The Boston Bruins clinched the inaugural Atlantic Division title with a pair of road wins over the weekend, extending a franchise-best road winning streak to nine games in the process.

The Bruins traveled to Washington, D.C. on Saturday afternoon and left with a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals to clinch the division title. The team followed the division-clincher with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday afternoon.

Center Patrice Bergeron led the way for Boston on Sunday with his 27th goal of the season, a wrist shot at 11 minutes, five seconds into the second period that handed the team a 3-2 lead over the Flyers.

Defensemen Zdeno Chara and Andrej Meszaros also scored for the Bruins. Meanwhile, the team could not stop Flyers center Vincent Lecavalier, who registered two goals for the hosts.

Meszaros was acquired from the Flyers just prior to last month's trading deadline, adding a new dimension to the Bruins defense.

Right wing Reilly Smith took a shot at 10:43 of the first period that deflected wide of the net. Defenseman Dougie Hamilton then picked up the puck along the half boards and poked it toward left wing Brad Marchand near the net.

Marchand fired off a pass to an isolated Meszaros in the slot, who then ripped a snap shot past Flyers goalie Steve Mason to tie the game at one goal apiece.

While neither team could break through during regulation or overtime, Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask nearly coughed up the game in the fifth round of the shootout.

Rask, in facing a quickly approaching Flyers right wing Jakub Voracek, attempted to poke the puck away from the approaching winger.

Voracek successfully pulled the puck away from Rask's stick-causing the Bruins goalie to fall to the ice-but could not get the puck around Rask's right skate. Rask calmly kicked the puck back toward center ice to keep the shootout tied at one.

The save proved to pay dividends as Smith registered a goal in the Bruins' half of the round to hand the road team the win.

For the Bruins, following a pair of goals from right wing Jarome Iginla to lead the way, Saturday's victory over the Capitals was much smoother than the shootout victory.

Iginla scored both goals in the second period-part of a three-goal outburst for the Bruins-the second of which led him to eclipse the 30-goal mark for the 12th time in his 17 year National Hockey League career.

Center Carl Soderberg added a power play goal for the Bruins while backup goalie Chad Johnson stopped 31 of 33 Capitals shots in the win for Boston.

More importantly, the Bruins kept the league's most efficient power play off the scoreboard. The Capitals went scoreless on eight shots over three power-play opportunities.

With the game scoreless early in the second period, Soderberg took a slashing penalty that set up the Capitals' best scoring opportunity on the power play.

Capitals center Alexander Ovechkin received the puck near the left circle and sent a blistering wrist shot at Johnson, who calmly caught the puck and corralled it into his chest, preventing any rebound.

Iginla scored just two minutes later to give the Bruins the lead, one that would not be challenged over the course of the game.

Bergeron netted his 26th goal of the season on the power play at the 13:17 mark of the third period to give the Bruins a 4-1 lead.

The Bruins continue their road trip with divisional games against the Detroit Red Wings tomorrow and the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday evening.
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