Tuukkka Rask is heading home.
The Boston Bruins’ starting goaltender announced on Saturday morning through the team that he’s leaving the bubble.
The news comes as the Bruins and Hurricanes are tied 1-1 in their first-round series. Game Three is Saturday at noon.
Round-robin hockey is finally over, and thank goodness. This just isn’t good hockey. Anyway, the Caps beat the Bruins, so now the real hockey can begin.
The Caps got roundly dominated in the first period but emerged with a lead anyway, thanks to TJ Oshie’s tenacity down low against Zdeno Chara. The second period was scoreless, but Tom Wilson had a heap of hustle to beat Charlie McAvoy and make it 2-0 early in the third. Jake DeBrusk made a nice move on a broken play to get the Bruins on the board with ten minutes left, but that was it.
Caps win.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Full disclosure: I’m getting tired of these round-robin games. I’m ready for them to really count. I also don’t like losing. Luckily, this is the final one. The Capitals will face off against the Bruins this afternoon in a match that will decide who they will be playing in the first round of the playoffs. Will it be the New York Islanders or the Carolina Hurricanes?
Personally, I don’t want the Capitals to play either, those options do not sound fun to me. But, no matter who the opponent is, it’ll be an absolute pleasure to watch the first round with all of you. God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers. Let’s do this.
The puck drops at 12 PM, and, yes you guessed it, Peter will put the cherry on top of your afternoon with a recap.
By Elyse Bailey 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals will play the Boston Bruins at 12 PM on Sunday. The game will be aired on NBC Sports Washington. The Caps will be the home team.
The matinee will be the Capitals’ final game played in the Round Robin to determine their final seeding in the opening round of the 2020 Playoffs.
With the eliminations on Friday, the list of the Washington Capitals’ possible opponents for the first round of the playoffs has dwindled. Sunday’s round-robin game against the Boston Bruins will decide if the Caps will face the Carolina Hurricanes or New York Islanders.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
The Boston Bruins took to the basketball court to warm up on Thursday.
The video was an immediate reminder that they should, and I cringe writing this, #sticktohockey.
The NHL announced Monday that the Capitals-Bruins game (which you may not have known was on August 8) will now be played on Sunday, August 9.
The Boston Bruins announced on Friday that one of their players tested positive for COVID-19 as he tried to report to Warrior Ice Arena, their training facility, for Phase 2 workouts. The unnamed player is asymptomatic and has tested negative in two subsequent tests. He is now quarantining in place.
According to The Athletic, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said the player will undergo another test next week. The Bruins did contact tracing to identify others who came into contact with the player.
NHL billionaires have been behaving badly.
Three have been worse than most: the Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres, who were among the last to commit to paying their game-day employees and some of those plans were far weaker than other teams.
Now they’ve taken it to another, even lower, level.
By Brennin Weiswerda 6 months ago
After getting mega-boomed to hell by the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night, the Washington Capitals have lost their claim on first place in the league to the Boston Bruins.
By Peter Hassett 8 months ago
