The Bruins will continue their first-round series against the Capitals with Game 4 on Friday night. Puck drop is set for 6:30 p.m. Follow along for updates from Friday’s game.
WHO: Bruins vs. Capitals (Bruins lead, 2-1)
WHEN: 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com
LIVE COVERAGE:
Final: Bruins win, 4-1. Boston can complete the gentleman's sweep on Sunday.
Bruins make Mantha pay. Grzelcyk makes it 4-1.
Annnnd now Mantha runs Rask. Bruins back on the power play.
And the Caps score of course. 3-1 game.
That's a weak call.
And just like that ... it's 3-0. Pasta on the power play. Coyle shortly thereafter.
Third period is a go.
End Second: 1-0 Boston. B's will open the third with 1:45 on the power play.
Dumb penalty by Mantha there.
Another kill. Bruins PK is 4-for-4 tonight.
Bruins right back on the PK.
B's make the kill. Hell of a shift from Clifton.
DeBrusk heads off for a slash.
1-0. Looks like Marchand on the power play.
Dangerous hit from Orlov. Miller to the room.
Wilson rings one off the cross bar.
No dice on the power play.
Second period is a go.
Coyle blasts one off the post.
Bruins draw a penalty in the closing minutes.
All four lines are rolling right now.
Ritchie could have had two goals on that shift.
B's make the kill.
Bruins back on the PK. Coyle heads off for tripping.
Bruins make the kill.
Two too many men penalties in two games for Boston. Bad, bad, bad hockey.
Game 4 is a go.
Starters for 🐻 vs. 🦅:
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Hall-Krejci-Smith
Reilly-Carlo
Rask
Looks like Oshie and Eller are both good to go for Washington.
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 -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Michael Raffl -- Daniel Carr
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Justin Schultz
Nick Jensen -- Zdeno Chara
Ilya Samsonov
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Craig Anderson, Philippe Maillet, Garrett Pilon, Martin Fehervary, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Vitek Vanecek (lower body), Lars Eller (lower body)
PREGAME NOTES
The Bruins will look to build a 3-1 series lead over the Capitals in Game 4 on Friday night at TD Garden.
Each of the last 12 playoff contests between Boston and Washington have been decided by a one-goal margin, extending the longest such run by a set of franchises in NHL history. If Game 4 goes into overtime, it would mark the third time in NHL history that a series has gone into overtime in each of its first four or more games. The others are the 1951 Stanley Cup Final between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens and the 2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Arizona Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks.
No lineup changes for the B’s — with David Pastrnak cleared to play after slamming hard into the boards during the closing minutes of Game 3.
Meanwhile, the Caps might be getting healthier. Ilya Samsonov, Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie all played in Game 3, while Lars Eller took part in Friday’s pregame skate. Oshie did not skate Friday morning, but he hasn’t been ruled out for Game 4. As expected, we likely won’t get a full grasp on the Caps’ lineup until warmups get underway later tonight.