Stanley Cup 2012 — BOS VS WSH
Stanley Cup 2012 — BOS VS WSH
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Stanley Cup 2012
Ousted Bruins blame anemic power play
The Boston Bruins finished 0-for-3 on the power play in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime loss in Game 7 to the Washington Capitals at TD Garden and finished the first-round series in a 2-23 funk that once again exposed a pathetic man advantage.
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Capitals don't have great Game 7 history to draw upon
The Washington Capitals are 2-7 in franchise history during Game 7 appearances and the nucleus of Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green have been victorious only once in a Game 7 scenario during their careers.
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Bruins' Bergeron showing playoff form
Patrice Bergeron only finished with a single assist and took only one
face-off in Boston's Game 6 win against the Washington Capitals, but he had his hand in all the little things for the Bruins.
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Dramatic end to Seguin's scoring drought
Tyler Seguin grew up in Brampton, Ont., dreaming of playoff goals and clutch game-winners.Yet he might not have dared to dream of playing the (overtime) hero in Game 6 of the Boston Bruins' first-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals after struggling mightily in the first five games.
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Semin drawing praise not just for goals
The Boston Bruins have injury concerns as they look to avoid elimination on Sunday afternoon, while the Washington Capitals have even their most skilled forwards getting grittier in order to upset last year's Stanley Cup champions.
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Capitals rookie goalie Braden Holtby continues domination
The playoff series between the Bruins and Capitals began as a goaltending mismatch on paper between a 37-year-old lauded veteran and a 22-year-old fresh-faced rookie with zero postseason experience. However, the playoff series is close to over because the young Braden Holtby has outplayed the formidable Tim Thomas on the ice, where it matters most.
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Productive Peverley remains on Bruins' scoring line
Forward lines were thoroughly rearranged at Boston Bruins practice Friday morning. But one of the few players in the top-six group that doesn't have anything to hang their head about is Rich Peverley.
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Capitals' Holtby stands on head in Game 4
Washington Capitals rookie netminder Braden Holtby once again stood on his head with 44 saves in a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 4 on Thursday, making it four one-goal games in four tries thus far in the Eastern Conference quarter-final series.
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Bruins staying with new-look forward lines
The Boston Bruins will be keeping their new-look forward lines after piling up four goals in Game 3 on Monday night. It means Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand will be separated for the first time in the better part of two seasons skating together.
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Backstrom disappointed over suspension
As the second off-day unfolded for the Washington Capitals at Kettler
Capitals Iceplex prior to Game 4 of their series, Caps' players, coaches
and management were all attempting to process the one-game suspension
assessed to centre Nicklas Backstrom.
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Bruins tough guys know limits
The Washington Capitals have poked the bear in the cage and awakened the
beast with a contentious Game 3 on Monday night, but it's pointless to
ask why it happened. It was inevitable the Bruins were going to force the
playoff series with the Capitals from polite, mannered hockey to
something just north of gladiatorial combat.
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Lucic leads Bruins with emotion, muscle
Milan Lucic isn't scoring much but remains an emotional catalyst for the Boston Bruins and played a major "energy" role in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final with the Washington Capitals.
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Bruins goalie Rask continues to make progress
Tuukka Rask continues to make strong progress from his strained groin/abdomen injury and shouldered his heaviest practice load on Monday morning. While Claude Julien confirmed that Rask won't dress for Monday night's Game 3 against the Capitals (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7:30 p.m. ET), the Finnish netminder is optimistic he'll be back before the opening-round series is over.
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Bruins fighting eerie deja vu feelings with Capitals
With the series tied 1-1 and headed back to Washington D.C., the Boston Bruins find themselves in a remarkably similar situation to last year's first round. Granted the Black and Gold were down 0-2 to the Montreal Canadiens a year ago, but so many of the same things were being uttered.
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Rookie goalie Braden Holtby a pleasant surprise for Capitals
The 22-year-old third string goaltender for the Caps has stopped 72 of
the 74 shots that he's faced in the first two games of Washington's
playoff series, and walked away with his first postseason victory in a
2-1 double-overtime win over the Bruins Saturday afternoon.
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Krejci misses skate, but Bruins say he's fine
The worst was feared when David Krejci was missing from the practice ice on Friday morning at TD Garden after a freak accident after Boston's overtime game-winner in Game 1, but the Bruins say he's fine.
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No weak link in Bruins' chain
Chris Kelly was wearing a junkyard dog chain of symbolic significance around his neck during Thursday night's media conference following his overtime game-winner in Boston's 1-0 win over the Washington Capitals.
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Capitals' Ovechkin healthy, ready to go
Washington's Alex Ovechkin told reporters on Thursday that this season is the best he's ever felt physically entering the playoffs, while Boston has two defencemen who are banged up.
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