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2009-10 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Bruins 4–1 at TD Garden on October 1, 2009.

WSH – BOS
34–20
Shots on goal
2/4–0/5
Power play
24–32
Hits
13–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 16:08 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 20:14 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
3 A
3 shots · 19:51 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:15
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 2nd · 09:31
Assists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Tim Thomas
2–0
3rd period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP 3rd · 00:16
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin · beat Tim Thomas
3–0
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 01:57
Assists: Tom Poti, Brooks Laich · beat Tim Thomas
4–0
🐻 Patrice Bergeron 3rd · 07:56
Assists: Steve Begin, Mark Stuart · beat Jose Theodore
4–1

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 19:51
L2 Laich · Morrison · Knuble 14:58
L3 Laing · Steckel · Gordon 12:47
L4 Kane · Clark · Bradley 9:55
D1 Green · Poti 22:46
D2 Morrisonn · Jurcina 18:49
D3 Erskine · Pothier 16:58
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Krejci · Ryder 19:12
L2 Sturm · Bergeron · Recchi 16:24
L3 Lucic · Kobasew · Wheeler 14:59
L4 Begin · Thornton · Bitz 8:53
D1 Wideman · Chara 24:30
D2 Ference · Morris 21:26
D3 Hunwick · Stuart 14:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
34 Shots on goal 20
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
24 Hits 32
13 Blocked shots 16
7 Takeaways 2
0 Giveaways 6
15 Penalty minutes 13
WSH shooting 11.8% (4/34) BOS shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Brooks Laich · 1st 17:15 · 1–0 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 09:31 · 2–0 Brooks Laich · 3rd 00:16 · 3–0 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 01:57 · 4–0 Patrice Bergeron · 3rd 07:56 · 4–1
WSH BOS
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Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Feb 282009 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–3 OT 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
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on October 1, 2009?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Capitals 4, Bruins 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Brooks Laich (2).

Who scored for Bruins?

Patrice Bergeron.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMay 13 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 6–2 AfterOct 3 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 4–6
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMay 14 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterOct 3 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 2–7
Also on October 1
🇨🇦MTL 4–3 🍁TOR 🦈SJS 2–5 🏔️COL 🐋VAN 3–5 🔥CGY
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