Supposed human Zdeno Chara has scored a goal against the Boston Bruins for the first time in 15 years.
(Though, in his defense, he spent the last 15 years playing for the Bruins.)
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
The Caps are still at home and will host the Boston Bruins once again this evening before heading to New York to play the Rangers. A few line updates to note, Alex Ovechkin has taken his place back on the top line and Jakub Vrana has been bumped to the fourth. Also, Dmitry Orlov is set to return!
Puck drop is at 7 PM and you have ME for the recap. Go easy on me, I don’t do the recap often. Happy Monday, everyone. Let’s dance.
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By Elyse Bailey 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals are apparently not big fans of three-goal leads. They fumbled one to the Boston Bruins a game after overcoming one against the New York Islanders but none of that matters because Alex Ovechkin is still king. The Great Eight fired the Caps to a 4-3 overtime victory.
The Bruins outshot the Caps 43 to 23 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 65 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
The two teams at the top of the NHL’s East Division matched up for the first time this season as the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins did Saturday night battle. Which team would get the better of the other in the duel of returning 2019-20 Richard Trophy winners?
Nicklas Backstrom at the end of a shift found some energy to snipe the Caps into the lead. Trevor van Riemsdyk scored his first as a Capital to extend the lead to two. Richard Panik stood bodied home another on a man advantage.
Nick Ritchie deflected a puck home to give the Bruins their first of the night. Brad Marchand snuck home another. Charlie McAvoy tied things up with the goalie pulled.
Ovi wins it in overtime.
Caps beat Bruins 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 3 months ago
For the first time in fifteen years, defender Zdeno Chara was playing against the Boston Bruins instead of for them.
But late in the first period, Chara took a puck to the face and left the game.
UPDATE, 7:58 PM: Good news. Chara is back for the second period.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
The Washington Capitals team that beat the New York Islanders the other night isn’t the one that will be suiting up tonight to host the big bad Boston Bruins. Ovi’s back.
Toughest game of the year so far. Puck drop at 7 PM. Chris on recap duty. Let’s go.
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By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
The NHL will be honoring Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O’Ree multiple ways this season.
First, the Boston Bruins announced in a press release Tuesday morning that O’Ree will have his number retired by the team ahead of a game against the New Jersey Devils on February 18.
The NHL shared several photos of a handmade table hockey game on its social media, Tuesday. The game features the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens playing each other in a stunningly realistic Boston Garden.
“Absolutely amazing!” one commenter wrote.
“The detail is incredible! 👏🏾,” said another.
The Boston Bruins bring smiles every year on Halloween and this year was no different – even with the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bruins did their annual visit with kids at Boston area hospitals on Zoom and each player that participated dressed as a Sesame Street character.
It’s incredible.
When we last checked in with ex-Caps defender Karl Alzner, he had been bought out by the Montreal Canadiens. But rather than be dispirited by the buyout, Alzner was excited. “I’m looking forward to hopefully getting another chance to play in the league and walk into the Bell Centre again,” Alzner said in a statement.
That chance might be coming sooner than later. Boston reporter Joe Haggerty says the Bruins might be interested in picking Alzner up.
By Peter Hassett 6 months ago
