The handful of young players that were perceived to be fighting for the one or two open jobs did not do much to secure a position on the Bruins roster on Thursday in Washington.

But one player who was almost an afterthought to this point showed up in a big way in the B’s 3-1 win over the Capitals. And Joonas Korpisalo played like a goalie who wants more playing time than he got last year.

Brett Harrison scored two goals, the game-winner and an empty-netter to seal it, and Korpisalo made 33 saves for the victory against a Washington lineup that had more NHL regulars than the one iced by the B’s.

It looked like this was going to be a mismatch early on.

There was one thing that Bruins fans could feel good about in the first period, and that was the play of Korpisalo.

After the B’s applie

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