🐻 Away Bruins 3-2 in series
4–3
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 2-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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WSH 00003

Bruins at Capitals — First Round Game 6

Bruins, First Round Game 6, beat Capitals 4–3 in overtime at Capital One Arena on April 22, 2012.

🗓 Sun, Apr 22, 2012 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 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
David Krejci
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 23:56 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Tyler Seguin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:32 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Rich Peverley
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 22:36 TOI
4rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
36 saves
0.923 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS WSH🦅
31 Shots on goal 39
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
37 Hits 34
9 Blocked shots 12
8 Takeaways 16
6 Giveaways 14
10 Penalty minutes 12
BOS shooting 12.9% (4/31) WSH shooting 7.7% (3/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 63:10 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 63:13 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 51-31-5 (59% win rate, 87 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 45-33-9 (52% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 51-31-5 (59% win rate, 87 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 45-33-9 (52% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Krejci · Peverley 22:36
L2 Marchand · Bergeron · Seguin 18:46
L3 Pouliot · Kelly · Rolston 15:03
L4 Paille · Campbell · Caron 5:42
D1 Chara · Seidenberg 28:48
D2 Boychuk · Ference 22:18
D3 Mottau · Zanon 9:14
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Johansson · Backstrom 22:34
L2 Beagle · Laich · Brouwer 18:46
L3 Hendricks · Aucoin · Semin 16:02
L4 Chimera · Ward · Knuble 8:46
D1 Alzner · Wideman 24:20
D2 Hamrlik · Carlson 21:40
D3 Green · Erskine 12:33

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2012
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
4–3 · Capitals won
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

❓ BOS vs WSH, answered

Who won Bruins vs Capitals on April 22, 2012?

Bruins won 4–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Capitals?

The final score was Bruins 4, Capitals 3, in overtime.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
4–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 25
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
4–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 25
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · WSH won
Also on April 22, 2012
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–5 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
2–1 final
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