Bruins vs Capitals game 1 summary

Boston Bruins center Chris Kelly (23) celebrates his game-winning goal against the Washington Capitals with teammate Benoit Pouliot in overtime of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Boston, Thursday, April 12, 2012. The Bruins won 1-0. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Capitals goalie Braden Holtby showed he can play in the playoffs and made it known this won't be an easy series as some Bruins fans may have thought. The Bruins outplayed the Capitals for the first two periods but the Capitals woke up in the third period and outplayed the Bruins. The game would go to overtime and a new Bruins playoff hero emerged in Chris Kelly who scored the overtime winning goal for the Bruins.

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

In the second period, again no goals were scored. Tim Thomas only faced 7 shots through two periods.

In the third period, no one was able to score, sending the game to overtime.

In overtime, Tim Thomas made a save down one end of the ice and Chris Kelly took the puck down the other end, wound up and released a big slap shot that beat Holtby to win Game 1 for the Bruins 1-0.

As the Bruins players celebrated the win, apparently a pane of glass fell on David Krejci, most likely from fans banging on the glass. Word is that he is ok, hopefully he really is ok. That's why you don't bang on the glass.

A pane falls out onto Boston Bruins center David Krejci, of the Czech Republic, as Bruins players and fans celebrate the Bruins' 1-0 victory in overtime against the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Boston, Thursday, April 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

After the game, Chris Kelly wore the new Bruins "jacket" this year, "Jacket 2.0" representing how no one is the weak link. 20 players dress, 20 links in the chain. (Source)

Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 30-17, hits 40-29 and faceoff wins 33-32. The Capitals led the game in blocked shots 22-15.

The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Capitals went 0-for-2.

Tim Thomas earned his 6th career playoff shutout, stopping all 17 shots he faced.

Johnny Boychuk was back in the lineup. Jordan Caron was scratched.

Tyler Seguin led the Bruins with 5 shots.

Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 6 hits.

Capitals Alex Ovechkin was held to only 1 shot. He led the Capitals with 7 hits.

Onto the next one
The Bruins now lead the series 1-0. Game 2 is on Saturday at 3pm ET in Boston.

1 win down, 15 more to bring the Cup back to Boston.

My prediction for this series is Bruins in 7 games.