Capitals 2–3 Bruins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 18, 2010)

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

Patrice Bergeron

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 18:07 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Blake Wheeler

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 15:44 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Tim Thomas

39 saves

0.951 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Patrice Bergeron Go-ahead 1st · 03:27

Assists: Blake Wheeler, Adam McQuaid · beat Michal Neuvirth

0–1

🐻 Andrew Ference 1st · 08:13

Assists: Brad Marchand, David Krejci · beat Michal Neuvirth

0–2

🐻 Blake Wheeler 1st · 17:03

Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Boychuk · beat Michal Neuvirth

0–3

2nd period

🦅 Matt Bradley 2nd · 02:18

Assists: David Steckel, Matt Hendricks · beat Tim Thomas

1–3

3rd period

🦅 Karl Alzner 3rd · 14:32

Assists: John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin · beat Tim Thomas

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Knuble 23:54

L2 Johansson · Laich · Fehr 15:40

L3 Chimera · Beagle · Gordon 12:22

L4 Steckel · Hendricks · Bradley 9:43

D1 Green · Poti 22:56

D2 Hannan · Erskine 18:20

D3 Carlson · Alzner 17:32

🐻Bruins

L1 Lucic · Krejci · Recchi 19:48

L2 Bergeron · Horton · Wheeler 17:33

L3 Campbell · Savard · Ryder 12:24

L4 Thornton · Marchand · Seguin 10:24

D1 Chara · Boychuk 23:46

D2 Ference · Seidenberg 20:27

D3 Kampfer · McQuaid 15:47

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BOS🐻

41 Shots on goal 21

30 Hits 29

15 Blocked shots 19

3 Takeaways 3

11 Giveaways 2

5 Penalty minutes 7

WSH shooting 4.9% (2/41) BOS shooting 14.3% (3/21)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Michal Neuvirth

18/21

.857 SV% · 3 GA · 59:19 TOI

🐻Bruins

Tim Thomas

39/41

.951 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

WSH BOS

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–3

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

After 2nd — 1–3

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 3–1

Nov 52010 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Oct 212010 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Oct 192010 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–1 Apr 112010 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 4–3 SO Apr 52010 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 2–3 OT

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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on December 18, 2010?

Bruins won 3–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Karl Alzner, Matt Bradley.

Who scored for Bruins?

Andrew Ference, Blake Wheeler, Patrice Bergeron.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 15 🦆ANA @ 🦅WSH 2–1 AfterDec 19 🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT 3–2

🐻 Bruins

BeforeDec 16 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 AfterDec 20 🦆ANA @ 🐻BOS 3–0

Also on December 18

🗽NYR 1–4 🔔PHI 🌵PHX 4–3 🏝️NYI 🦆ANA 2–4 🌪️CAR 😈NJD 1–7 🐦ATL ⭐DAL 2–1 🧥CBJ 🍁TOR 1–4 🐋VAN ⚔️BUF 1–3 ⚡TBL 🦈SJS 4–1 🎵STL

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