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BOSTON - If the Washington Captials can combine Alex Ovechkins scoring with strong defence every game, coach Barry Trotz will be

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BOSTON - If the Washington Captials can combine Alex Ovechkins scoring with strong defence every game, coach Barry Trotz will be enjoying a lot of victories this season. Al-Farouq Aminu Jersey .Ovechkin scored his first two goals of the season, Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots and Trotz earned his first win with the Capitals in a 4-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.Trotz, the longtime coach of Nashville, was hired during the off-season after Washington missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years and fired Adam Oates.Trotz talked during the preseason about the team a€” and Ovechkin a€” needing to pay more attention to defence.We played the way he wanted us to play, Ovechkin said of the new system. Of course guys are putting a little bit of pressure upon themselves. We played how he wanted us to play, especially in the D zone.The Capitals lost Trotzs first game, 2-1 in a shootout to Montreal at home Thursday.As a coach you go into a season and you dont relax until you get that first win, he said.He was also happy with how his team concentrated on the defensive end.They threw a lot of pucks at our net. We did a good job of clogging it up, he said. I thought the special teams were key for us tonight, obviously with the two power play goals, but we got some big kills.The three-time league MVP Ovechkin, who led the NHL with 51 goals last season, scored Washingtons first two of the game. Defenceman Mike Green had a power-play goal and Joel Ward added a late score.Holtby stopped eight shots in the initial 8 1/2 minutes en route to his 12th career shutout, sending Boston to its second straight loss after a season-opening victory.They were moving the puck around in the first finding some cross seems, but I think we made an adjustment and it was good from there on, he said. We did a great job in shot lanes. Thats what wins you games.Bostons Tuukka Rask made 17 saves. Last seasons Vezina Trophy winner has played all three of the Bruins games.The Bruins have scored just three goals in their three games.Were not off to a good start, Boston coach Claude Julien said. Even our veteran guys have to be better. We have to be better in a lot of areas.The Bruins, who won the Presidents Trophy last season, didnt lose consecutive regular season games after dropping contests Jan. 7 and 9.We cant be really saying the offence is struggling, Boston captain Zdeno Chara said. We all are struggling.Eight seconds after Boston rookie Bobby Robins was sent to the penalty box for kneeing, Ovechkin one-timed John Carlsons pass from the point past Rask from the left circle to move the Capitals ahead 1-0 at 11:26.Ovechkins second goal of the game, coming off a nice feed from along the boards from Nicklas Backstrom, made it 2-0 at 18:39. Backstrom hustled from the right corner and outworked a Bruins player along the left boards before making a backhand pass to Ovechkin, who blistered a shot by Rask.Holtby had a pair of nice stops a€” both on Chris Kellys bids from the slot a€” in the opening period. The first came at the 11-minute mark when he flashed his glove and the second was a left-pad stop.Bostons best chance came early in the third when Carl Soderberg broke in alone, shifted Holtby out of position, but he lost control of the puck just as he was attempting a shot.Washington made it 3-0 when Green one-timed Evgeny Kuznetsovs cross-ice pass by Rask 10:34 into the second.NOTES: Green was back in the lineup after missing the opener with an upper body injury. ... Bostons top-line centre David Krejci missed his third straight with an undisclosed injury. ... Bruins C Patrice Bergeron needs three points for 500 in his career. ... Ovechkin also led the league last season with 24 power play goals and shots on goal with 386. ... It was the Capitals only regular season visit to Boston. ... Last season Ovechkin had two PP goals and collected his 800th career point in Boston. 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The left-hander goes after his 16th win of the year on Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Wilson won his seventh straight decision on Friday against Texas, as he allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings to improve to 15-6 on the year to go along with a 3.42 ERA. Over his last 16 starts he is 11-1 with a 2.96 ERA. Wilson has faced Toronto 16 times (6 starts) and is 2-3 with a 3.55 ERA. Dickey is 12-12 with a 4.29 ERA. Dickey defeated Minnesota on Friday, holding the Twins to three runs and seven hits in six innings. "The six or more innings, three runs or less, is something Ive always tried to do," said Dickey, who is 4-1 with a 2.88 ERA in his last eight starts. "I havent done it great this year, but I have done it adequately. "You set some goals for yourself. Hopefully, you can get above 200 innings, you can win close to 15 games -- those are all good benchmarks. But at this point, you still have to be careful nott to get too far ahead of yourself and reduce it to a moment-by-moment scenario, so that I can commit to every pitch. Cheap Swingman Blazers Jerseys. quot; In 22 games (6 starts) against the Angels, Dickey is 3-3 with a 4.29 ERA. In Tuesdays opener, Mark Trumbo became the first player in franchise history to record five hits and five runs scored in the same game as Los Angeles rolled to a 12-6 win. Trumbo finished his historic night a perfect 5-for-5 with three doubles, a home run and two RBI. Josh Hamilton swung a good bat as well, smacking his 20th home run as part of a three-hit, four-RBI game. Chris Iannetta and Erick Aybar also went yard in the triumph, LAs fifth in six tries against Toronto dating back to last season. Jerome Williams (7-10) was reached for six runs on nine hits over five-plus innings for the Angels, who snapped a two-game losing skid. "He just didnt look like he was able to get his sinker where he wanted to and struggled through five innings," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Williams. Toronto starter Mark Buehrle (11-8) got shelled, allowing the Angels eight runs and 12 hits in just four-plus innings. "The whole game I wasnt making pitches. Everything was up, I was falling behind in the count," Buehrle said. ' ' '

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