With one game left before the All-Star break the Bruins decided it wasn’t important to show up and play against the Capitals and they would probably just give them a win. The Bruins got spanked 5-3 in the Nation’s capital. Not to mention the Caps were without Ovechkin, Green and Backstrom.
The Bruins got a lucky bounce with 2:14 left in the first period when Peverley (8) tried to squeeze a pass to Milan Lucic in front of the net but the puck deflected off the Caps defenders stick and past Vokoun giving the Bruins the 1-0 first period lead.
It was all down hill from there. The second period began with two goals from the Capitals in the first 2:55 of the period. Tyler Seguin (19) continued to stay hot with a sick backhand goal to even the score 2-2. Not to worry though Bruins fans, that lead was relinquished 2:02 seconds after the Bruins tied the game.
Before the periods end, Marchand (17) found the back of the net during the power-play to even the score 3-3 heading into the third period.
For the second time in two games the Bruins allowed a hat trick from an opponent when Mathieu Perrault beat Tuukka Rask 7:18 into the third period to give Washington a 4-3 lead, which they would not give up. Former Bruin Dennis Wideman put the nail in the coffin with a 200 foot empty net goal with twenty-seven seconds left on the clock.
The Bruins have just been awful in the past week. The team has gone 3-2-1 over that time span and breaking even scoring and allowing 21 goals.
It will be good for the team to have a week of to rest up and prepare for the stretch run as they push for the playoffs and continue to defend the trophy which is theirs until eliminated.
The B’s will next take the ice on January 30 at home when they take on Ottawa.
