🦅 Away Capitals 2-2 in series
4–3
Final
WSH leads 4–3
🐻 Home Bruins 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Bruins — First Round Game 5

Capitals, First Round Game 5, beat Bruins 4–3 at TD Garden on April 21, 2012.

🗓 Sat, Apr 21, 2012 · 14:00 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
Brad Marchand
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 16:54 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Johnny Boychuk
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:48 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Dennis Seidenberg
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 26:53 TOI
4rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
34 saves
0.919 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
32 Shots on goal 37
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
27 Hits 35
19 Blocked shots 11
7 Takeaways 3
8 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 12.5% (4/32) BOS shooting 8.1% (3/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 58:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 44-33-9 (51% win rate, 86 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 51-30-5 (59% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 44-33-9 (51% win rate, 86 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 51-30-5 (59% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Backstrom · Semin 18:42
L2 Ovechkin · Laich · Beagle 15:43
L3 Chimera · Hendricks · Brouwer 13:59
L4 Aucoin · Ward · Knuble 9:19
D1 Carlson · Alzner 24:51
D2 Green · Hamrlik 20:16
D3 Wideman · Erskine 14:08
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Krejci · Seguin 19:16
L2 Marchand · Peverley · Kelly 16:54
L3 Pouliot · Bergeron · Rolston 12:55
L4 Paille · Thornton · Campbell 9:54
D1 Chara · Seidenberg 26:58
D2 Boychuk · Ference 20:28
D3 Zanon · Corvo 11:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 19, 2012
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · Capitals won
Apr 16, 2012
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · Bruins won
Apr 14, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–1 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 12, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
0–1 (OT) · Bruins won
Mar 29, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–2 (SO) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on April 21, 2012?

Capitals won 4–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Bruins?

The final score was Capitals 4, Bruins 3.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby 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.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 19
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 22
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · BOS won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 19
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 22
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · BOS won
Also on April 21, 2012
😈NJD @ 🐆FLA
0–3 final
🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR
2–0 final
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
1–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🌵PHX
2–1 final
Capitals season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule