Through two games, the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals have more than maxed out the crispy meter.
Both games ended a mere one-goal apart. Both tilts ended in overtime.
Yet, Game 2 nearly got away from the Bruins.
Bruce Cassidy’s squad relinquished a pair of first-period leads as T.J. Oshie (at 6:31) and Garnett Hathaway (at 16:42) countered Boston’s pair of tallies from Jake DeBrusk (at 5:05) and Patrice Bergeron (at 9:21).
A scoreless second saw the Bruins establish significant zone time and scoring opportunities. But they also passed up some golden chances, including a potential chance in the slot for Charlie McAvoy during one of several 4-on-4 stretches in the middle 20.