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One shot to keep the season alive for the Bruins tonight. They lost an absolute heart-breaker last night at home. Dennis Seidenberg and Brad Marchand scored within :28 seconds of each other to tie it up at 2-2 in the second period, which gave Boston a short momentum burst. But when Mike Knuble threw back a rebound for a 3-2 lead, Boston sprung back to life. Johnny Boychuk, the second defenseman to score on the night, lit the lamp on a power play goal with 11 minutes to go.
Unfortunately, home ice didn't give us any advantages here. I thought the Capitals were supposed to suck. They just squeaked into the playoffs, with their best player being a rapidly-declining Alexander Ovechkin? Unreal. About as unreal as Beniot Pouliot's decision to slash with 2:50 remaining in the game.
Pouliot has played tough in the first five games of the playoffs, but left the team out to dry on that play. Troy Brouwer came with a full head of steam down the right side boards and flung one, near post, past Tim Thomas' shoulder. I was sitting in the media dining room at Fenway Park with some other Fenway employees and some media types including Dan Shaughnessy. Just utter disbelief filled the room. The big, bad Bruins are one loss away from packing it in for the summer.
Bruins play today, Sunday, at 3:00 in Washington. I want Braden Holtby's head on a stick...
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