Bruins/Capitals: Game 3

Ahead of the game three matchup, we saw the Washington Capitals make a change in net, going with llya Samsonov over soon-to-be 40-year-old Craig Anderson who had started the previous two games for the club. Bruins looked to take a lead in the series, with a little home brewing in front of a raucous Boston crowd. In a back-and-forth game of defensive chance, we don't see the first goal until almost halfway through the game, 8:21 into the second, when Ovechkin on the powerplay puts one past Tuukka Rask from office for the 1-0 Washington lead. Less than a minute later, Craig Smith delivers a tremendous pass in front to a spinning Taylor Hall who puts it up high to even the score at 1. Less than two minutes remaining on the period Washington gets the lead on a Garnett Hathaway pass to Dowd with the tip-in out in-front, 2-1 Caps. Bruins find the equalizer almost halfway through the third while on the powerplay Brad Marchand puts his best homerun swing on the net putting home the game-tying goal from Bergeron, 2-2. Bruins are save by two pipe-ringers down the stretch as now all the games in the series are now extended to overtime. After a scoreless yet eventful extra frame, the goes to a second overtime. Five minutes in Craig Smith retrieves a puck behind the net that goaltender Samsonov had left for Schultz, wrapping the puck around before the netminder had time to set, for the game-winning goal. The Bruins come from behind for the 3-2 victory!