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2007-08 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1

Bruins beat Capitals 2–1 at TD Garden on March 8, 2008.

WSH – BOS
24–28
Shots on goal
1/4–2/8
Power play
20–20
Hits
18–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
2 A
4 shots · 21:39 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
2 A
2 shots · 17:46 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Marco Sturm
1 G
3 shots · 20:33 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:17
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Tom Poti · beat Alex Auld
1–0
3rd period
🐻 Zdeno Chara PP Tying 3rd · 14:59
Assists: David Krejci, Marc Savard · beat Cristobal Huet
1–1
🐻 Marco Sturm PP Go-ahead 3rd · 17:44
Assists: David Krejci, Marc Savard · beat Cristobal Huet
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Gordon 19:54
L2 Fedorov · Kozlov · Semin 15:41
L3 Laing · Laich · Bradley 12:27
L4 Fleischmann · Brashear · Cooke 8:08
D1 Green · Poti 20:40
D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 18:40
D3 Erskine · Jurcina 16:33
🐻Bruins
L1 Sturm · Savard · Kobasew 20:33
L2 Krejci · Murray · Kessel 17:46
L3 Axelsson · Lucic · Metropolit 16:18
L4 Schaefer · Thornton · Nokelainen 6:47
D1 Wideman · Chara 26:08
D2 Ference · Stuart 20:54
D3 Hnidy · Allen 11:33

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
24 Shots on goal 28
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
20 Hits 20
18 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 0
2 Giveaways 7
41 Penalty minutes 20
WSH shooting 4.2% (1/24) BOS shooting 7.1% (2/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Cristobal Huet
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:46 TOI
🐻Bruins
Alex Auld
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-5-1 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-6 (40% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-0-2 (85% win rate, 13 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-8 (20% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–1
Mar 32008 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 2–10 Jan 32008 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 0–2 Mar 152007 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–4 SO Feb 62007 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–2 SO Nov 182006 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–3 OT
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on March 8, 2008?

Bruins won 2–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brooks Laich.

Who scored for Bruins?

Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Alex Auld made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

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 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 5 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 AfterMar 9 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–2
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 6 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 8–2 AfterMar 9 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 0–1
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