Boston Bruins Vs Washington Capitals
Arena: Verizon Center
Time: Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America
Last 10 matches: Boston 6-3-1; Washington 7-1-2
Fourth and final meeting of the regular season. The Capitals will be going for the sweep, although the Bruins picked up an important point in their battle for a playoff spot by getting to overtime in the most recent meeting Monday in Washington. Boston eventually lost 2-1 when Brooks Laich scored a power-play goal 44 seconds into the extra period. Rask is 4-1-1 in his last six starts for the Bruins, allowing just eight goals over that span. Dennis Wideman has two goals and two assists during a four-game points streak. Zdeno Chara has an assist in four straight games.
Ovechkin has four goals and three assists in his last three games for the Capitals. Backstrom has three goals and six assists in his last three games. Alexander Semin has two goals and five assists in his last four games. Mike Knuble has two goals and two assists in his last three games. Mike Green has two goals and two assists in his last four games. Jose Theodore is 20-0-3 over his last 23 decisions.
This game could have been a “must-win” for the Bruins, but they spared themselves that predicament by holding on for a 4-2 win over the Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon, clinching an Eastern Conference playoff berth. They also can’t drop to eighth regardless of what happens in Sunday’s game between the Flyers and Rangers, meaning they don’t have to concern themselves with playing the Capitals in the first round.
The Bruins last scored three shorthanded goals in a game on March 27, 1994, a 6-4 win over the Capitals. … Washington is just the fourth NHL franchise to record 120 points in a season (joining Boston, Montreal and Detroit) and could finish with the sixth-highest single-season total in League history by winning Sunday. We will post information about results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay with us.