The Washington Capitals won Game One, but the Boston Bruins didn’t make it easy. For example, there was this one part where Boston defender Jeremy Lauzon put a legit falcon punch on TJ Oshie.
Lauzon was assessed a major pen— wait, what’s that? Okay, I’m being told there was not even a whistle on the play. Wow. That’s weird.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
The playoffs began as the playoffs were destined to begin: with a goal by North America’s sweetheart, Tom Wilson. Jake DeBrusk returned fire for Boston, with Vitek Vanecek injuring himself on the play.
Brenden Dillon scored in the second period with Alex Ovechkin running flak in front of Boston goalie Tuukka Rask. Nick Ritchie restored the tie on a power play before the second intermission.
An intense third period gave us no goals, which meant playoff overtime!
why watch overtime playoff hockey when you can simply snort cocaine and ride a motorcycle out of a helicopter
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) April 17, 2014
Nic Dowd won it early in overtime, tipping in TJ Oshie’s shot! Caps win!
Caps lead the series 1-0.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
This is your open thread to discuss Game One between the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals. Have at it below.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
It begins tonight.
At 7:15 PM (let’s be real: prob 7:30 PM), the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins will kick off the postseason.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals were one of the best teams in the league this season and did so despite missing Alex Ovechkin and many key players for parts of the year (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov, TJ Oshie, Lars Eller, Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson, Justin Schultz, and Ilya Samsonov).
NHL.com writers are apparently not impressed. Friday, the league posted Stanley Cup Playoffs predictions from 16 writers. Fifteen of them picked the third-seeded Boston Bruins to upset the second-seeded Capitals in the first round of the playoffs.
Folks, this is bulletin board material.
By Ian Oland 2 months ago
Temporarily say goodbye to your friends and cancel all your plans. For the next two weeks, your participation and good vibes are needed for the Washington Capitals’ first-round series against the Boston Bruins.
The schedule is finally out and here is when you’ll be watching the games along with us.
By Ian Oland 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals wrapped up the regular season finishing with 77 total points and a second-place finish in the East Division. That finish didn’t help them avoid a first-round date with what has been the NHL’s best team for the past month, the Boston Bruins.
That unfortunate result has led the boys from DC to not exactly be favored by statistical models in terms of moving on from the series victorious.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
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.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
The Washington Capitals and a bunch of dudes resembling the Boston Bruins played a game that mattered just as much as a preseason game. All we want from one of these is no further injuries and maybe some good feelings going into the series against these same Bruins.
Nothing in the first. Curtis Lazar against the run of play put the Bruins in the lead. Carl Hagelin tied things up, chipping home a loose puck.
Michael Raffl from an impossible angle with three seconds left in regulation.
Caps beat Bruins 2-1!
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
It’s the finale. The last dance. The cherry on top. But, only of the regular season because the Capitals are hosting the Boston Bruins this evening and will then move on to playing them in the first round of the playoffs. Game is gonna feel weird. Embrace it.
The puck will drop at 7 PM and Chris will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 2 months ago
