The third game of the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes’ first-round series was stopped for several minutes during the second period after a scary incident in a TD Garden penalty box.
A pane of plexiglass broke as fans celebrated a David Pastrnak power-play goal and fell on Boston timeout coordinator Joe Foley.
The Washington Capitals had the tough task of playing the Boston Bruins not even 24 hours after getting done beating the Pittsburgh Penguins and they completed that task with another two points. That’s three in a row against future Eastern Conference playoff teams.
Let’s go Caps.
By Chris Cerullo 6 months ago
The Washington Capitals were back on the ice less than 24 hours after taking down the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road Saturday. Could they sneak a win over a better rested Boston Bruins squad?
John Carlson opened the scoring in the second before two goals in quick succession from Curtis Lazar and Erik Haula gave the Bruins a mid-game lead. Tom Wilson jammed home a rebound to tie the game at two. Lars Eller threw the puck to the net and it took a wicked deflection to beat Linus Ullmark to give the Caps a third-period lead.
Alex Ovechkin empty netter! Love that.
Capitals beat Bruins 4-2!
By Chris Cerullo 6 months ago
The Washington Capitals authored a thrilling 6-3 win over their biggest rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins, on Saturday. Now they will try to do it again a day later against the team that ousted them in last year’s postseason, the Boston Bruins.
The Capitals will suit up without second-line center Nicklas Backstrom who is out due to [gestures at everything] “body maintenance” per the team.
Today’s game is big, big, big for both teams (see the standings). Boston is fighting to stay out of the first wild card position in the East, while the Capitals could pull within two points of the Pittsburgh Penguins for third place in the Metropolitan Division with one game in hand after today. Passing the Penguins would get the Capitals out of the second wildcard spot where they’d likely match up against the Florida Panthers. So yeah, do that. That’d be good!
Today’s game is on TNT, so give yourself a few grace minutes before puck drop to find the channel. Here are today’s Daily Deals on Caps merch.
By Ian Oland 6 months ago
The NHL trade deadline is on Monday afternoon, but we all talked and decided to wrap the whole thing up before dinnertime on Sunday. A handful of big trades have been made this weekend, and most of them have improved eastern-conference teams that Washington may meet in the playoffs.
A quick rundown for your early afternoon.
By Peter Hassett 6 months ago
Your fave Brad Marchand has done it again. Late in the Boston Bruins’ 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston forward Marchand punched Pittsburgh goalie Tristan Jarry in the head. Then, after a scrum, he booped Jarry’s snoot with this stick.
So, yeah, he’s definitely getting suspended.
By Peter Hassett 8 months ago
The Washington Capitals went to battle with the Boston Bruins on Thursday night and neither team would come out unscathed. The Bruins came out the happier of the two parties as they ended the night with the full two points in a 4-3 victory.
Special teams tend to matter a lot.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
The Washington Capitals shipped on up to Boston for a road date with the Bruins on Thursday night. I missed the first 90 seconds of the game because I forgot the game was streaming only.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored first with a perfect near-side wristshot. David Pastrnak responded quickly, finding an open spot in the slot for an easy goal. Pasta struck again in the second period with a breakaway on the power play, which is the part of the game where you’re not supposed to get a breakaway.
Lars Eller tied the game late in the second period, but Boston restored their lead off Evgeny Kuznetsov’s skates halfway into the third period. Scant moments later, Tom Wilson fed Nicklas Backstrom for a quick wrister from the slot. With Dowd in the penalty box, Charlie McAvoy found a gap to put Bruins ahead one last time.
Caps lose.
By Peter Hassett 8 months ago
The Washington Capitals are taking on the Boston Bruins tonight for the first time since the B’s beat them 7-3 on home ice last Monday. Axel-Jonsson Fjallby will replace Daniel Sprong on the third line as Peter Laviolette chooses to go with more of a two-way player.
The Capitals will be without Dmitry Orlov (suspension), John Carlson (COVID), TJ Oshie (injury), and Conor Sheary (COVID) for tonight’s game. Anthony Mantha remains on long-term injured reserve.
Vitek Vanecek will make his third start in the last four games as he tries to stake his claim to the Capitals’ top goalie spot.
Tonight’s Caps-Bruins game is streaming only and can be watched on ESPN+.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
The Washington Capitals could not buy a single save for like half of this game against the Boston Bruins and ended up dropping it by a scorer of 7-3.
Remember when they had a 2-0 lead?
By Chris Cerullo 9 months ago
