BOSTON -- Alex Ovechkin looks as if hes ready to carry the Washington Capitals
to one of the Eastern Conferences final playoff spots.
Anthony
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collected his 800th career point and raised his league-leading total to 43 goals
with a pair of power-play scores, leading the Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the
Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon. "I think were just playing more solid right
now," said Ovechkin, who became the 150th player to collect 800 points. "We dont
have time to make mistakes. Every point right now is very important for us."
Joel Ward and Eric Fehr also scored, and Braden Holtby made 36 saves for the
Capitals, who won their fourth straight in their push for the playoffs. "I think
we were missing our swagger a little bit," Ward said of his teams play before
the Olympic break. "When our team plays with a little bit of cockiness we seem
to get wins. We were missing that before the break. Were finding ways to win.
The bottom line is were winning games." Ovechkin had the go-ahead goal and two
assists in a 5-4 win at Florida on Thursday. Its his first season of 40-plus
goals since collecting 40-plus in his first five seasons from 2005-06 to
2009-10. The Capitals star winger even impressed Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask with
his second goal. "The second one it seemed like he was going short side and it
just kind of knuckled in," Rask said, breaking into a slight smile to show how
impressed he was with the shot. "I was trying to ask him and he was kind of
shaking his shoulders. Its funny when you see those. He was kind of leaning into
it. Its like impossible to go the other way and it goes the other way. Youre
like, Come on, buddy." Washington, which hosts Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon,
remained one point behind the Flyers for the conferences eighth and final
playoff spot. Patrice Bergeron and Shawn Thornton had Bostons goals. Rask
stopped 27 shots in his first start since winning the bronze medal with Finland
at the Sochi Olympics. It was just the Bruins second regulation loss in their
past 13 games (8-2-3). The Bruins lost 5-4 in overtime at Buffalo on Wednesday.
"Were getting caught cheating too much in the offensive side and its ending up
in the back of the net," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "Its something we need
to fix because were giving up too many goals." Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was
disappointed how his team started out. "For sure that wasnt our best game," he
said. "We could have done a number of things differently and better. We have to
learn from games like this, especially against an opponent like this." The
Capitals opened a 3-0 lead on second-period goals by Ovechkin and Ward. Similar
to his first score of the game, Ovechkin one-timed a blistering shot over the
right shoulder of Rask inside the far post from the left circle for his
milestone point. Ward stole a puck near the blue line from defenceman
Johnny Boychuk, broke in alone and shifted to his backhand before tucking a shot
behind Rask for an unassisted score midway into the period. The Bruins cut it to
3-1 on Bergerons power-play goal 41 seconds later when he snapped off a shot
from the slot that beat Holtby inside the left post. Thorntons centring pass was
inadvertently tipped past Holtby by defenceman Mike Green as he was skating hard
to the net battling for position with Bruins forward Gregory Campbell at 17:32.
The goal was originally credited to Campbell, but changed early in the third.
But the Capitals made it 4-2 when Fehr scored on a clean breakaway midway into
the third. He poked the puck into an open area near centre ice from his own blue
line, skated in on Rask and beat him between the pads. Holtby made a key pad
save on Chris Kellys breakaway bid while his team was on a power play with 3:06
to play. Washington led 1-0 after one on Ovechkins first goal. He one-timed
John Carlsons pass from the left circle inside the far post at 18:39. The
Capitals held Boston to one shot on goal when they were short-handed for a full
two minutes after Jay Beagle was called for holding and Tom Wilson high-sticking
during the delayed penalty early in the first period. "That was a big kill for
us," Holtby said. "I didnt know it was a 5-on-3 until I looked up on the
faceoff. The guys made some big plays. I think one or two shots got through."
NOTES: Capitals RW Martin Erat, who had to leave Thursdays game after injuring
his left foot, tried to skate during pregame warmups but came off quickly and
was not in the lineup. ... Washington C Mikhail Grabovski was also out after
re-injuring his left ankle Thursday. ... It was the first of three meetings
between the teams. ... Nicklas Backstrom collected an assist on Ovechkins first
goal to pass Peter Bondra for seventh place on the clubs all-time list with 354
assists. ... It was the second game since the Olympic break for both teams. ...
Boston faces the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. ...
Washingtons entered the game with the leagues second-best power play.
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after criticising rugby leagues governing body.The clubs outspoken owner also
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Super League. Dragons have now offered a tongue-in-cheek response, inviting
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