Washington Capitals' Mike Ribeiro (9) tries to keep the puck away from Boston Bruins' Rich Peverley during the first period of a NHL hockey game in Boston Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Boston Bruins center Rich Peverley (49) tries to get around to the puck deflected by Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (70) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was suspended for Game 4 after his cross-check on Boston Bruins cednter Rich Peverley at the conclusion of Game 3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was suspended for Game 4 after his cross-check on Boston Bruins cednter Rich Peverley at the conclusion of Game 3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Boston Bruins center Gregory Campbell (11) (left) celebrates Bruins right wing Rich Peverley's (49) (right) goal to tie the game 1-1 in the first period as the Washington Capitals took on the Bruins iin game four of the National Hockey League's first-round playoffs at the Verizon Center in Washington on Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Boston Bruins center Gregory Campbell (11), left, celebrates Boston Bruins right wing Rich Peverley (49), right, goal to tie the game 1-1 in the first period as the Washington Capitals take on the Boston Bruins in game four of National Hockey League first round playoff hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was suspended for Game 4 after his cross-check on Boston Bruins cednter Rich Peverley at the conclusion of Game 3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom (19), taking Bruins defenseman Greg Zanon into the boards in Game 3, drew a match penalty for a cross-check on center Rich Peverley. The NHL is expected to issue a ruling on the play Wednesday. (Associated Press)
Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, left, celebrates with Michael Ryder (73) and Rich Peverley, right, after his team's 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Boston, Monday, June 13, 2011. The Bruins' victory sends the series to Game 7 Wednesday night in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
