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Morning sports update: Malcolm Mitchell equated learning the Patriots playbook to calculus

The Bruins downed the Blues 3-0 on Thursday night. Zach Senyshyn scored an empty-netter in his NHL debut.

The Red Sox lost to the Athletics, 7-3. The defending champions are now 2-6.

And the Celtics face the Pacers tonight in Indiana at 8 p.m.

Malcolm Mitchell’s thoughts on the Patriots playbook: Learning the Patriots’ playbook can be notoriously difficult. Receivers like Chad Johnson have acknowledged in the past that getting a grasp on New England’s complicated system can be tough.

Yet rookie Malcolm Mitchell proved to be the rarest of things in the Tom Brady era: A young receiver who acclimated and contributed.