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Game 1 ESDF
Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals
7:15 pm ET
National TV: NBC
Canadian TV: CBC, TVAS, SN
Boston Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
Washington Radio: WJFK, Caps Radio 24/7
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Boston Bruins Twitter
Washington Capitals Twitter
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Game 1 ESDF
Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals
7:15 pm ET
National TV: NBC
Canadian TV: CBC, TVAS, SN
Boston Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
Washington Radio: WJFK, Caps Radio 24/7
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
Boston Bruins Twitter
Washington Capitals Twitter
Need to Know: Bruins-Capitals | First Round
Boston Bruins Announce Key Initiatives Ahead of 2021 Playoffs
For Bruins, Hall's Impact Has Been Immediate
98.5 The Sports Hub & Bruins Reach New Multi-Year Broadcast Agreement
NHL Announces Schedule for Boston Bruins First Round Playoff Series
2021 Regular Season
Tuukka Rask
24 GP | 15-5-0-2 | .913 Sv% | 2.28 GAA | 2 SO | 2 A | 2 Pts.
Vitek Vanecek
37 GP | 21-10-0-4 | .908 Sv% | 2.69 GAA | 2 SO
Rest in Peace Mike (AOF)
Tonight's Officials
Referees TJ Luxmore (21), Gord Dwyer (19), Jon McIsaac (2)*
Linesmen Michel Cormier (76), Ryan Daisy (81)
TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins visit the Capitals tonight in game 1 of their best-of-7 Round One series. - Boston is in the post-season for the 5th straight season and 74th all-time in their history ... Their 74 post-season berths are 2nd all-time in NHL history to MTL’s 85. - This is the 6th Round One series for Boston since the NHL adopted the format in 2013-14 and they are 4-1 in those series ... Overall, they are playing their 35th first round series (preliminary series, division semifinals, conference quarterfinals and round one series) with an 18-16 record entering this post-season ... They are 15-11 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats. - The Bruins enter this series with a 38-18 record in best-of-7 series in which they have won game 1 and they are 15-34 in best-of-7 series in which they have lost game 1. - Patrice Bergeron will tie Zdeno Chara for 2nd overall on the team’s post-season games played list with his 150th playoff game. - David Krejci will move into sole possession of 4th place on that list with his 146th post-season game (currently tied with Wayne Cashman at 145).
2020 ROUND ONE SERIES - The Bruins are opening their Round One series vs. Washington tonight. - Gm 1, May 15: Bos 0 at Wsh 0 - - Gm 2, May 17: Bos 0 at Wsh 0 - - Gm 3, May 19: Wsh 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 4, May 21: Wsh 0 at Bos 0 - - Gm 5, May 23: Bos 0 at Wsh 0 - if necessary - Gm 6, May 25: Wsh 0 at Bos 0 - if necessary - Gm 7, May 26: Bos 0 at Wsh 0 - if necessary
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Six Bruins - Anton Blidh, Trent Frederic, Mike Reilly, Oskar Steen, Jeremy Swayman and Urho Vaakanainen - are looking to play their first NHL playoff games. - Brad Marchand is five points shy of his 100th NHL playoff point. - Tuukka Rask is seven games short of his 100th NHL playoff game
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2020-21: 256) - Ondrej Kase - upper body - Jakub Zboril - upper body - John Moore - hip surgery
BOSTON vs WASHINGTON, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Capitals have played 3 lifetime playoff series with WSH holding a 2-1 series advantage ... They have played 18 games (including the 2020 round robin game) with each team winning 9 games and BOS holding a 44-39 goals for/against advantage. - Their last series was the 2012 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series which WSH won 4-3 ... That series was the 1st time in NHL history that every game in a 6- or 7-game series was decided by one goal. - Their 1st 2 series were the 1990 Prince of Wales Conference Championship with BOS taking a 4-game sweep ... The 2nd series was a 6-game WSH win in the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal. - 4 Bruins - Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Brad Marchand and John Moore - have played in a full series vs. WSH, with Krejci the leading playoff scorer vs. WSH with 1-3=4 totals. - Jaroslav Halak is the only Bruins goaltender to have played a full series vs. WSH (w/MTL) with a 7-6 record and 2.37 GAA in 13 games. - FYI: WSH’s Kelly Miller took an unsuccessful penalty shot on BOS’ Andy Moog on 5/3/1990 in the 1990 Prince of Wales Conference Championship series, which is the only penalty shot between these teams and 1 of just 7 taken against BOS in their playoff history ... The 4 OT games between these teams in their 2012 Conference Quarterfinal series was the most in a BOS sereis since their 1939 Semifinal series vs. the NYR.
2020-21 SEASON SERIES vs. WASHINGTON - The Bruins went 4-2-2 vs. the Capitals this season with a 2-1-1 mark each at home and on the road. - The Bruins were led in scoring by Brad Marchand (7-7=13 totals), Patrice Bergeron (3-6=9) and David Pastrnak (3-5=8) ... Goaltending was split 4 ways by Tuukka Rask (1-0-2 in 3 gp), Jaroslav Halak (2-0-0 in 2 gp), Jeremy Swayman (1-1-0 in 2 gp) and Daniel Vladar (0-1-0 in 1 gp). - BOS outscored WSH by a 26-25 margin while shots were even at 240 apiece.
