Bruins 3, Capitals 2 (SO)

 

While the Celtics were beating the Washington Wizards up in the Garden, the Bruins were down in Washington beating the Capitols. It took a shootout to win, but they got the job done.

Charlie McAvoy (BU, Class of '16) scored both of Boston's goals during regulation, his 8th and 9th of the season. Swayman made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926) in the net.

No one score in OT and it took nine rounds of shootout before Fraser Minten finally scored the only goal after regulation ended. The road win ends a seven-game road losing streak for the Bruins. 

Boston (37-23-6) still qualifies for a playoff spot by a single point ahead of Columbus, but are now tied with Detroit at 80 points each. However, since it took the Red Wings one more game to earn those points than the Bruins, the tiebreaker puts Boston ahead of Detroit in the Wild Card standings. 

The Bruins will head down to New Jersey to play the Devils (33-31-2) on Monday (7:00 pm).