session, New England’s final practice open to the media before Saturday night’s divisional round tussle with the Texans. [Boston Globe]

Tuukka Rask leaves game, Bruins fall to Predators 2-1: Filip Forsberg scored with 2:24 left in the second period, and the Predators beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night after Bruins’ All-Star goalie Tuukka Rask was knocked out of the game.