WSH vs BOS
📸: kurly from #crashers

The Washington Capitals further diminished their playoffs hopes, losing to the Boston Bruins in a very long shootout on Saturday afternoon.

After a goal-less first, 75 seconds into the second, Matt Roy scored his second of the season for the first of the game. Ten minutes later Charle McAvoy eluded Logan Thompson with the aid of a screen.

Tied 1-1 going into the third, Rasmus Sandin scored from way outside to restore Washington’s lead. Charlie McAvoy got his second goal of the game with ten minutes left in regulation, tipping Pavel Zacha’s shot to tie the game.

Overtime gave us nothing but dyspepsia. Let’s do shootout bullets!

Dubois did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Eyssimont did NOT put the biscuit in the basket. Ping.
Leonard did NOT put the biscuit in the basket. Ping.
Pastrnak did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Strome did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Arvidsson did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Beauvillier did NOT put the biscuit in the basket. Ping again.
Mittelstadt did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
McMichael did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
McAvoy did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Ovechkin did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Zacha did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
did you ever read blood meridian
Chychrun did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Geekie did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Frank did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Lohrei did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Protas did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Minten put the biscuit in the basket. Oh god.

Caps lose.

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The Caps played well through the first and second periods. Though the Boston Bruins sit above the Caps in the standings, they’re a weaker team at five-on-five. After an uneven effort in Buffalo, I liked a lot of Washington’s performance here, between the goal lines, at least, for through two periods.
But the chances simply weren’t going in. Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman stopped three Rasmus Sandin shots before he finally got that big goal. It’s a theme we’ve heard a lot: the Caps still struggle to score, much like you in high school probably.
The Bruins of the third period were much, much more aggressive, fully reversing the flow of play. The Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt was on attack every shift. It was a 3:1 ratio of Bs attempts to Caps attempts.
Hendrix Lapierre‘s post-deadline deployment experiment continues. He skated with PLD and Tom Wilson for Washington’s best forward line and recorded a secondary assist on the Matt Roy goal.
Psyched for this, taking bets in comments on when it happens. Get this kid a lanyard, Tony P’s phone number, and a romantic partner who works for a defense contractor.

Cole Hutson now free to sign NHL contract and join Capitals after Boston University eliminated from Hockey East tournament

Notorious goal non-scorer Matt Roy scored his second goal of the season. The last one came on November 17, 2025. The one before that was in March. Fun trivia: Rasmus Sandin and Matt Roy both play the “defense” position in hockey.
I try not to do the routine too much where some goals are the goalie’s fault and some are not, but we all know neither of McAvoy’s goalies were Logan Thompson’s fault. The first time he saw either shot was when he fished them out of the net.
The Bruins got away with a puck-over-glass delay-of-game penalty during a third period Caps power-play. The Caps didn’t convert. They didn’t even threaten the Boston net until the end of that PP. It’s pathetic the team hasn’t done more to work on it this entire season.
Because of the penalty kill and lack of stoppages, three-on-three overtime never had fewer than seven skaters on the ice.

sighwhat do you think joe is wearing right now

— RMNB (@rmnb.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T19:14:26.239Z

Should of let Ovi shoot twice in the shootout.

This game didn’t massively impact Washington’s playoff chances, which were already below 20 percent by every reckoning. Hope is still alive, but there’s an old priest and young priest in the hallway.

Senators on Wednesday. Six more home games in the Ovi era, as far as we know.