Bruins snap Capitals' four-game winning streak

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    "In the first 10 minutes Tuesday night, the Washington Capitals did nearly everything they wanted to do in setting a tone against the Boston Bruins. They registered hits, blocked shots and created a few prime scoring chances. But they never managed to crack goaltender Tim Thomas in those early minutes.

    Regardless of how well they were playing overall, the Capitals simply couldn't cash in - a problem the Bruins wouldn't have midway through the period. After withstanding several chances in their zone, the Bruins took advantage of a few ill-timed Washington mistakes and became the second team in as many games to jump to a quick two-goal lead on the Capitals.

    Unlike last Saturday's contest against Nashville, however, this deficit was one the Capitals couldn't come back from.

    Thomas led with a 35-save performance as Boston defeated Washington, 3-1, at Verizon Center, ending the Capitals' four-game winning streak and marking the first time the Bruins have won a game between the teams in regulation since Jan. 23, 2006. They meet again Thursday night in Boston.

    "I thought it was one of the hardest [efforts] we've played all year," said Jason Chimera, who assisted on the Capitals' lone goal. "It's just one of those things where you'd like to have those 10 minutes back and move on. We didn't play that bad, it was just that they capitalized on some chances. We had two breakdowns there and they scored two goals."

    Nine minutes in, immediately following a tip-in chance for the Capitals by Alex Ovechkin, who went without a point for the first time this season and finished with a minus-2 rating, the Bruins' top line executed a textbook two-on-one play. Nathan Horton fed a pass to David Krejci through Tyler Sloan for an easy tip in that beat Washington netminder Michal Neuvirth as he went left to right across the goalmouth. It was the fourth time in six games this season that the Capitals (4-2) have given up the first goal. "

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101907734.html
     

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