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2008-09 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1

Capitals beat Bruins 4–3 in overtime at TD Garden on February 28, 2009.

WSH – BOS
32–37
Shots on goal
2/5–1/4
Power play
15–26
Hits
16–13
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Marc Savard
3 A
2 shots · 19:37 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:50 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jose Theodore
34 saves
0.919 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:36
Assists: Alexander Semin, Mike Green · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
🐻 Matt Hunwick Tying 1st · 05:03
Assists: Marc Savard, Phil Kessel · beat Jose Theodore
1–1
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 2nd · 08:48
Assists: Matt Bradley, Milan Jurcina · beat Tim Thomas
2–1
🐻 Phil Kessel Tying 2nd · 09:06
Assists: Marc Savard, Matt Hunwick · beat Jose Theodore
2–2
3rd period
🦅 Tomas Fleischmann PP Go-ahead 3rd · 02:20
Assists: Brooks Laich, Tom Poti · beat Tim Thomas
3–2
🐻 Zdeno Chara PP Tying 3rd · 15:23
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Marc Savard · beat Jose Theodore
3–3
Overtime
🦅 Alexander Semin Go-ahead OT · 00:22
Assists: Mike Green, Jeff Schultz · beat Tim Thomas
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 21:59
L2 Kozlov · Fedorov · Laich 16:16
L3 Gordon · Steckel · Bradley 12:48
L4 Fleischmann · Brashear · Fehr 10:30
D1 Green · Poti 24:06
D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 17:51
D3 Erskine · Jurcina 15:11
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Bergeron · Savard 20:09
L2 Krejci · Kessel · Kobasew 15:08
L3 Yelle · Ryder · Wheeler 13:37
L4 Thornton · Bitz 9:30
D1 Chara · Ward 24:42
D2 Wideman · Ference 18:10
D3 Hnidy · Stuart 15:52
D4 Hunwick 12:49

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
32 Shots on goal 37
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
15 Hits 26
16 Blocked shots 13
3 Takeaways 6
7 Giveaways 2
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 12.5% (4/32) BOS shooting 8.1% (3/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 60:22 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 60:22 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 7 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 08:48 · 2–1
WSH BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 8-4-2 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 15-6-2 (65% win rate, 23 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 9-2-4 (60% win rate, 15 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 12-4-2 (67% win rate, 18 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–1
Jan 272009 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–3 OT Jan 172009 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Dec 102008 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Mar 162008 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–2 SO Mar 82008 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–2
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on February 28, 2009?

Capitals won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Capitals 4, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom, Tomas Fleischmann.

Who scored for Bruins?

Matt Hunwick, Phil Kessel, Zdeno Chara.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeFeb 26 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterMar 1 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 6–2
🐻 Bruins
BeforeFeb 26 🦆ANA @ 🐻BOS 0–6 AfterMar 3 🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS 4–2
Also on February 28
🐆FLA 2–7 😈NJD 🦆ANA 4–3 ⭐DAL 🦈SJS 2–3 🇨🇦MTL 🍁TOR 4–3 🏛️OTT ⚔️BUF 0–2 🏝️NYI 🏔️COL 1–6 🗽NYR 🌪️CAR 3–5 🐦ATL 🐙DET 0–8 🐯NSH
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