🦅 Away Capitals 1-0-0 before this game
0–4
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 2-0-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0000
BOS 1214

Capitals at Bruins

Bruins beat Capitals 4–0 at TD Garden on October 8, 2001.

🗓 Mon, Oct 8, 2001 · 12:00 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 21:17 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Martin Lapointe
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:26 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Brian Rolston
2 A
11 shots · 24:54 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Martin Lapointe Go-ahead 1st · 14:40
Assists: Joe Thornton · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Sergei Samsonov PP 2nd · 05:32
Assists: Joe Thornton, Brian Rolston · beat Olie Kolzig
0–2
🐻 Joe Thornton PP 2nd · 06:45
Assists: Brian Rolston, Martin Lapointe · beat Olie Kolzig
0–3
3rd period
🐻 Mike Knuble 3rd · 05:13
Assists: John Emmons, Rob Zamuner · beat Olie Kolzig
0–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
22 Shots on goal 32
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/9
16 Hits 17
8 Blocked shots 5
4 Takeaways 11
8 Giveaways 7
45 Penalty minutes 41
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/22) BOS shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 59:57 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–3
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Jagr · Bondra 24:03
L2 Zubrus · Linden · Halpern 16:03
L3 Konowalchuk · Nikolishin · Dahlen 12:10
L4 Simon · Sutherby · Peat 6:18
D1 Gonchar · Johansson 23:32
D2 Witt · Cote 17:50
D3 Reekie · Zettler 14:59
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Rolston · Lapointe 21:17
L2 Samsonov · Axelsson · Zamuner 15:26
L3 Pellerin · Emmons · Knuble 11:23
L4 Nazarov · Manlow · Stock 6:02
D1 Gill · Sweeney 22:22
D2 O'Donnell · Boynton 20:25
D3 Kolarik · McLaren 10:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 5, 2001
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
1–1 (OT) · Bruins won
Dec 2, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–0 · Capitals won
Dec 1, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Oct 26, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · Bruins won
Feb 25, 2000
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · Bruins won

❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on October 8, 2001?

Bruins won 4–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Bruins?

The final score was Capitals 0, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Joe Thornton, Martin Lapointe, Mike Knuble, Sergei Samsonov.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Oct 6
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
1–6 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 10
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
5–2 · WSH won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Oct 6
🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
Next game · Oct 10
🐻BOS @ 🌲MIN
1–2 · MIN won
Also on October 8, 2001
🦆ANA @ 🍁TOR
1–6 final
🔔PHI @ 🧥CBJ
2–2 final
🌵PHX @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
Capitals season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule