Bruins-Capitals Preview

The Bruins are only 5 points out of first in the Eastern Conference and are well within striking distance. They also have two games in hand on Montreal and 3 on Pittsburgh (both teams have 81 points). The Capitals enter tonight with a 30-28-8 record and 6 points out of the 8th seed. However, they are only 5 points below top ranked Carolina in the weak Southeast division. The Capitals need this game to keep their playoff hopes from slipping even further. They made some deals at the deadline to bolster their offense (Fedorov)and goaltending(Huet). The Bruins have been hot lately and I expect them to pull off a victory tonight. Former Canadien Cristobal Huet will start in goal tonight. Tim Thomas is in goal for the Bruins. Here are the rest of the lineups for both teams.

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Kozlov
Laich-Fedorov-Semin
Cooke-Steckel-Bradley
Brashear-Gordon-Fehr

Morrisonn-Green
Schultz-Poti
Erskine-Jurcina

Axelsson-Savard-Murray
Sturm-Metropolit-Kessel
Lucic-Krejci-Kobasew
Reich-Sobotka-Thornton

Chara-Wideman
Ference-Ward
Stuart-Hnidy

Prediction
Bruins:3
Capitals:2