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Which Hardworking Teams Should The Capitals Worry About

By CJ Witt

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: Jaccob Slavin #74 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the third period against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on October 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: Jaccob Slavin #74 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the third period against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on October 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 11: (L-R) Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins, former NHL player Tim Thomas, former NHL player Brian Gionta, Olympian Krissy Wendell, Fort Dupont Ice Arena Founder Neal Henderson, and Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals take part in a ceremonial puck drop honoring the 2019 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class at Capital One Arena on December 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 11: (L-R) Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins, former NHL player Tim Thomas, former NHL player Brian Gionta, Olympian Krissy Wendell, Fort Dupont Ice Arena Founder Neal Henderson, and Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals take part in a ceremonial puck drop honoring the 2019 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class at Capital One Arena on December 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The Boston Bruins

I think I might have just heard a bunch of Caps fans rolling their eyes already. The Capitals have absolutely owned the Bruins for nearly this entire decade. The last seventeen games against Boston the Caps have won sixteen of them. I get that, you don’t have to remind me.

With that being said, the playoffs are a different beast. You may get focused to play a team in the regular season. That’s likely for a day or two. The Bruins will get to pick apart the Capitals for a few hours then head off to the west coast for a road trip or play a huge division game vs. Montreal or Toronto.

In the playoffs you have days, even weeks to figure teams out. The Bruins have a bit of a reputation as a hardworking team and a hard team to play against. That and the fact that they made the Stanley Cup Final last season and are a top team this season shows this is not a team to take lightly.

Nothing screams threatening when you look at stats. The only impressive thing is they’ve scored 80 goals this season, which is third most in the league and they’ve allowed 55 goals, that’s fifth best. Both of those are 5v5 by the way.

To compare the Capitals have scored 76 5v5 goals and have allowed 70 goals. The 76 goals is fifth best and the 70 allowed is nineteenth in the NHL.

Ownage or not, going through the Bruins is not something I think most Capitals fans should be thrilled about.

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