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BOSTON -- The Washington Capitals know how good the Boston Bruins are at coming from behind. Theyre determined to change that -- soon. Troy Brouwer scored on a power play with 1:27 left, giving the Capitals a 4-3 victory Saturday and a chance to eliminate the defending champions in Game 6 in Washington on Sunday. The Bruins rallied from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 before Brouwer beat Tim Thomas over the glove with a wrist shot from the right circle. Last year, Boston overcame 2-0 and 3-2 deficits -- in games -- in the Stanley Cup finals against the Vancouver Canucks. "Everyone knows the fourth win is the hardest," Capitals goalie Braden Holtby said, "but were not really focusing on whether the Bruins can come back. ... We have a game to win and we have a certain way we want to do it and thats to stick to our systems." Thomas, last years post-season MVP and Vezina Trophy winner, knows the Bruins cant rely on past comebacks to start another one. "Its good to know that weve been in tough spots before and responded well," he said. "Having said that, weve got to do that." Capitals defenceman Karl Alzner figures the best way to stop that is to score early. "Weve got to come out hard, try to put a little bit of doubt in their minds," he said. Johnny Boychuk tied it at 3 with 11:13 left on a power play, putting a 50-footer from the left into the far side of the net. Hes glad the Bruins wont have time to dwell on the loss. "You dont have any time to think about what you could have done differently for four days or three days," Boychuk said. "You just have to worry about what you can do tomorrow. Thats what I think our whole focus is right now." There was a good chance the game would go to overtime for the third time in the series. Then Benoit Pouliot was called for slashing Nicklas Backstrom. "It was a tough call at 2:50 (left) in the game," Pouliot said. "Its a grind out there and sometimes you get the call, sometimes you dont." Brouwer said he saw a Bruins defenceman turn toward the middle of the ice, giving him a lane in which to shoot for his second goal of the series. "We were getting buzzed a little bit and I think they had a little bit of momentum off their power play goal," Brouwer said. "So, for us to get a power play late, create a little bit of offence and ultimately get a goal, its good." Washington took a 2-0 lead in the second period on goals by Alexander Semin at 11:16 and Jay Beagle at 14:27. That seemed to be a sizeable advantage in a series that featured tight defence with each team scoring only seven goals in the first four games. About 15 seconds before Semins goal, Bruins defenceman Joe Corvo blocked a shot and fell to the ice. He struggled to his feet and didnt regain his normal stride before Semin scored. Bruins coach Claude Julien said play should have been stopped. He also was upset when Zdeno Chara was dazed after taking an elbow to the head without a penalty being called. "On the winning goal, its a very weak (penalty) call in my mind," he said, "and it ended up costing us the winning goal." The Bruins rallied with two goals in 28 seconds late in the period to tie at 2. Dennis Seidenberg scored with 2:39 left on a one-timer from the right circle that got past Holtby. And Brad Marchand tied with 2:11 to go when he poked the rebound through Holtbys legs after a shot from the right point by Boychuk. Washington regained the lead 3:21 into the third period when Mike Knuble pounced on a rebound. Joel Ward shot from 50 feet on the right side and Thomas saved it. But the goalie steered the puck to the left side and couldnt slide over in time to stop Knubles shot. "We could have been down a little bit after the second period when we had a strong 2-0 lead and they came back with two quick ones that can put us on our heels and really boost them," Knuble said. But now he and his teammates have the momentum -- and a chance to advance to the second round for the third time in four years. The last time they got to the third round was in 1998, when they beat the Bruins in the first round in six games and went to the finals where they lost 4-0 to the Detroit Red Wings. "Well be happy on the plane ride home. Guys will be in great spirits," Knuble said, "but when we touch down, when we get back to Washington, the prep will be, to a man, to every guy, going on right away. ... Were excited to go back to Washington to try and close this out." Holtby finished with 34 saves, and Thomas stopped 28 shots. Notes: Seidenbergs goal was the Bruins first in 84 minutes, 9 seconds since Rich Peverley scored in the first period of the Capitals 2-1 victory Thursday night. ... Boston coach Claude Julien shook up his lines to try for more offence and it finally paid off late in the second period. ... Beagles goal was his first career playoff point. ... 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Romo threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns before halftime Saturday night, and DeMarco Murray turned a short pass from Kyle Orton into a nifty touchdown after that to help the Cowboys beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24-18.PANAMA CITY -- Shawn Hill tossed five scoreless innings and Jimmy Van Ostrand and Cole Armstrong came up with clutch hits as Canada defeated Japan 3-1 Monday at the 39th IBAF World Cup. The win puts Canadas record at 2-0, good for first place in Pool A standings. "It was a great effort today," said Canadian manger, Ernie Whitt. "Japan always has good pitching and defence, and thats exactly what we saw today." After Japan went scoreless in the top of the first, Canada opened the scoring when Skyler Stromsmoe led-off with a walk and proceeded to steal second base. With two out, Van Ostrand doubled to the gap in left-centre which brought Stromsmoe home. In the fourth, Canada again struck with two outs when Tim Smith singled on a hard shot back to the pitcher and Shawn Bowman doubled to put runners on second and third base. Armstrong came to the plate and hit a double to right field, putting the Canadians up by three. "Our veteran guys were huge for us today," Whitt said. "They know what it means to represent their country and they came through for us today." Hill was outstanding from the get-go for Canada as he held Japan to only one hit through four innings and ended up giving his team five scoreless innings of work.dddddddddddd "Shawn did a great job for us," Whitt said. "It was probably one more inning that we expected his first time out, so hopefully he feels good tomorrow and will be ready to go in another four days." Hills five innings saw him give up only three hits and a walk, while striking out three, while facing eighteen batters. Japan scored their lone run of the game in the sixth when a ball caromed off Stromsmoes glove into centre field, allowing a runner on third base to score. Jay Johnson had started the inning for Canada and walked the leadoff batter before two consecutive groundballs advanced the runner to third. Johnson walked the next batter and was relieved by Chris Kissock, who got the next batter to groundout before coming back out for the seventh where he kept Japan off the scoreboard. Jimmy Henderson came into pitch the final out of the eighth inning and earned the save by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. Canada will face Greece on Tuesday. ' ' '
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