Happy Sunday, folks!
The Bruins turned in a much-improved performance on Saturday afternoon, beating the Washington Capitals at TD Garden by a score of 2-1.
The B’s got goals from Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson, plus 22 saves from Jeremy Swayman.
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The game probably could have gone a bit differently if Tom Wilson didn’t miss a couple of grade-A scoring chances, but coming off of Thursday night’s mess of a game in Nashville, yesterday’s team-wide performance was better in all areas.
The win coming in regulation had standings implications as well, with Washington falling to six points behind the Bruins for the second wild card spot.
The Caps are actually tied in points with Philadelphia now, with both Ottawa and Columbus ahead of them.
Other games on Saturday with playoff implications:
Buffalo beat Nashville, while Tampa beat Toronto. Those two wins mean Buffalo and Tampa remain tied atop the Atlantic Division, though Buffalo has played two more games.
Montreal beat Los Angeles to move into 3rd in the Atlantic and bump Detroit down to the first wild card spot.
Ottawa beat Seattle to stay in the wild card hunt.
Columbus lost to Utah in OT, allowing the B’s to gain a point in the standings on the Blue Jackets.
With 20 games left, there’s still plenty of time for all of this to change, so it’s probably silly to put too much thought into it, but hey, it’s Sunday. Something to read about.
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Your highlights from yesterday’s win over Washington, if you’d like to review:
And now…more hockey!
The Bruins are right back at it today, taking on the Penguins in Pittsburgh.
Where: PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA
How to follow: TNT, HBO Max, 98.5 The Sports Hub
We’re back to “ish” for start time, is this is a TNT broadcast — it could start anywhere from 4:30 to 9 AM on Monday. Who knows.
The Penguins also played yesterday, falling to the Flyers in OT, 4-3.
Sidney Crosby is back to practicing but not playing, while Evgeni Malkin is suspended, so the Penguins aren’t exactly at full strength at the moment.
We’ll have a Public Skate up for you this afternoon. Until then, enjoy your Sunday!