FINAL: Bruins 3, Capitals 2 (SO) - B's kill 4 min OT penalty; Swayman heroic late
WHO: Bruins (99 points) at Washington Capitals (81 points)
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Capital One Arena, Washington
TV: NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
ROSTERS
PROJECTED LINES
Boston
Brad Marchand – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen – Charlie Coyle – Trent Frederic
Jake DeBrusk – Morgan Geekie – Justin Brazeau
Johnny Beecher – Jesper Boqvist – Jakub Lauko
Hampus Lindholm – Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk – Brandon Carlo
Kevin Shattenkirk – Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Capitals
Alex Ovechkin — Connor McMichael — T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Max Pacioretty — Hendrix Lapierre — Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Michael Sgarbossa
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
PREGAME NOTES
- The Capitals are still battling for their playoff spot. Washington holds the second-wild-card spot in the East, trailing the Philadelphia Flyers by one point in the Metropolitan Division.
- Capitals beat the Bruins 3-0 at TD Garden on Feb. 10. “They embarrassed us on our home ice,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters. “What we learned is it’s a team that’s really committed to checking. It’s a team that plays the right way and we better be ready to go if we want to have a chance of success.
"You know, they're all good team in the sense that they really have figured out how to win close games. They don't they don't beat themselves. They're well coached. I think, you know the coach has done a really good job getting this group to believe in a defense-first approach, and it really helped."
- Jacob Lauko in for JVR. Shattenkirk in for Wotherspoon.