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2011-12 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

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

Capitals beat Bruins 3–2 in a shootout at TD Garden on March 29, 2012.

WSH – BOS
23–28
Shots on goal
20–27
Hits
20–10
Blocked shots
8–8
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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 🦅 WSH
Marcus Johansson
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:47 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 A
5 shots · 23:32 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:12 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
3rd period
🦅 Dennis Wideman Go-ahead 3rd · 07:59
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Alex Ovechkin · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
🦅 Marcus Johansson 3rd · 09:54
Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Tim Thomas
2–0
🐻 David Krejci 3rd · 16:50
Assists: Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic · beat Michal Neuvirth
2–1
🐻 Andrew Ference Tying 3rd · 18:44
Assists: David Krejci · beat Michal Neuvirth
2–2
Shootout
🦅 Brooks Laich Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Tim Thomas
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Johansson · Laich 19:47
L2 Brouwer · Semin · Knuble 17:41
L3 Aucoin · Hendricks · Beagle 16:18
L4 Chimera · Perreault · Eakin 7:52
D1 Wideman · Green 25:30
D2 Hamrlik · Alzner 23:52
D3 Carlson · Orlov 14:38
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Seguin · Bergeron 19:26
L2 Lucic · Krejci · Peverley 17:57
L3 Pouliot · Kelly · Rolston 15:52
L4 Thornton · Campbell · Caron 10:42
D1 Chara · Ference 27:28
D2 Boychuk · Zanon 23:11
D3 Corvo · McQuaid 12:40

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
23 Shots on goal 28
20 Hits 27
20 Blocked shots 10
8 Takeaways 8
5 Giveaways 12
15 Penalty minutes 2
WSH shooting 13.0% (3/23) BOS shooting 7.1% (2/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Michal Neuvirth
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 46:35 TOI
Tomas Vokoun Shutout
7/7
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 18:25 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Dennis Wideman · 3rd 07:59 · 1–0 Marcus Johansson · 3rd 09:54 · 2–0 David Krejci · 3rd 16:50 · 2–1 Andrew Ference · 3rd 18:44 · 2–2
WSH BOS
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 9-9-3 (43% win rate, 21 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 16-8-2 (62% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 8-6-5 (42% win rate, 19 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 8-7-1 (50% win rate, 16 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–1
Mar 102012 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–3 Feb 52012 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 4–1 Jan 242012 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Dec 182010 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–3 Nov 52010 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–5
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on March 29, 2012?

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

Who scored for Capitals?

Dennis Wideman, Marcus Johansson.

Who scored for Bruins?

Andrew Ference, David Krejci.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 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
BeforeMar 27 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–1 AfterMar 31 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 2–3
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 27 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS 2–5 AfterMar 31 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 6–3
Also on March 29
🔔PHI 7–1 🍁TOR ⚡TBL 4–6 😈NJD 🐧PIT 3–5 🏝️NYI 🐆FLA 2–3 🌲MIN 🎵STL 3–4 🪶CHI 🦈SJS 0–2 🌵PHX
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