Capitals beat Bruins once again

Boston Bruins Game 29: Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 14, 2017.

On Thursday night, the Bruins continued their losing streak to the Washington Capitals with their 11th straight loss to them, by losing 5-3. This game was not pretty for the Bruins and it definitely showed how bad their team defense can be at times.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 17:34, Capitals Jakub Vrana scored, giving the Capitals a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, at 4:22, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 6th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 1-1. At 12:05, Capitals Nicklas Backstrom scored a power-play goal, giving the Capitals a 2-1 lead.

In the third period, at 7:52, Capitals Alex Chiasson scored, giving the Capitals a 3-1 lead. At 11:31, Capitals Alex Chiasson scored a short-handed goal, giving the Capitals a 4-1 lead. At 16:20, Bruins David Krejci scored his 5th goal of the season, cutting the Capitals lead to 4-2. At 18:31, Capitals Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal, giving the Capitals a 5-2 lead. At 19:33, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 7th goal of the season, a power-play goal, cutting the Capitals lead to 5-3.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 17 saves on 21 shots. Khudobin is now 7-2-2 with a 2.67 GAA and a .915 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 58% faceoff percentage, shots 37-22 and hits 31-20. The Capitals led the game in blocked shots 15-11. The Bruins went 2-for-5 on the power-play while the Capitals went 1-for-4.

David Krejci led the Bruins with 7 shots. David Backes led the Bruins with 6 hits. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots.

Ryan Spooner, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins. It was reported that the Bruins have placed forward Matt Beleskey on waivers to go to Providence (AHL), if nobody picks him up.

Three stars of the game
1) Capitals goalie Braden Holtby
2) Capitals forward Alex Chiasson
3) Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 15-10-4 with 34 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-3-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 9-5-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the New York Rangers, at 5pm ET.