Daugavins hopes to make amends; Haunted by missed chances.

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COLUMN: Bruins Notes

CHICAGO - When Bruins forward Kaspars Daugavins has nightmares, he sees himself hitting goalposts and falling down in front of open nets.

The post strike occurred in Game 7 against Pittsburgh after he walked in and beat Tomas Vokoun. The fall occurred in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday when he had goalie Corey Crawford dead to rights but fanned on a backhander while going down after being hooked from behind by Chicago's Johnny Oduya.

He got over the post strike, and he said after Friday's practice that he has put the incident on Wednesday night behind him, too, although it caused him one rough night's sleep.

"Obviously, going to bed it was a little tough thinking about it and watching a replay of it," Daugavins said. "But you get a good night's sleep and you've got to wake up and you have to kind of put it behind you, take the good stuff out of it, and hopefully get one tomorrow."

The "good" part, Daugavins said, is that he now realizes he has more time than he thinks in those situations. He still thinks he should have scored despite Oduya's trip.

Marchand lays low

Most of the Bruins spent Thursday laying low and catching up on their rest, nutrition and hydration after that marathon three-overtime thriller.

Brad Marchand said he "had a nice sleep-in," stayed around the hotel and relaxed, had a good dinner and caught a movie, "The End," and then went to bed early.

"There was a lot of action," he said of the flick. "It was all right."

Being in Chicago, home of Siskel and Ebert, someone asked if he gave it one thumb up or two thumbs up.

"A thumb up," Marchand said.

Shaw makes flub

Chicago's Andrew Shaw was so caught up in the emotion of Wednesday night's overtime win that he dropped an F-bomb during a live postgame interview on NBC-TV.

"(Bleeping) unbelievable," gushed the 21-year-old winger, who also called his winning goal "lucky," which was the only smart thing he said given that it was a Dave Bolland deflection of a Michal Rozsival shot that brushed off Shaw's pants leg before zipping past goalie Tuukka Rask like a ricocheting bullet in a Road Runner cartoon.

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