🦅 Away Capitals 0-0 in series
0–1
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–3
🐻 Home Bruins 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
WSH 00000
BOS 00001

Capitals at Bruins — First Round Game 1

Bruins, First Round Game 1, beat Capitals 1–0 in overtime at TD Garden on April 12, 2012.

🗓 Thu, Apr 12, 2012 · 18:30 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2011-12 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs BOS · WSH leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
0–1
OT · BOS
Game 2
2–1
OT · WSH
Game 3
4–3
Final · BOS
Game 4
1–2
Final · WSH
Game 5
4–3
Final · WSH
Game 6
4–3
OT · BOS
Game 7
2–1
OT · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Chris Kelly
1 G
1 shots · 14:47 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Brian Rolston
1 A
3 shots · 15:59 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Benoit Pouliot
1 A
12:18 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
17 Shots on goal 30
29 Hits 40
22 Blocked shots 15
2 Takeaways 2
9 Giveaways 9
10 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/17) BOS shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 61:18 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas Shutout
17/17
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 61:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 42-32-8 (51% win rate, 82 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 49-29-4 (60% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 42-32-8 (51% win rate, 82 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 49-29-4 (60% win rate, 82 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Laich · Backstrom · Brouwer 18:28
L2 Ovechkin · Johansson · Semin 16:26
L3 Chimera · Beagle · Hendricks 14:11
L4 Aucoin · Perreault · Ward 9:42
D1 Alzner · Carlson 22:12
D2 Green · Hamrlik 20:38
D3 Wideman · Schultz 16:20
🐻Bruins
L1 Krejci · Peverley · Bergeron 20:07
L2 Lucic · Marchand · Seguin 18:27
L3 Pouliot · Kelly · Rolston 14:47
L4 Paille · Thornton · Campbell 8:45
D1 Seidenberg · Chara 22:49
D2 Corvo · Boychuk 18:34
D3 Ference · Zanon 17:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 29, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–2 (SO) · Capitals won
Mar 10, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
4–3 · Capitals won
Feb 5, 2012
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · Bruins won
Jan 24, 2012
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
3–5 · Capitals won
Dec 18, 2010
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won

❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on April 12, 2012?

Bruins won 1–0 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Bruins?

The final score was Capitals 0, Bruins 1, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 17 saves on 17 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 7
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 14
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · WSH won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 7
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 14
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · WSH won
Also on April 12, 2012
🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR
2–4 final
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
3–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🌵PHX
2–3 final
Capitals season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule