The Washington Capitals eeked out a 2-1 win over the Provide…Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. It took a goal in the final seconds from Michael Raffl to seal the regular season with a victory.
The Caps outshot Boston 32 to 26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 70 to 43.
- The Caps played well enough to win this game by multiple goals but Jeremy Swayman was very good in net for the Bruins. I had no real issue with how they played as it was really a preseason pace for the majority. Let’s get everybody healthy and beat these fools four more times.
- What was really good to see was Alex Ovechkin playing 19 minutes and looking dangerous more than a few times. Ovi led the Caps with nine individual shot attempts.
- I think the Lars Eller, Michael Raffl, and Conor Sheary trio should stick together and actually get the Bergeron-Marchand line assignment. They were very good in this game and have been since being put together.
Michael Raffl scores to give the Caps a 2-1 lead, marking his first goal as a Capital. With 1.8 seconds remaining, that's the latest go ahead goal the Capitals have scored all season.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) May 12, 2021
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