Boston Bruins right wing Rich Peverley (49) beats Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (70) for a goal during the first period of Game 4 in a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Quick game summary
In the first period, Marcus Johansson scored to make it 1-0 Capitals. Later, Rich Peverley scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, to tie the game 1-1.
In the second period, Alexander Semin scored a power-play goal to make it 2-1 Capitals.
In the third period, no scoring happened and the Capitals would go on to win the game 2-1.
Tim Thomas made 19 saves on 21 shots. Thomas is now 2-2 with a 1.60 GAA and a .936 save percentage in the playoffs this year.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 45-21. The Capitals led the game in faceoff wins 44-32, hits 44-34 and blocked shots 26-16.
The Bruins went 0-for-1 on the power-play while the Capitals went 1-for-3.
Zdeno Chara and Tyler Seguin led the Bruins with 6 shots each.
Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.
Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron and Dennis Seidenberg all led the Bruins with 5 hits each.
Concerning playoff numbers
Tyler Seguin, Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Brad Marchand all have 0 points in 4 games in these playoffs. It's just unacceptable. The Bruins will not make it out of this series if all of these guys do not wake up soon and play the way that they can. Last year's leader in playoff goals, Krejci, only has 4 shots in 4 games in these playoffs. Lucic and Marchand both have 8 shots in 4 games each. Seguin has 16 shots but nothing to show for them.
Onto the next one
The series is now tied 2-2. Game 5 is on Saturday at 3pm ET in Boston.
Ad
Comments