Claude Julien on Bruins Game 7 loss to Capitals

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BOSTON -- Joel Ward tapped in a Mike Knuble rebound just 2:57 into the first overtime to lead the Capitals over the Bruins, 2-1, in a tense Game 7 Wednesday night at TD Garden. It marked the first time in Stanley Cup playoff history that all seven games were decided by one goal. The defending Stanley Cup champions received an ovation as they left the ice. • The Bruins carried play in the opening minutes outshooting the Caps, 6-3. But the first major mistake was committed by the Bruins and it led directly to the first goal of the game. • Milan Lucic took a loose puck at the left half-wall and tried to start up the ice to begin a rush. But Lucic lost control of the puck and Jason Chimera pounced on it. He fired a shot from the right point. John Carlson and Matt Hendricks were screening Tim Thomas in front and Hendricks got a piece of the shot before it flew past Thomas with 8:37 left in the first. • Lucic atoned in the second period with the forecheck on a hard-working shift that ended in the game-tying goal from Tyler Seguin. Lucic delivered a pair of hits behind the Washington goal. The puck made its way out to Andrew Ference in the high slot. He fired a slap shot on Holtby that he turned away. Johnny Boychuk picked up the puck at the top of the right circle and blasted another slapper on Holtby. This time the puck fell behind him in the crease. Before he could cover, Seguin rushed the net, fell down and poked the puck in the goal for the tying score. • The intensity picked up late in the period as John Carlson and Rich Peverley got into a shoving match in front of Holtby. The Washington goalie then shoved Peverley to the ground. Peverley got up, turned and drew back his stick with two hands and faked a slash to Holtby's upper body, stopping just before his stick made contact. The Bruins picked up the pace in the second and headed to the third period with a 25-13 shots-on-goal advantage. • Dennis Seidenberg, as he did throughout the series, made a big play late to keep the game tied. Moments after losing his stick, and with the Capitals on the power play, he blocked a shot from Ovechkin as the star was about to shoot into an open net with just under eight minutes left. The Bruins appeared to catch a huge break when Jason Chimera was called for hauling down Boychuk in the Bruins zone with 2:26 left in regulation. The Bruins could manage just one shot, a harmless shot from Brian Rolston from the top of the slot. • Just 40 seconds into overtime, Patrice Bergeron was alone on left side of Holtby and got his stick on the puck but put it just wide.

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