Bruins blow lead, Capitals win in shootout

Boston Bruins Game 36: Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals game recap video, on December 28, 2017.

On Thursday the Bruins visited the Washington Capitals and they came out strong with a two-goal lead in the first period. Then it went downhill as the Capitals came back to tie it up in the second period. In the third period, both teams scored making it 3-3 and the game would eventually go to a shootout where Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin would score the game-winning goal. The Bruins have now lost 12 straight games to the Capitals.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:23, Bruins David Backes scored his 6th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 2:12, Bruins Noel Acciari scored his 3rd goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 5:11, Bruins Sean Kuraly dropped the gloves with Capitals Brooks Orpik (yes he actually dropped the gloves this time) after Orpik laid out Bruins Tim Schaller with a big hit.

In the second period, at 12:31, Capitals Lars Eller scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1. At 14:07, Capitals Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal, tying the game 2-2.

In the third period, at 7:19, Bruins David Backes scored his 7th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead. At 11:22, Brett Connolly scored, tying the game 3-3.

In overtime, no scoring happened.

In the shootout, in the 3rd round, Capitals Alex Ovechkin scored, and Bruins Riley Nash did not score, so the Capitals won the game 4-3.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 31 saves on 34 shots. Khudobin is now 8-2-3 with a 2.47 GAA and a .923 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 55% faceoff percentage. The Capitals led the game in hits 37-14 and blocked shots 19-13. Both teams had 34 shots. The Bruins went 0-for-5 on the power-play while the Capitals went 1-for-4.

David Backes, Brad Marchand and Jake DeBrusk all led the Bruins with 5 shots each. Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 3 hits. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward David Backes
2) Capitals forward Lars Eller
3) Capitals forward Brett Connolly

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 20-10-6 with 46 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-1-2 in their last ten games and their road record is now 7-5-3 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they visit the Ottawa Senators, at 7pm ET.