<p>BOSTON — David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand each scored two goals and the Boston Bruins held off the Washington Capitals 6-3 in an at times heated matchup between the East rivals on Sunday.</p>
<p>Marchand also had two assists for the Bruins, who won their fourth straight.</p>
<p>Tuukka Rask stopped 30 of 33 shots in earning his 10th win this season and just his second victory since February. </p>
<p>Washington has lost two of its past three. T.J. Oshie had two goals and Anthony Mantha added another for the first-place Capitals. Mantha has scored a goal in five consecutive games, including all four since being acquired in a deal with Detroit at the trade deadline earlier this month. Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves.</p>
<p>Capitals defenseman Zdeno Chara missed his first game of the season after blocking a couple of shots off his right ankle in Saturday’s win over Philadelphia. </p>
<p>Boston holds a 4-3 edge in the season series. The teams meet one final time in Washington on May 11 in the regular-season finale for both teams.</p>
<p>Krejci put the Bruins in front 4-3 at 16:02 of the second period, taking a pass from Craig Smith, stopping as Dmitry Orlov fell and slid by, and firing the shot into the <a href="https://www.nhl.com/video/t-323662212/c-8109753">top left corner of the net</a>. </p>
<p>The lead grew less than two minutes later when Bergeron added his 18th goal of the season, on assists from David Pastrnak and Marchand to fire in a shot off a 3-on-2 break. </p>
<p>The Bruins broke through with a short-handed goal to take a 1-0 lead. </p>
<p>With Connor Clifton in the penalty box for a high stick double-minor against Lars Eller, Marchand checked John Carlson into the boards, leaving the puck sliding free. </p>
<p>Bergeron slid in, controlled, and crossed in front of Vanecek for <a href="https://www.nhl.com/video/bergeron-scores-shg/t-323662212/c-8108614">a backhand goal</a> at 12:02. It was the Bruins’ eighth short-handed goal of the season. </p>
<p>Less than two minutes later, the Bruins struck again. This time Clifton found a cutting Krejci with a crisp pass between the legs of Trevor van Riemsdyk for an easy <a href="https://www.nhl.com/video/krejci-scores-goal/t-323662212/c-8108685">put away </a> to make it 2-0. </p>
<p>In the closing seconds of the period a gamble for a loose puck by Mike Reilly turned into a breakaway for Washington. Nicklas Backstrom skated past Charlie McAvoy and got off a shot, which was saved but not completely corralled by Rask.</p>
<p>Oshie <a href="https://twitter.com/Capitals?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">tapped in the rebound</a> with 10 seconds left in the period. </p>
<p>With Clifton back in the penalty box early in the second for another high sticking double-minor, the Capitals tied it up when Oshie took a feed from Evgeny Kuznetsov and tied it at 2-2 with his 16th of the season. </p>
<p>Washington remained on the power play and took a 3-2 lead on Mantha’s wrist shot from the top of the circle on assists from Orlov and Eller. </p>
<p>But that lead lasted about two minutes when Marchand slid in hard and scored on a pass from Bergeron to tie it again. </p>
<p>ROUGH PLAY</p>
<p>Tempers flared in the third period when Washington’s Tom Wilson’s hit Sean Kuraly. Jarred Tinordi retaliated and was called for a roughing minor. Wilson needed assistance to the locker room. </p>
<p>The rough play continued minutes later when Washington’s Garnet Hathaway pushed Tinordi into the boards from behind, leaving Tinordi bleeding before he also exited. After a review, Hathaway was given a boarding major and game misconduct, ending his day. </p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Capitals: Visit New York Islanders on Thursday. </p>
<p>Bruins: Open five-game road trip at Buffalo on Tuesday. </p>
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