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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · Apr 5
Finally (for today), here's my retrospective on Alex Ovechkin's 20-year "mission" to break the NHL goal record.

"Still the same big kid" with the big shot who told himself "I've got to play good" before his first NHL meeting with Sidney Crosby:

www.nhl.com/news/alex-ov...
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 9h
Bruins defeat Capitals 3-1.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 9h
Three points for Pastrnak tonight (one goal, two assists)
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 9h
Geekie makes it 3-1 with ENG with 57.1 seconds left.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 9h
Capitals call timeout with 1:04 left following Bruins iciing.

Faceoff coming up in left circle in Boston's end.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 9h
Thompson off for extra atacker with 1:45 left.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
Pastnrak fed Lindholm in the slot before he lifted the puck in past Thompson.

Pastrnak has a goal and an assist tonight

Capitals appeared to consider a challenge of some sort, but did not do it.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
Lindholm lift home a backhand on the PP to put Bruins back ahead 2-1 at 7:41.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
Carlson called for holding at 7:18.

Bruins PP (0-for-1 so far)
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
Wilson ties it from the slot at 7:03 of the third.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
Capitals shuffled line combos:

McMichael-Strome-Ovechkin
Protas-Dubois-Wilson
Sourdif-Lapierre-Beauvillier
Duhaime-Dowd-Leonard
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
After two periods, the Bruins lead the Capitals 1-0.

Shots on goal are 26-10 Washington (18-6 Caps in 2nd).

Pastrnak has the lone goal.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
For third time in five PPs, Ovechkin didn't stay on with second unit.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 10h
Kastelic called for tripping Ovechkin at 12:42.

Caps PP (0-for-4 so far)
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Pastrnak throws puck on net from near the blue line and it caroms in to give Bruins 1-0 lead at 12:07.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Thompson with stick save on Arvidsson on breakaway to keep it 0-0
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Swayman has been sharp for Bruins, stopping all 13 shots he faced

Dowd just had a good chance moving in alone on right side and Swayman made a right pad save with no rebound.

Thompson has stopped all 6 shots he's faced.

Score remain 0-0 6:23 into second period.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Capitals now 0-for-4 on the PP, including 55 seconds of 5-on-3, with 9 shots on goal
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Capitals will have a 5-on-3 for 55 seconds after McAvoy called for tripping Ovechkin 19 second into second period.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Second period begins with the Capitals having 1:14 of power play time remaining.

This is their third power play of the game. Six of their eight shots on goal in the game came on the PP.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Both teams looked a bit off in that first period. First game of season.

Capitals first PP unit got one rep together during the preseason, so not sharp yet.

They're getting reps tonight, though.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
After one period, the Bruins and Capitals are tied 0-0.

Shots on goal are 6-4 Washington.

Capitals will have 1:14 of PP time left to start the second period. They didn't score on their first two PP opportunities.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Capitals getting their third PP of the first period. Jokiharju called for crosscheck on Duhaime with 46.3 left.

Score 0-0.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Pastnrak hits side of net with shot from left circle
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Capitals had one shot on goal on that PP.
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 11h
Ovechkin stays on with second unit this time.

Leonard comes off.
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