Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals live stream: Watch online free 7:10 ET Thursday as the Caps look to avoid a three-game losing streak while the Bruins go for three wins in a row.

Boston (39-17-5) will be going into Washington for the second meeting of the season vs the Capitals (29-24-10). It will be the second of three meetings this season, which are all in March. Five days ago, the Caps scored five and only allowed one to the Bruins. Watch the free live stream online as Boston looks to even the series with one more meeting at the end of the month.

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The Bruins added some experience to their injury-depleted defense by trading for Andrej Meszaros on Wednesday. Meszaros had 17 points in 38 games for the Philadelphia Flyers this season and will help make up for the absence of Dennis Seidenberg and Adam McQuaid, according to NHL.com.

"He's a big defenseman, a thick defenseman," Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said on the team website of Meszaros (6-foot-2, 223 pounds). "I've had a history with him. He's played internationally with Slovakia. He plays both sides, he's heavy on the puck, he's more apt to push the puck than to defend, but he can defend, and he's heavy."

The Bruins also claimed defenseman Corey Potter, 30, off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers.

"We acquired these two players for depth, and when I say for depth, I just want to be clear, it doesn't mean that they're just reserves," Chiarelli told NHL.com. "It means I look at our defensive corps as a whole, and we're just bolstering that corps, and we've got a lot of games in a short period of time, so that was our intention going into this trade deadline."

Tuesday, Washington traded for forward Dustin Penner. He played 16:50 with no points and an even rating Wednesday, according to NHL.com.

"We'll put this behind us," Penner said. "From being here for 24 hours, and seeing them play before, from other teams that I've been on, I know this team can score goals. A lot of teams can score goals in the East. Especially when you go into opposing teams' rinks, I think it's best to get a good start, first 10 minutes, first shift ..."