The Washington Capitals took on the Boston Bruins in a game that we would all like to quickly forget. It was over in the second period and the Caps eventually fell 5-1 in regulation.
The Caps outshot the Bruins 32 to 25 but were out-attempted at five-on-five 36 to 33.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy told the media that defender Brandon Carlo was taken to the hospital in an ambulance on Friday night.
Carlo left the game after taking a high hit from Tom Wilson along the boards.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins did battle in what was expected to be a spicy affair and we sure got that spice early and often. Who would win the actual hockey part of the game?
Everyone’s favorite Bruin, Brad Marchand opened the scoring after he set a pick on Evgeny Kuznetsov and rolled to the front of the net. Everyone’s second favorite Bruin, Trent Frederic was next. Patrice Bergeron and Marchand again for four. Nick Ritchie made it five.
Jakub Vrana finished a Nicklas Backstrom assist to break the shutout and give Nick his 700th career assist.
Bruins beat Caps 5-1.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Nicklas Backstrom just tallied a huge bit of history. The Capitals center recorded his 700th career assist on a Jakub Vrana goal.
The goal ended Jaroslav Halak’s shutout bid, making the game 5-1.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Tom Wilson was a busy boy in Friday’s Capitals-Bruins game.
Wilson knocked Brandon Carlo out of the game with a big hit in the first period. Later, he got in two fights with two different Bruins heavyweights.
Tom Wilson could be in some hot water with the Department of Player Safety after a high hit that he delivered during Friday’s Capitals-Bruins game. Wilson’s bodycheck sent 6-5 defenseman Brandon Carlo woozily to the locker room and out of the game.
Coming into tonight’s showdown, in an article we entitled Tom Wilson’s totally going to fight tonight isn’t he?, the Capitals’ first-line forward addressed Trent Frederic targeting Alex Ovechkin last game, calling it “weird” and predicting another physical affair Friday.
He wasn’t wrong. During a particularly nasty first-period shift, Wilson hit Frederic twice — once in the neutral zone and once in the defensive zone — and then appeared to challenge the forward to a fight. When Frederic passed on the offer, Wilson skated down to the other zone and finished Brandon Carlo into the glass.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Charlie McAvoy attempted to throw the body early in the first period against the Capitals.
Unfortunately for him, he chose the wrong Capitals player to pick on: Garnet Hathaway.
Don’t look now, your Washington Capitals have won four in a row and have at least a point in their last six games. To extend that win streak to five they will need to take down the Boston Bruins on the same rink they did just two days ago.
The puck will be dropped at 7 PM and I’ll be back here with your recap.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
