The Bruins restricted the Capitals to simply 11 pictures on purpose in Boston’s spectacular 4-1 victory over Washington to enter the vacation break.
It was solely the seventh time in franchise historical past that the Bruins allowed 11 or fewer pictures on purpose and the primary since Dec. 18, 1993, towards the Tampa Bay Lightning.
“We simply performed a very sensible sport,” Brad Marchand instructed reporters after the sport. “We didn’t power something; we have been actually detailed defensively, after which clearly we capitalized on a few turnovers and actually good defensive performs.”
The Bruins and Capitals have been knotted at 1-1 when Boston exploded for 3 unanswered objectives within the closing six minutes of regulation to safe their fifth straight win on dwelling ice relationship again to the 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens within the Centennial Recreation on Dec. 1.
“It’s the way in which that we’ve been preaching to play on this room for some time now,” Marchand mentioned. “It’s how we’ve all the time had success, so I really like the way in which that we simply caught with it. It’s an excellent staff, and we didn’t give them a complete lot, so we’re undoubtedly proud of that.
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“… I can’t say it’s been our greatest sport, but it surely was an excellent sport throughout. There’s clearly moments that you just’d wish to have again, or we weren’t taking part in clear sufficient, we didn’t play very clear within the first interval. … However, I like the way in which that we caught with it. We haven’t been nice within the third interval this 12 months and to play like that towards a staff like Washington, that’s how we have now to do it each evening, so I like our sport. We’re doing effectively.”
The Bruins are 11-4-1 beneath interim head coach Joe Sacco, who mentioned the staff is “trending in the fitting route.”
“There’s feeling clearly proper now,” Sacco mentioned. “It’s good to enter the break the way in which we did tonight getting on the fitting facet of that feeling. … It’s trending in the fitting route. I believe that’s the most important factor and there’s been dedication from our gamers. There’s been buy-in.
“We now have a course of that we undergo each sport, they usually’re checking a lot of the containers. It’s not excellent each evening, and we all know that there’s going to be video games the place you’re not at your greatest, however we’ve proven recently that after we’re not at our greatest, we will discover methods to win. I just like the mindset of our group. I like the way in which we’re defending.”
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Listed here are extra notes from Monday’s Bruins-Capitals sport:
— With a purpose and two assists, Marchand prolonged his level streak to 10 video games. Throughout that span, Marchand has lit the lamp seven instances and added 5 assists for 12 factors.
— The Bruins performed the third interval brief two forwards. David Pastrnak exited the sport at 8:38 of the second interval with an upper-body harm and didn’t return for the third.
Boston additionally performed the ultimate 19:50 of the sport with out newly acquired ahead Oliver Wahlstrom. The Maine native acquired a five-minute main and sport misconduct for boarding Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary. The Bruins held Washington to only one shot on purpose whereas shorthanded for 5 minutes.
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“Clearly, the penalty kill gave us a ton of momentum,” Marchand mentioned. “We felt actually good after that.”
— Elias Lindholm broke the 1-1 tie together with his sixth purpose of the season. He has three objectives in his final 4 video games.
— The Bruins are 4-0-1 of their final 5 video games, incomes no less than a degree in every of the contests.
— The Black and Gold return to motion on Friday evening after they tackle the Columbus Blue Jackets. Puck drop from Nationwide Enviornment is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. You possibly can watch the sport on NESN, following an hour of pregame protection.
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