Washington Capitals (0-0-0) at Boston Bruins\u00a0(0-0-0) <\/p>\n
Venue: TD Garden
Date: Sunday, September 20
Time: 5:00 pm EST
How To Watch: NHL Network\/MNMT\/NESN+<\/p>\n
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n Washington Capitals News & Notes:<\/p>\n The Capitals kickoff their preseason schedule tonight. They finished last season 43-30-9 with 95 points and fourth in the Metropolitan Division missing the playoffs. They went 0-2-1 last season against the Bruins, averaging 1.3 goals per game against the Bruins.<\/p>\n Boston Bruins News & Notes:<\/p>\n The Bruins kickoff their preseason schedule tonight in the first of back-to-back games. They went 45-27-10 with 100 points last season and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Sabres. They went 3-0-0 against the Capitals last season, averaging three goals per game. <\/p>\n Washington Capitals Projected Lines<\/p>\n Tuch-Dubois-Wilson Chychrun-Roy Thompson Buy Washington Hockey\u00a0Merchandise Below! Boston Bruins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n Hagens-Minten-Khusnutdinov Brunet-McAvoy DiPietro Buy Boston Hockey Merchandise Below! Players To Watch:<\/p>\n Washington Capitals<\/p>\n Alex Tuch makes his debut for the Capitals. He\u2019s coming off a 66-point season in 79 games for the Sabres. He had 33 goals and 33 assists. Tuch was a +24 with seven power-play goals, three shorthanded goals, and two game-winning goals. In four regular-season games against the Bruins, he had a goal and an assist. In the playoffs, he had seven points against Boston on four goals and three assists.<\/p>\n Boston Bruins<\/p>\n Michael DiPietro is coming off a Les Cunningham Award for MVP of the AHL. He\u2019s expected to be the backup to Jeremy Swayman this season, and he\u2019ll get a look in the first preseason game. DiPietro last season went 34-8-1 in 45 games. He had a 1.91 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage, and three shutouts. DiPietro led the AHL in wins, goals-against average, and save percentage. He went 1-3-0 in the playoffs with a 1.96 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage. Some of the Capitals\u2019 lineup features Hershey Bears players who DiPietro went 2-0-0 against, with a 2.50 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage.<\/p>\n Next Up<\/p>\n Boston\u00a0\u2013 September 22 vs.\u00a0Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>
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