Saturday, April 14, 2012

Capitals

  • 2:56: Nicklas Backstrom scores the game winning goal to give the Capitals even the series at 1. :38L The Bruins had a couple of good cracks to end the game.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • Nicklas Backstrom came too close to Tim Thomas crease, so Thomas popped him in the face. A little more than a period later, Backstrom punched Thomas and the Bruins in the stomach.
  • (Sporting News)
  • At 2:56 of double overtime, Washington's Nicklas Backstrom winged a shot through Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference that beat Tim Thomas, giving the Capitals a 2-1 win in Game 2 of the teams' first-round playoff series at TD Garden Saturday.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • BOSTON (AP) – For two years, Tim Thomas has been one of the best goalies in the world. Theres not a lot of chances out there, Backstrom said. This is how its going to be, I think. For you, maybe its boring; I dont know.
  • (USA Today)
  • Offense was the overriding theme at practice Friday, a day after the Bruins outlasted the Washington Capitals, 1-0, in Game 1 of their first round, Eastern Conference series.
  • (FOXSports.com)
  • Nicklas Backstrom scored 2 minutes 56 seconds into the second overtime Saturday to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins and tie the first-round playoff series at a game apiece.
  • (New York Times)
  • The Washington Capitals used to be much more entertaining. And much more beatable. In years past, the greatest challenge for teams facing the Capitals was trying to contain the brilliant offensive wizardry of Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green, Alexander Semin, et al.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • With the series deadlocked at one win apiece and the cumulative goals even at 2-2, there is one telling individual statistic in the Boston Bruins-Washington Capitals playoff matchup.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • BOSTON (AP) -- Offense was the overriding theme at practice Friday, a day after the Bruins outlasted the Washington Capitals , 1-0, in Game 1 of their first round, Eastern Conference series. Surprise, surprise.
  • (CNN Sports Illustrated)

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