Wed 4/4/12 7:25 AM

Tim Thomas got Tuesday completely off, as Marty Turco and Anton Khudobin dressed as Boston's goaltenders in a 5-3 loss to Pittsburgh. "We're going to give him some rest," coach Claude Julien said. "He's done a great job for us down the stretch and this is an opportunity to give him some rest. But at the same time, we're going to continue to work with him so he's fine-tuned for the playoffs." Thomas had appeared in 18 of the team's previous 20 games, so a night where he doesn't have to prepare himself to play could've done him some good.