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Recap - Capitals Defeat Boston 2-1

The Bruins came up short Tuesday against the Capitals, falling 2-1.

The Capitals were a -204 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Michael Raffl, and Carl Hagelin each scored for the Capitals in the victory. Hagelin opened the scoring for Washington.

Vitek Vanecek stopped 24 of 25 Boston shots in the victory.

Boston got a goal from Curtis Lazar in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Jeremy Swayman stopped 30 of 32 shots for the Bruins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Washington scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Boston went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Boston lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 32-25.