The Bruins will be staying in Washington DC tonight after their celebration at the White House. Much like that event, the game tonight will be missing a superstar as Alex Ovechkin is serving a 3 game suspension.
On top of the Capitals being without Ovechkin, they are also missing Nicklas Backstrom (concussion), and defenseman Mike Green (abdominal surgery). Those are some huge blows.
The Bruins will be playing without Ference (as Rob talked about earlier), and Horton. I am a little worried about Horton, because he is dealing with another concussion and we all just have to hope he isn't going down the same road as Savard. Currently he is listed as day-to-day.
As for this game I expect the Bruins to crush them. Thomas has been lights out against these guys (-4-2 with a 2.49 goals-against average in 20 career games versus Washington).
Bruins win 5-1
Player of the Game: Marchand
Game starts at 7pm
***UPDATED***
Rask is in net tonight.