Bruins vs Capitals game 2 summary

Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (44) gets a stick to the face from Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Boston, Saturday, April 14, 2012. AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

The Capitals won Game 2 in the second overtime with a Nicklas Backstrom goal to even up the series 1-1. The Bruins looked sloppy at times and didn't manage to get many great scoring chances on Braden Holtby. It's already been said, but Bruins need to put traffic in front of Holtby and work harder to win this series. Right now the Capitals are outworking the Bruins and it's showing as Bruins coach Claude Julien said in the postgame.

As you can see in the picture to the left, Capitals Alex Ovechkin crosschecked Bruins Dennis Seidenberg in the head during the second period after a whistle. Ovechkin surprisingly didn't get a penalty for it.

NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan has already announced a hearing for another incident in a different game but nothing about this incident. So I guess that means this is ok to do, crosschecking someone in the head is ok. So let's see now, we've seen a player slam an opponent's head WWE style into the boards/glass (Predators Shea Weber on Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg) and now we see someone give a two-hand crosscheck to someone's head and no suspension for either. Keep doing a fine job NHL at protecting the players. Make sure to share your comments with @NHLShanahan on Twitter, but I doubt he even reads tweets he receives.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, Troy Brouwer scored to make it 1-0 Capitals.

In the third period, Benoit Pouliot scored his 1st goal of the playoffs to tie the game 1-1.

In the first overtime period, no scoring happened.

In the second overtime period, Nicklas Backstrom scored to win the game for the Capitals.

Tim Thomas made 37 saves on 39 shots. Thomas is now 1-1 with a 0.83 GAA and a .964 save percentage in the playoffs this year.

Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 44-39. The Capitals led the game in faceoff wins 34-30, hits 41-36 and blocked shots 27-8.

The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Capitals went 0-for-3.

Shawn Thornton led the Bruins with 5 shots. If Thornton is leading the Bruins in shots you know the Bruins offense is having trouble.

Johnny Boychuk was -2 with 3 blocked shots.

Patrice Bergeron and Brian Rolston led the Bruins with 5 hits apiece.

Onto the next one
The series is now tied 1-1. Game 3 is on Monday at 7:30pm ET at the Washington Capitals.