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Horty's Gordie Powers B's

BOSTON, MA - On his first shift of Saturday’s game, Nathan Horton ignited the TD Garden crowd with a heavy hit along the boards on the Capitals’ Eric Fehr.

That came just 1:36 in, and from the then on, Horton and his teammates set the tone with their physicality.

By the end of the afternoon, Horton would have a Gordie Howe hat trick, with a goal, two assists, and a bout with Matt Hendricks.

“Obviously, we haven’t scored for a while, but I think our line played a lot better tonight,” said Horton from in front of his locker room stall postgame, sporting his signature smile and the B’s new “player of the game” t-shirt.

“Like Claude said, when you’re thinking you’re up and you’re making plays, you make more mistakes when you do that. Just get the puck deep. You saw that on every goal. I chipped the puck to Looch’s corner.”

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-Caryn Switaj ^CS

Playoff Exit to Washington in the Past

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 2011-12 season didn’t end so well for the Bruins, who were shocked at their early first round exit from the playoffs thanks to an overtime goal from Washington’s Joel Ward, after heading in as the defending Stanley Cup champs.

“Again, it’s sports; for sure it’s a tough one, but that’s the way it is,” Captain Zdeno Chara had wrestled out following the Game 7 loss to the Washington Capitals on April 25, 2012, with a quiet, disappointed locker room surrounding him.

Fast forward to March 5, 2013, and while at the time, the loss was backbreaking, it’s hardly a blip on the B’s radar now, as they prepare to face off against the Capitals for the first time since that night.

“It’s been so long now, that I haven’t even thought about it until now,” Daniel Paille said following the B’s morning skate at the Verizon Center. “I think most of the guys realize what happened last year and are over it.”

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