The Capitals hosted the Boston Bruins for the second time this season. After a wild win by the Caps during their last matchup, could they extend their win streak to three games? Nope.
The game began physical for the Bruins and pretty slow for the Caps, but the feeling soon shifted after Carl Hagelin scored the first goal to kick the scoring off. Sadly, the goal was taken back due to an offsides calling, but that was no problem for Zdeno Chara who got a goal right back. Eleven seconds later, Daniel Sprong ripped one through Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak, giving the Caps a 2-0 lead to start the second period.
Caps had some good chances during the second period, but John Carlson was the one to take the Caps up 3-0 after a beautiful power play goal. Sadly, the dreams of a shutout were dead after David Pastrnak got one back for the Bruins.
Pastrnak scored another in the third period with 13:52 left, bringing the Bruins within one goal. Want to know what happens next? YOU GUESSED IT! The Bruins tied it up 3-3 with about 6:30 left in the game. Finally, the Bruins score one more to take the lead at 4-3. Marchand with an empty net goal. First rego loss of the season.
Bruins beat Caps 5-3!
- Goal number one came courtesy of Zdeno Chara, his second goal of the season and his eighth career goal against the Boston Bruins.
- Wait, speaking of Chara, we posted an insane story about him and his lost sticks:
Zdeno Chara’s new sticks got delivered to the wrong address.
Where? In New Jersey.
We spoke to @ArielCreate who has the twigs. He promises to make sure @zdeno33 gets them back. https://t.co/t8GgM7lsSC
— RMNB (@russianmachine) February 2, 2021
- Brad Marchand was down for a second. Hm. Don’t worry, he’s fine.
- Both Garnet Hathaway and Nic Dowd got their second assists of the season after the first goal.
- In other game news, Sidney Crosby tried the Michigan. Important to note: he did not score. Thanks for playing, Sid.
- I have been enjoying Jakub Vrana a whole lot, he got his fourth assist of the season on Daniel Sprong’s goal and his fifth on John Carlson’s PPG.
- John Carlson has been looking pretty great too. He’s got 11 points this season and is currently on a team-leading seven game point streak (3g, 6a).
- If you were curious about what the third period looked like:
I think Carlson tripped over the net. https://t.co/pik7jZt8aZ
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) February 2, 2021
- In the first period, the Caps had 15 shots on goal. From the end of the first until about 8 minutes left in the third, the Caps only had 8. Not ideal.
- Conor Sheary had a collision at the blue line and headed back to the locker room. Here’s hoping for nothing serious.
- Listen, at least Joe B looked amazing. As always:
I have captured a fun face here #joebsuitofthenight pic.twitter.com/KmMsywo8yu
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 2, 2021
On the next episode of Washington Capitals hockey, the boys will head up to New York City to play the Rangers on Thursday night. See you then.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps vs Bruins
Screenshot courtesy of NBC Sports Washington
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