Krejci, Bergeron, Marchand score 2 as Bruins beat Caps
BOSTON — David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand each scored two goals and the Boston Bruins held off the Washington Capitals 6-3 in an at times heated matchup between the East rivals on Sunday.
Marchand also had two assists for the Bruins, who won their fourth straight.
Tuukka Rask stopped 30 of 33 shots in earning his
10th win this season and just his second victory since February.
Krejci said he thinks the team has settled into a groove since adding three players at the trade deadline. One of those acquisitions, Taylor Hall, assisted on Krejci’s go-ahead goal in the second period.
“This is the team. We’re just going out there trusting the system, playing games,” he said. “We just go out there and we play.”
Washington has lost two of its past three. T.J. Oshie had two goals and Anthony Mantha added another for the first-place Capitals. Mantha has scored a goal in five consecutive games, including all four since being acquired in a deal with Detroit at the trade deadline earlier this month. Vitek Vanecek had
22 saves.
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin was held scoreless and remains one goal back of tying Marcel Dionne for fifth on the NHL’s career goals list.
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said the Bruins’ top two lines were huge.
“The big boys came to play today,“Cassidy said. “We’re a dangerous team when that happens.”
Capitals defenseman Zdeno Chara missed his first game of the season after blocking a couple of shots off his right ankle in Saturday’s win over Philadelphia.