David Pastrnak is out with an injury, but the Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4-1

BOSTON – Elias Lindholm scored with 6:19 left to break the tie in the third period, and the Boston Bruins converted a five-minute penalty without allowing a shot on goal to beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Monday night.

The score was 1-1 when Charlie Coyle played a long pass to Lindholm and passed it to Brad Marchand at the blue line to start a two-on-one. Marchand passed the ball back, Lindholm deflected it to goalkeeper Charlie Lindgren on the ice and then backhanded it into the net to make it 2-1.

Coyle made it 3-1 two minutes later and Marchand added an empty-net goal. Justin Brazeau also scored a goal and Jeremy Swayman made 10 saves for the Bruins, who won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 11-4-1 since Joe Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery on the bench.

Jakub Vrana scored a goal and Lindgren stopped 18 shots for the Capitals, who entered the day leading the Eastern Conference and have lost three of their last six games.

Takeaways

Capitals: Are 10-6 since Alexander Ovechkin broke his leg on Nov. 18.

Bruins: Forward and leading scorer David Pastrnak seemed to make a difference in the second period. He returned to the ice for a short time, but then went to the locker room and was sidelined with an unspecified upper body injury.

Key moment

Ten seconds into the third period, Bruins forward Oliver Wahlstrom was sent off for a game-misconduct penalty and a five-minute penalty when he pushed Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary headfirst into the boards. Washington didn’t get a shot on goal on the power play.

Key statistics

The Capitals had their season low with 11 shots on goal.

Next

The Capitals visit Toronto and Detroit on Saturday and Sunday before returning home to host the Bruins on New Year’s Eve.

The Bruins play the first leg of a home game in Columbus on Friday before traveling to Washington.