Nicklas Backstrom scored a power-play goal in overtime to lift the Capitals over the Flyers 2-1 on Saturday and extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 15 games. Backstrom beat Steve Mason 3:25 into overtime for his 20th goal of the season.
Category: Bruce Cassidy
Harris: Bruce Cassidy hoping for better results with Bruins in second chance as NHL coach
General manager Don Sweeney said Tuesday he hoped the “new voice” of Bruce Cassidy might help jump-start the Bruins as they tackle the longshot challenge of returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs two months from now. Well, talking to reporters on his first full day as B’s interim coach yesterday, the 51-year-old Cassidy was articulate, insightful and interesting.
Harris: Bruce Cassidy hoping for better results with Bruins in second chance as NHL coach
General manager Don Sweeney said Tuesday he hoped the “new voice” of Bruce Cassidy might help jump-start the Bruins as they tackle the longshot challenge of returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs two months from now. Well, talking to reporters on his first full day as B’s interim coach yesterday, the 51-year-old Cassidy was articulate, insightful and interesting.
Bruins fire coach Claude Julien
The Bruins felt they needed to a change at the top, even if it meant doing it on a day when the city was celebrating a championship. Boston fired Stanley Cup-winning coach Claude Julien on Tuesday, just hours before a downtown parade in honour of the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory.