Junior Capitals Tame Baby Bruins

Brett Carson scored a goal and added an assist, while Gennady Stolyarov notched a pair of assists to lead the Washington Junior Capitals to a 4-3 lead over the Baby Bruins on Day 28. The two points moves Washington to 4-9-1 for the season.

In a first period filled with penalties, a trend that would continue throughout the game, Boston opened a 2-0 lead. Nowak netted the first at 11:38 from Lindstrom and Kozack, before Kozack scored from Nowak and Morrison at 15:16. Meanwhile, the teams combined for five minor penalties and a fight between Boston's Taylor and Fabien Laniel. Taylor won in a slaughter and earned a game misconduct for his troubles. Washington tied things up in the game misconduct stakes when Mikhail Kuleshov got the gate for a hooking incident at 18:32.

The second period opened with a fight between Lance Moynch and Lindstrom at 4;11. This one went in the books as a draw, but a double-minor to Boston's Jurcina at 5:38 gave the Capitals an opening. The Capitals got the goal they were looking for from Henrik Tallinder at 8:50 to pull within one. Carson and Stolyarov assisted on the goal. The rally was shortlived, however, as Boston took a 3-1 lead when Harikkala scored an unassisted goal at 16:31. Another fight late in the period saw a third player ejected from the game. Moynch and Jurcina duked it out to a draw, but Moynch got the gate for his second fight of the game.

Trailing 3-1 entering the final period, the Junior Capitals turned it up in the final 20 minutes. It took a bit for the added pressure to pay off, but Patrick O'Sullivan finally got just rewards at 9:14 when he scored from Matthew Hansen and Ivan Baranka. Less than a minute later Carson netted from Peter Pohl and Greg Mauldin to tie it up and quiet the home crowd. The Capitals continued the strong play after the goals, and a successful kill of a minor penalty set things up for a dramatic finish. Late penalties to both teams made it look like overtime was in the offing, but Sean Kotary stepped up to save the game with just four seconds remaining. Jakub Cutta and Stolyarov assisted on the winning goal.

Brad Stopping made 31 saves to earn the victory for Washington. Jordan Sigalet stopped 19 shots in the loss.

The Junior Capitals return to action on Day 31 against San Jose.