The Washington Capitals rolled into Boston with nine road wins under their belt, the best in the NHL. On Saturday they extended the wins to ten after besting the Bruins in the first of their three meetings.
The Bruins opened the game by striking first, but Travis Boyd scored his first goal of the season to tie up the game heading into the second period. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before, but John Carlson had an assist. He sits with 32 points with 8 goals and 24 assists. Whew.
The Capitals began the second period by turning the puck over in their own zone to make it very easy for David Pastrnak to put the Bruins up 2-1. What happened the rest of the second period? All you need to know is that Jaroslav Halak…is still Jaroslav Halak. Shots on goal heading into the third were Capitals 30 and Bruins 15.
The Caps looked much better in the third. TJ Oshie saved the dang day and put the biscuit in the basket with under a minute remaining. Overtime happened and it was very exciting, but this game needed a shootout to end. With a big goal by Vrana and a big save by Holtby, the Caps got two points.
Caps beat Bruins 3-2!
- Something kinda cool: today is one of just two days all season that 30 of the 31 teams played on the same day. Everyone except the Columbus Blue Jackets had a game.
- Tonight the NHL also celebrated Hockey Fight Cancer. A cool moment during the Coyotes/Flames game, thanks to Oliver Ekman-Larsson!
- Travis Boyd scored his first goal of the season! He has five points in six games.
- As mentioned above, John Carlson recorded an assist this evening during the first period. This is officially his sixth straight game with a point and he’s recorded a point in 18 of his 22 games this season. He is tied with Brad Marchand for the third-most points in the NHL this season.
- Michal Kempny didn’t look too hot. Couple bad turnovers in the Capitals’ own zone, one of which led to Pastrnak’s goal in the second period.
- The shots sure were coming from the Capitals. They passed their single-game high, which was 36 shots against Philadelphia on November 13. Capitals ended the game with 44 shots, Boston with 23.
- The Caps have now sent six road games in a row to overtime.
- Did anyone else see the goalies get involved during the Flames-Coyotes line brawl?
- Things aren’t seeming exactly sunshine and rainbows in Toronto right now. They got pummeled by the Penguins tonight and apparently the road crew was pretty vocal.
leaf fans in the building have started a “fire babcock” chant
— evan sc🍩tt huber (@evanscotthuber) November 17, 2019
A classic blue number #JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsBruins pic.twitter.com/koNVjXlynH
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 17, 2019
Everyone, deep breath. The Capitals get tomorrow off and are headed back home. Next game is Monday night when they host the Anaheim Ducks. Quack quack, have a great weekend.
