Today at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Washington Capitals (28-23-9, 65 points) and Boston Bruins (37-16-5, 79 points) hit the ice at the TD Garden in Boston for the first of three meetings against each other. The game can be live streamed here. Washington fans can hear all of the bone-crunching action on WFED 1500 while Boston fans can do the same on WBZ 1030.
Washington enters play trailing the Detroit Red Wings by three points for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference while Boston sits on top of the Atlantic Division. These teams will get very familiar with each other this month as they play all three of their head-to-head regular-season matchups in March.
March is a busy month for the Bruins as they'll be playing 17 games in the next 31 days starting today.
"The good news is that we've been through it before, so it's nothing new for us, but we just have to approach it the right way and make sure we get our rest in the right times, and really dig deep in those game situations," goalie Tuukka Rask said via NHL.com.
Tuuka Rask is 25-13-4 with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage. He'll likely be opposed by Braden Holtby, who is 18-13-2 with a 2.91 GAA and a .912 save percentage.
The Capitals gave up a pair of two-goal leads Thursday against the Florida Panthers but were able to scratch out a 5-4 victory giving them a three-game winning streak that dates back to prior to the Olympic break.
"It's a little different because of the [Olympic] break," coach Adam Oates told NHL.com. "We'd feel a little bit differently if it was three consecutive. But honestly it's always the same thing. You want wins because it makes guys feel good."
The Capitals have been led offensively by Alex Ovechkin (41-22-63), Nicklas Backstrom (12-47-59) and Marcus Johansson (7-29-36) while David Krejci (13-37-50), Jarome Iginla (17-27-44), Reilly Smith (18-25-43) and Milan Lucic (18-25-43) pace the Bruins.
The Capitals look for their fourth straight win while the Bruins hope to keep a strangle hold on the Atlantic Division when the lights come up today at the TD Garden in Boston.
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