Bruins continue postseason push against mighty Caps

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04/05/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having already claimed every title they can in the regular season, the Washington Capitals will begin to wind down their schedule when they host the desperate Boston Bruins tonight at Verizon Center.

The Capitals have won the Southeast Division title, claimed the top seed in the Eastern Conference and earned the Presidents' Trophy. Washington, which has recorded a club-record 114 points this year, clinched the NHL's best record thanks to a San Jose loss Sunday in Colorado.

Meanwhile, the Bruins are still locked in a tight battle for a postseason spot. Boston enters Monday with 84 points, tying it with Philadelphia for the eighth and final playoff berth in the East. The Bruins have four games left and can use their game in hand over the idle Flyers tonight. The New York Rangers are also just two points behind Boston and Philly and Atlanta is one point further back.

The Bruins won for the second time in three games on Saturday, edging the rival Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime. Miroslav Satan's second goal of the contest, coming at 3:25 of the extra session, sent Boston past Toronto, 2-1, at Air Canada Centre.

From a right-circle faceoff win, the puck came to Zdeno Chara at the right point. He sent a wrister through the slot, where Satan tipped it home using the shaft of his stick.

"Every game for the last few weeks has been crucial and every point we get is important," Satan said. "We were able to get by even though we're not scoring enough but if we keep this up over our remaining games, we will be in good shape."

Tuukka Rask stopped 27 shots for the Bruins, who have scored just five goals over their last four games.

Already without top forward Marc Savard for the rest of the season, the Bruins enter tonight with some additional injury problems. Defenseman Dennis Seidenberg left Saturday's game after getting his left wrist cut by a skate and is doubtful for today. Fellow blueliner Mark Stuart missed the last game with a case of cellulitis on one of his hands, but is questionable for tonight.

Forward Shawn Thornton is also questionable this evening with an upper-body injury.

Boston has won its last four games as the road club and is 20-13-6 as the visiting team this year. Following tonight, the Bruins will play two games on home ice before closing the regular season Sunday afternoon in Washington.

As for the Capitals, they have won two straight and are 6-1-3 in their last 10 outings.

Washington is coming off Saturday's 3-2 victory in Columbus. Jose Theodore stopped 34 shots to give the Capitals a new club record with their 51st win of the year. Washington also set a franchise mark with its 23 road victory.

"Well, it's nice to set records," said Washington head coach Bruce Boudreau. "It gives us a goal to shoot for next year, you know and it's nice to get the 51st win and instead of you know we were stuck on 49 there for a while and we would get back to back and you know it's good, but its more significant the fact that Theodore had a good game and for the most part we played fairly good defensively."

Tomas Fleischmann, Alexander Semin and Mike Green each scored a goal for the Capitals.

Meanwhile, Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin went his third straight game without a goal. The Russian sniper has 46 goals on the season, leaving him one shy of Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby for the league lead.

The Capitals have a superb 28-5-5 record on home ice this year and will play three of their last four regular-season games in D.C. Washington will visit Pittsburgh on Tuesday before capping its schedule with a two-game homestand.

Washington has won both meetings with the Bruins this year and has taken three straight and six of the seven encounters between the clubs. Boston has also lost four in a row at Verizon Center, last winning in D.C. on Feb. 6, 2007.

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