Final: Capitals 5, Bruins 3

All done in DC. Dennis Wideman with game-ending ENG.

7:18 3d period: Capitals 4-3
Hat trick for Mathieu Perreault. Scores on rebound of Roman Hamrlik point shot. Second straight opposing hat trick.

6:47 3d period: 3-3
Alex Semin goes wide on partial break. Bad turnover by Adam McQuaid.

20:00 2d period: 3-3
Bruins with 25-18 shot advantage. Good push by second-liners.

17:42 2d period: 3-3
Brad Marchand with the short-range PPG. Great stops by Tomas Vokoun on Patrice Bergeron and Dennis Seidenberg. But no help from teammates on Marchand?s bid.

14:23 2d period: Capitals 3-2
Bad turnover by Johnny Boychuk. Mathieu Perreault picks pocket and goes high blocker on Tuukka Rask.

12:21 2d period: 2-2
Tyler Seguin picks off John Carlson pass and goes high on Tomas Vokoun. Bad turnover by Carlson. Good work by Seguin at end of shift.

2:55 2d period: Capitals 2-1
Give-and-go between Mathieu Perreault and Alex Semin. Nice fake shot and dish by Semin.

2:14 2d period: 1-1
Tuukka Rask stops Cody Eakin’s shot. But puck rolls over Rask’s right arm and over the line.

0:00 2d period: Bruins 1-0
David Krejci is present for the start of the second.

20:00 1st period: Bruins 1-0
With David Krejci unavailable, Bruins now without two-thirds of first line.

17:46 1st period: Bruins 1-0
Makeshift line punches through. Rich Peverley, skating with Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic, scores off Karl Alzner’s stick.

15:15 1st period: 0-0
David Krejci not on ice nor on bench. Took John Carlson slapper off right foot earlier in first.

14:18 1st period: 0-0
Caps buzzing. Handful of excellent scoring chances. Bruins defense leaky.

11:46 1st period: 0-0
Tuukka Rask tall on Mathieu Perreault close-range shot. Rask sharp so far.

8:35 1st period: 0-0
Tuukka Rask kicks out short-distance Matt Hendricks chance.

6:49 1st period: 0-0
Bruins with 5-1 shot advantage. Best chance was David Krejci in tight. Glove save by Tomas Vokoun.

0:00 1st period: 0-0
First line starting for Bruins.

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