🐻 Away Bruins 37-27-8
1–2
Final / SO
🦅 Home Capitals 34-30-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐻 BOS 01001
🦅 WSH 10012

Bruins at Capitals

Capitals beat Bruins 2–1 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on March 16, 2008.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Sergei Fedorov
1 G
4 shots · 22:48 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
1 A
3 shots · 17:32 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Cristobal Huet
39 saves
0.975 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Sergei Fedorov PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:42
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich · beat Alex Auld
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Chuck Kobasew PP Tying 2nd · 10:13
Assists: Milan Lucic, Matt Lashoff · beat Cristobal Huet
1–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Savard · Kobasew 19:39
L2 Sturm · Metropolit · Murray 18:26
L3 Lucic · Krejci · Kessel 14:15
L4 Thornton · Reich · Nokelainen 8:01
D1 Wideman · Ference 27:26
D2 Stuart · Ward 23:36
D3 Hnidy · Lashoff 14:20
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Fedorov · Backstrom 22:48
L2 Kozlov · Laich · Semin 18:41
L3 Cooke · Gordon · Bradley 12:31
L4 Fleischmann · Brashear · Fehr 8:07
D1 Poti · Green 25:50
D2 Morrisonn · Schultz 23:18
D3 Jurcina · Lepisto 13:40

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS WSH🦅
40 Shots on goal 33
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
16 Hits 20
19 Blocked shots 15
14 Takeaways 16
8 Giveaways 21
8 Penalty minutes 10
BOS shooting 2.5% (1/40) WSH shooting 6.1% (2/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Alex Auld
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Cristobal Huet
39/40
.975 SV% · 1 GA · 64:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-7 (42% win rate, 12 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-6-1 (53% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 2-4-3 (22% win rate, 9 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 11-5-4 (55% win rate, 20 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Mar 82008 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–2 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
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Who won Bruins vs Capitals on March 16, 2008?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

Chuck Kobasew.

Who scored for Capitals?

Sergei Fedorov.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Alex Auld made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 39 saves on 40 shots (.975 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 15 🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS 2–3 AfterMar 20 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 14 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 1–4 AfterMar 18 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 4–2
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