Bruins pack up, head home

BOSTON (AP) - The Bruins tried every tactic possible to avoid the dreaded "Stanley Cup Hangover."

They didn't work.

Racist comments follow black player who scored OT goal to beat Bruins

It had all the makings of a feel-good hockey moment - except the guy who scored the goal was black.

Soon after Joel Ward eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins on Wednesday with a Game 7 overtime goal for the Washington Capitals, Twitter erupted in a shower of n-words and other racial insults.

Zdeno Chara of Bruins finalist for Norris Trophy

NEW YORK (AP) - Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins, Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators and Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators are the finalists for the Norris Trophy for the NHL's best defenseman.

The winner will be announced June 20 at the NHL awards ceremony in Las Vegas.

Joel Ward scores in overtime as Capitals advance over Bruins

BOSTON - Joel Ward slammed home a rebound at 2:57 of overtime to give Washington a 2-1 victory over Boston on Wednesday night, sending the Capitals to the second round of the playoffs and ending the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins' hopes of a repeat.

Bruins' Stanley Cup defense ends with loss to Capitals in Game 7 overtime

BOSTON - This year, the Washington Capitals appear to have saved their best for the postseason. Joel Ward slammed home a rebound at 2:57 of overtime to give Washington a 2-1 victory over Boston in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series Wednesday night, sending the Capitals to Eastern Conference semifinals and ending the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins' hopes of a repeat. Rookie Braden Holtby stopped 31 shots for Washington in the seventh one-goal game of the series.

With all games decided by one goal, Bruins and Capitals go to Game 7

WILMINGTON (AP) - Bruins forward Brad Marchand seems to have the answer as to why the Boston-Washington series has been so tight.

Really, it's pretty simple.

Alex Ovechkin upset with reduced ice time in playoffs

ARLINGTON, Va. - So it turns out Alex Ovechkin is not thrilled with playing less in the playoffs.

Less than a week after saying it "doesn't matter" that he's been on the bench for long stretches of the Washington Capitals' first-round series against the Boston Bruins, the two-time NHL MVP changed his tune a bit Tuesday, acknowledging he gets upset when he's not on the ice.