The Washington Capitals held off a late surge from the Boston Bruins to snap their losing streak at two, delivering a 3-2 knockout led by burgeoning superstars Evgeny Kuznetsov and Braden Holtby. Now with 61 points, the Capitals regain top honors as the NHL’s best team with two games in hand over the Dallas Stars. Here’s how it happened.
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Andre Burakovsky kicked off the scoring for the Caps, burying a gorgeous feed from Evgeny Kuznetsov to the goals’ top shelf to make it 1-0 with five minutes left in the first.