The Bruins will continue their first-round series against the Capitals with Game 3 on Wednesday night. Puck drop is set for 6:30 p.m. Follow along for updates from Wednesday’s game.
WHO: Bruins vs. Capitals (Series tied, 1-1)
WHEN: 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com
LIVE COVERAGE:
Craig Smith wins it. Boston takes Game 3, 3-2. Boston with a 2-1 series lead.
And away we go.
Double overtime.
Whole lot of rebounds so far.
OT is underway.
Overtime, again.
Bruins treading water over the last couple of minutes.
Bruins score this time. 2-2 game. Marchand.
Bruins power play incoming ... again.
No dice.
Bruins power play incoming.
Not a great start. Some poor decisions with the puck.
Third period is a go.
End Second: 2-1 Caps.
2-1 Caps. Dreadful turnover.
Caps back on the power play. Grzelcyk heads off.
Tuukka Rask - not a fan of Garnet Hathaway: pic.twitter.com/ftJldo5yoi
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 20, 2021
Meanwhile, Rask is throwing punches.
Taylor Hall ties it.
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 19, 2021
What an absurd goal. pic.twitter.com/RVf3r2bZ7l
Tie game. Good god, Hall.
1-0 Caps. Ovechkin on the power play.
Good play by Brandon Carlo to break up a potential Washington scoring chance: pic.twitter.com/9Rkqf5NT7H
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 19, 2021
Heavy, heavy game from both teams.
Second period is a go.
End First: 0-0 Game. Both teams 0-for-3 on the power play.
Caps power play gets another look.
Nothing doing — big missed opportunity for Boston.
And now a 5-on-3 for 55 seconds for Boston.
Too many men for the Caps.
Strong kill for Boston.
Reilly near gets the backhand wraparound to go, but Oshie snuffs out the scoring chance. Reilly now heads to the box.
No dice, but a whoooole lot of chances for Boston.
Bruins to the power play. Ovechkin heads off.
Game 3 is underway.
Eller and Anderson are out for the Caps. Kuznetsov and Oshie are in.
Starters for 🐻 vs. 🦅:
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) May 19, 2021
Ritchie-Coyle-DeBrusk
Clifton-Miller
Rask
LINEUPS
BOSTON
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Nick Ritchie -- Charlie Coyle -- Jake DeBrusk
Sean Kuraly -- Curtis Lazar -- Chris Wagner
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
Connor Clifton -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Anton Blidh, Trent Frederic, Karson Kuhlman, John Moore, Jarred Tinordi, Urho Vaakanainen, Jaroslav Halak
Injured: Ondrej Kase (upper body), Jakub Zboril (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (upper body)
WASHINGTON
Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Anthony Mantha
Conor Sheary -- Lars Eller -- Michael Raffl
Daniel Sprong -- T.J. Oshie -- Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Justin Schultz
Nick Jensen -- Zdeno Chara
Craig Anderson
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Daniel Carr, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Philippe Maillet, Garrett Pilon, Martin Fehervary, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Ilya Samsonov
Injured: Vitek Vanecek (lower body)
PREGAME NOTES
After a dramatic 4-3 overtime win in Game 2 on Monday night, the Bruins will look to carry over some momentum on Wednesday night against the Capitals in Game 3 at TD Garden. This stands as Boston’s first playoff game on Causeway Street since Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final back on June 12, 2019.
Boston will roll out the same lineup from Monday’s Game 2 victory, with Tuukka Rask once again the starter in net.
Teams that win Game 3 after a best-of-7 series is tied 1-1 are 223-107 (67.6 percent), including 3-1 in the first round last season.
While Boston’s lineup is largely set in stone, the same can’t be said for the Capitals — as the status of Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Samsonov, T.J. Oshie, Lars Eller and Vitek Vanecek have yet to be determined for Game 3. Both Oshie and did not skate during Wednesday’s morning skate.
