Just the Facts
Game Time: 7:00 PM, Verizon Center, Washington, DC. TV Broadcast: NBC Sports Network, NESN. Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub.
Records: Bruins (27-13-5, 59 points, second in the East) vs. Capitals (26-18-3, 55 points, 3rd in the East)
The Other Side's SB Nation Site: Japers Rink
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Capitals projected lines:
Ovechkin - Backstrom - Johansson
Brouwer - Ribiero - Erat
Chimera - Perrault - Fehr
Volpatti - Hendricks - Beagle
Erskine - Carlson
Alzner - Green
Hillen - Oleksy
Neuvirth
Bruins projected lines:
Marchand - Bergeron - Seguin
Lucic - Krejci - Peverley
Soderberg - Kelly - Jagr
Paille - Campbell - Thornton
Chara - Seidenberg
McQuaid - Redden
Ference - Boychuk
Rask
Preview:
Today is the last day for the entire National Hockey League season! Except Boston and Ottawa! Today was supposed to be the end of season throwaway game against the Caps (remember that one a few years ago? I think Zach Hamill played or soemthing, and it was hilarious. There was another a few years ago where Mikko Lehtonen played, and Jeff Penner was in one as well.) Unfortunately, this game needs to be taken pretty seriously - playoff seeding is on the line, and Montreal could easily still catch the Bruins in the standings.
The baby Bruins lost to the baby Caps last night, so it'd be nice to see our parent club lay a beating on theirs today. Alex Ovechkin leads the Caps with 32 goals this year; their last game was a 2-1 OT loss to Ottawa.