The puck bounced from Charlie McAvoy to Patrice Bergeron before Marchand swiped it into the net with 8:28 left in regulation to make it 2-2. He was back and charging the net when Garnet Hathaway kept the puck in at the blue line and fed him for the goal that made it 2-1 with less than two minutes to go in the period.īut it was Dowd who was called for high-sticking to set up the power play that led to Marchand's tying goal. "It’s going to be our best effort next game.”ĭowd had to limp off the ice and head to the dressing room after blocking a shot with his right knee midway through the second period. “I think we’ve got to be hungrier, and we all know that," Washington defenseman John Carlson said. Samsonov returned from the COVID-19 list to make his playoff debut, stopping 40 shots for Washington, which lost the home-ice advantage after splitting the first two games at home. "You hope at the end of the night your number on the scoreboard is bigger than the opponent’s.”Īlex Ovechkin scored his 800th combined regular season and postseason goal, and Nic Dowd returned from a slap shot off the knee to add a goal for Washington. “I would imagine that the next game is probably going to be the same type of game,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. It was the 11th straight one-goal playoff game between them since 1998. You need to get two or three whacks at it.” That’s the way goals go in when goalies are on. “It’s a second-effort league and that’s how you score. “We had a lot of good looks and then obviously got a break at the end,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. The Bruins fell behind 1-0 and 2-1 before twice tying it, taking their only lead on Smith's game-winner. He was still out of his net trying to get back in, and I just snuck it in there.”īrad Marchand and Taylor Hall also scored for Boston, and Tuukka Rask stopped 35 shots. They gave me just enough time,” said Smith, who also had an assist. “I just tried to jump on it and see if I could create a little bit of a turnover there. The Bruins forward swept it around before Samsonov could get back in position to end the third straight overtime game in the series. Smith outraced Washington defenseman Justin Schultz to a puck that Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov left behind his net. The Bruins forward took care of the first part after he'd had plenty of the second, scoring 25:48 into overtime to give Boston a 3-2 victory over the Capitals and a 2-1 lead in their East Division first-round playoff series. BOSTON (AP) - Craig Smith has a mantra that he pulled out after scoring the winning goal against Washington on Wednesday night: “I love winning, but I hate waiting.”
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