Caps Beat Bruins 3-1

The Caps tonight found a way to beat the Eastern Conference's leading squad the Boston Bruins. The Caps struck first on a beatiful deflection off backstrom's stick on an Ovechkin shot on the PP (assisted by Ovechkin and Kozlov). The Caps also welcomed back Semin and Poti to their lineup and hopefully will have Mike Green back in there next match. The Caps would make the score 2-0 on a great setup from Poti a gave a touch pass to Kozlov a ripped a one timer off Fernandez's pads that rookie Hershey call-up Alexandre Giroux would wrist in a shot he stuck with off the pads of the gaolie then off the post and in (assisted by Kozlov and Poti). However late in the second the Bruins go a late strike while the Caps were in a line change (don't you just hate that) and had only one defemnder on a 2 on 1 that Lucic would fire top center (water bottle) over Johnson. 2-1 going in the third and there would be no scoring until late when the Bruins pulled their gaolie trailing by one and needing a gaol. However it would be thje Caps that capitalize. ALexander Semin stole the puck from a Bruin D man and passed to AO who would niftly tap the puck forward and reeclaim it to hit the empty net and make things 3-1 with 51 seeconds left all but sealing the W fro the Caps. assisted by Semin and Backstrom). Johnson made 33 saves and was the games first star. Giroux was the second with his goal and he also had a penalty shot but hit it just wide of the goal. Kessler was the third star with an assist. The Caps are now once again six points ahead of idle Carolina who has a game tommorow (hopefully they lose and give the Caps even more breathing room as the SOutheast's Best squad). Johnson is palying so well that I think he is giivng Bruce Boudreau an easy amnswer to who should be the Caps #1 gaolie playing his way ahead of Jose Theodore who hasn't been as outstanding. He has a 2.50 GAA and a save % of .913 and is 7-4-2. Caps win 3-1 and beat the East's best. Great game evrybody get some rest and get ready for Ottawa.

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