Washington Capitals: Former Player Marcus Johansson Scores for Boston Bruins in Stanley Cup Final

Former Washington Capitals player Marcus Johansson had to watch his old teammates lift the Stanley Cup last year. Now his Boston Bruins are two wins away.

Yesterday Andrew talked about Marcus Johansson, a former Washington Capitals forward who left the team through no fault of his own. His dealing was the unfortunate part of sports being a business because the Capitals needed money to extend the contracts of Dmitry Orlov, T.J. Oshie and ultimately Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Kuznetsov’s big pay day came at the price of having to ship Johansson to New Jersey. The rest of that summer, national experts talked about how the Capitals’ championship window had closed. Less than a year later and we all know what happened.

As joyous as it was for us as Capitals fans and for everyone a part of the team, for former faces it was tough. It was hard for Karl Alzner, who also left the Capitals but through free agency.

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Johansson now gets that chance a year later and not in the Garden State but rather the city where their hockey team plays their home games at TD Garden. The Bruins won the opener on Memorial Day when they rallied with three unanswered goals overcoming a 2-0 deficit.

The St. Louis Blues, coached by “The Chief” Craig Berube who also once played for the Capitals, bounced back to win overtime of Game 2. The series headed back to St. Louis before a standing room only crowd similar to when the Stanley Cup Final shifted to D.C. for Game 3 last year. Ah, the memories.

As much as some fans compare the Blues and Caps runs, Saturday night just wasn’t the night for the Blues. The 7-2 Boston massacre was capped off by MoJo.

Johansson got the puck from Connor Clifton and was part of a back-and-fourth pass back sequence. Johansson passed it to Torey Krug, Krug passed it back to Johansson and he ripped it right through the net. The goal came at 18:35 to put an stamp on a statement win for Boston.

Additionally, Johansson assisted on the second goal of the game when Charlie Coyle made it 2-0 in the first period. That one came with Johansson faking a shot but instead passing the puck to Coyle. That goal came at 17:40 of the first period.

Now Johansson and the Bruins are two wins away from the Stanley Cup. MoJo wants nothing more than to be engraved with his new teammates next his old teammates on the Cup.