Even with two totally different lineups, the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals rarely showed their hand ahead of their upcoming first-round series.
A day removed from securing the third spot in the East Division, Bruce Cassidy rested eight of his top nine forwards, his six regular blue-liners and his top netminder in Tuukka Rask. Across the sheet, Peter Laviolette trotted out a rather full lineup with Alex Ovechkin, Zdeno Chara and Tom Wilson (to name a few) taking part in the regular-season finale.
The two teams exited Tuesday’s tilt rather unscathed. Now they’ll turn their attention to preparations for a grueling seven-game series ahead of them, beginning Saturday night in Game 1.