Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins: Game preview, predictions and odds

Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 1, 2025

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The Washington Capitals are on the road to play the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. EDT.

Washington (47-17-9) is coming off an 8-5 loss to Buffalo on Sunday. Boston (30-35-9) is coming off a 2-1 loss to Detroit on Saturday.

Capitals vs Bruins: Head-to-head & key stats

Washington is 73-79-21-9 all-time against Boston
The Capitals are 3.63 goals per game
Boston is 19-12-6 at home
Washington is allowing 2.64 goals per game
The Bruins are averaging 2.6 goals per game
The Capitals are 23-9-3 on the road
Boston is allowing 3.28 goals per game

Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins: Preview

Washington is coming off a loss to Buffalo and is on a three-game losing streak. The Capitals are led by Dylan Strome who has 70 points, Aliaksei Protas has 65 points, Alex Ovechkin has 63 points and Pierre-Luc Dubois has 62 points.

The Capitals will start Logan Thompson who's 31-5-6 with a 2.43 GAA and a .912 SV%. In his career against Boston, he's 3-1 with a 1.98 GAA and a .938 SV%.

Boston, meanwhile, is on an eight-game losing streak and is one of the worst teams in the NHL. The Bruins are set to start Jeremy Swayman who's 20-26-6 with a 3.10 GAA and a .893 SV%. In his career against Washington, he's 3-5 with a 1.73 GAA and a .931 SV%.

The Bruins are led by David Pastrnak who has 86 points, Pavel Zacha has 44 points, Morgan Geekie has 42 points and Elias Lindholm has 38 points.

Capitals vs Bruins: Odds & Prediction

Washington is a -225 favorite, while Boston is a +185 underdog, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Capitals and Bruins are both playing poorly as of late, but this is a great spot for Washington to get back into the win column.

Boston has been struggling to score and defend, and this potent Capitals offense should be able to get back on track.

Look for the Capitals to start out strong and cruise to a lopsided win here.

Prediction: Capitals 5, Bruins 2.

Capitals vs Bruins: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Washington -1.5 (-225)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-118)

Tip 3: David Pastrnak 4+ shots on goal (-120)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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