As the calendar flipped to March, the Boston Bruins continued their recent success with home wins over the Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers.

In a rematch of a Capitals victory on March 1, the Bruins took a 3-0 victory, capping a week of strong pla by Boston that included a 4-1 victory over the Panthers.

The Bruins fired off three goals and allowed just 15 shots en route to a commanding victory on Saturday.

"This was the best-played game for this team since break," said center Patrice Bergeron. "We played well, we played tight, and when we do that, good things happen."

After a scoreless first period, it took the Bruins just three minutes, five seconds into the second period to find the net.

Bergeron fired off a pass to right wing Gregory Campbell, who then struck a one-timer past Capitals goalkeeper Braden Holtby, off the right post and into the net, handing the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

The goal was Campbell's fourth in four games.

Five minutes later, left wing Loui Eriksson put home his seventh goal of the season for a 2-0 lead.

At the end of the second period, the offense, with 27 shots, was firing on all cylinders.

Yet, the more telling stat existed at the other end of the margin: just eight shots allowed by Boston's defensive line in two periods to the high-scoring Capitals offense.

Center Brad Marchand fired off an empty-net goal-his 21st of the season-with just 1:34 left to ice the 3-0 lead-and the game.

The Bruins defense allowed seven shots against Washington in the third period, though none of the shots came close to challenging Bruins goalkeeper Tuukka Rask.

"We battled hard," said Eriksson. "This was a great team effort and we had some really good chances."

"Now we just need to keep doing that," he continued

Tuesday night, the Bruins dominated the Florida Panthers 4-1 in a game that Boston won comfortably despite not being on top form.

The Bruins had several near misses in the first couple of minutes, shooting twice wide of Florida goalkeeper Tim Thomas' net. Thomas, a former Bruins fan favorite and key member of the team's Stanley Cup victory in 2011, did not have the same success in his return to TD Garden on Tuesday

Center Chris Kelly fired an effort on goal that had Thomas beat. Luckily for the goalkeeper, the shot sped just wide of his left-hand post.

Boston got the jump just seven minutes, 29 seconds into the game. Center David Krejci skated in from the left side of the net toward the center of the goal and fired a shot into the right corner to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

Krejci scored a goal midway through the second period to extend the Bruins' lead, and completed a hat trick with an empty-net goal late in the third period.

Boston was certainly dominant in its margin of victory. However, coach Claude Julien recognized that the team still has room to improve its game.

"I still thought defensively [we have] got to tighten up some more," he said.

"I felt the second period wasn't a very good period for us. We kind of gave them an opportunity to get some momentum back even though we scored the only goal."

"They were probably the better team that second period."

The Bruins travel to Montreal tomorrow for a divisional matchup with the Montreal Canadiens before opening a three-game home stand versus the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday, the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday and the Minnesota Wild next Monday.
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