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Despite the 4-1 final score, the Boston Bruins got off to a good start Thursday against the Washington Capitals.

Jimmy Hayes' goal put Boston up early, but that was all erased thanks in large part to some costly penalties in the second period.

"I thought we had a good first 10 minutes," coach Claude Julien said on "Bruins Overtime I though the second period, 5-on-5 we were playing even hockey with those guys. But I really felt that those penalties in the middle of the period really hurt us -- some real bad penalties on our part."

Hear more from Julien in the video above.

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