Bruins down Caps in shootout to halt road winless streak

Fraser Minten scored in the ninth round for the lone goal of the shootout, allowing the Boston Bruins to snap a seven-game road winless skid with a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Boston's Jeremy Swayman and Washington's Logan Thompson thwarted each of the other team's first eight attempts in the shootout before the former denied Aliaksei Protas in the ninth. Minten then went to his backhand to tuck the puck past a sprawling Thompson to end the contest.

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