4–1

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 33-31-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	2	1	1	4
WSH	0	0	1	1

Bruins at Capitals

Bruins beat Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena on March 21, 1999.

🗓 Sun, Mar 21, 1999 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Jason Allison

2 A

3 shots · 24:10 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Anson Carter

1 G

4 shots · 18:32 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Grant Ledyard

1 G

2 shots · 17:34 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Joe Thornton PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:43

Assists: Jason Allison, Ray Bourque

1–0

🐻 Grant Ledyard 1st · 05:34

Assists: Ken Belanger, Landon Wilson

2–0

2nd period

🐻 Steve Heinze 2nd · 00:53

Assists: Jason Allison, Kyle McLaren

3–0

3rd period

🐻 Anson Carter 3rd · 04:11

Unassisted

4–0

🦅 Richard Zednik 3rd · 11:46

Assists: Andrei Nikolishin, Sergei Gonchar

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS WSH🦅

34 Shots on goal 19

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1

25 Hits 42

11 Blocked shots 11

7 Takeaways 13

15 Giveaways 24

7 Penalty minutes 17

BOS shooting 11.8% (4/34) WSH shooting 5.3% (1/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

18/19

.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

30/34

.882 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Allison · Thornton · Khristich 21:53

L2 Axelsson · Heinze · Carter 18:32

L3 Taylor · DiMaio · Wilson 13:59

L4 Samsonov · Belanger · Baumgartner 4:41

D1 McLaren · Bourque 25:54

D2 Sweeney · Ledyard 18:23

D3 Gill · Van Impe 15:46

🦅Capitals

L1 Juneau · Oates · Nikolishin 19:46

L2 Black · Bellows · Zednik 15:29

L3 Toms · Eagles · Hunter 12:26

L4 Miller · Berube · Chorske 9:43

D1 Gonchar · Witt 24:20

D2 Reekie · Klee 22:34

D3 Ciccone · Poapst 12:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

4–5 (OT) · Bruins won

May 3, 1998

🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS

3–2 (OT) · Capitals won

May 1, 1998

🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH

4–0 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs WSH, answered

Who won Bruins vs Capitals on March 21, 1999?

Bruins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Capitals?

The final score was Bruins 4, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Anson Carter, Grant Ledyard, Joe Thornton, Steve Heinze.

Who scored for Capitals?

Richard Zednik.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Capitals season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Mar 20

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 20

Also on March 21, 1999

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