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The Washington Capitals fell to the Boston Bruins, 4-2 Tuesday night at TD Garden in Boston. The loss gives the Capitals a 0-2-0 record in the preseason with four more tuneups remaining before opening night on October 12.
LINEUP
Hunter Shepard got the start between the pipes for the visiting Capitals. Joonas Korpisalo got the start in goal for the Bruins. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Connor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas – Hendrix Lapierre – Ivan Miroshnichenko
Andrew Cristall – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethan Frank
Ilya Protas – Henrik Rybinski – Pierrick Dube
Martin Fehervary – Matt Roy
Hardy Häman-Aktell – Ethen Bear
Chase Priskie – Vincent Iorio
Hunter Shepard
Mitchell Gibson
FIRST PERIOD
The Bruins opened the scoring just past the midway point of the opening frame. Riley Tufte (1) was credited with the opening tally at 8:09 of the first period. J. Oesterle (1) had the lone assist.
Riley Tufte starts the scoring for the Bruins. Good things happen when you put the puck on the net.
pic.twitter.com/b53cJiLWHr
— Jamie Gatlin (@JamieGatlin17) September 24, 2024
And that was it for the first 20 minutes. Boston led in shots on goal, 7-5. The Bruins led in expected goals for .53 to .24.
SECOND PERIOD
The Bruins made it 2-0 early in the middle frame with a power play goal from Fabian Lysell at 2:59. M. Callahan (1) and B. Harrison (1) had the helpers.
Fabian Lysell fires one home on the power play.
Sweet release from the winger, who also drew the penalty.
2-0 Bruins. pic.twitter.com/EtGIP4vxys
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) September 25, 2024
The Bruins made it 3-o midway through the second period on a laser from the slot by Patrick Brown (1) at 10:14 of the period.
PATRICK BROWN 🚨 pic.twitter.com/q2DQrFXe5l
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) September 25, 2024
Michael Dipietro replaced Korpisalo in goal for the Bruins Immediately following the Brown goal.
This time the Capitals quickly answered. Connor McMichael dented the twine less than a minute later at 11:00 of the middle frame. P. Dubois (1) and T. Wilson (1) had the assists.
Connor McMichael pulls one bacj for #ALLCAPS after #NHLBruins put G Michael DiPietro in net. Tom Wilson gets the assist and heavy boos from the @tdgarden crowd. pic.twitter.com/demXyYHhor
— PuckingOff™ (Jason Scales) (@PuckingOff) September 25, 2024
The Bruins held the 3-1 lead into the second intermission. Bruins led in shots on goal 13-11 after 40 minutes of play.
THIRD PERIOD
The Bruins restored their three-goal lead early in the final frame on a backhander from Justin Brazeau (1) at 2:12 of the third period.
Georgii Merkulov’s heads up pass finds Justin Brazeau who gets his first goal of the preseason. Great vision and execution from Merkulov. pic.twitter.com/yVpwsLGyLi
— Bear With Me (@BearWithMe_Pod) September 25, 2024
Andrew Cristall notched his second goal in as many games to make it 4-2, late in the period.
And that would be the final. The Capitals have been out-scored 10-3 in the first two preseason games.
By Jon Sorensen