WEEI’s Rich Keefe reported the team’s two biggest stars, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand are beefing — a storyline both players quickly denied.

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It started with a trade between the Bruins and Capitals (and Wild as a third-party broker). The Capitals moved out two pending free agents, Garnet Hathaway and Dmitry Orlov, in exchange for a 2023 first-rounder, 2024 third, 2025 second and Craig Smith.

Alex Ovechkin might get most of the media attention for this year’s Washington Capitals, but goaltender Logan Thompson is vying for his share of the spotlight.

"We dominate and then we fall asleep for three or four shifts -- and the next thing you know, it's a 2-2 game." But the Bruins simply looked out of it until the vital turnover led to Thornton's goal at the 12:11 mark.

Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship before moving on to a head-coaching career in the NHL with the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils, died at the age of 89.

Bruins' Korpisalo stopped all 29 shots, David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie scored, and the Boston Bruins secured a 2-0 win over the Senators.

The NHL is starting to think about life without Gary Bettman. Though Bettman's retirement isn't imminent, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold told The Athletic's Michael Russo and Chris Johnston that the Board of Governors' executive committee has formally begun the process of finding a replacement for the longtime NHL commissioner.

BOSTON – Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves and posted his third shutout of the season for the Boston Bruins in a 2-0 win against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on Thursday. David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist for the Bruins (24-20-6), who are 4-1-1 in their past six games. Pastrnak has 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in the past 11 games.

First-year Washington coach Danny Sprinkle has called his team's January schedule "a month from hell." It's hard to argue, with the Huskies having suffered five consecutive defeats -- all to ranked teams.

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