A strong penalty killing effort from Washington kept the Bruins from getting on the board early in the first period after concurrent minor penalties from Tom Wilson and Jay Beagle. A mad dash from Braden Holtby to recover a loose puck bouncing around his vacant crease was as close as Boston would get – Washington would respond with their own power play goal late in the first period, Alex Ovechkin‘s one-timer beating Tuukka Rask to the near post.
