🦅 Away Capitals 3-3 in series
2–1
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–3
🐻 Home Bruins 3-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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BOS 00001

Capitals at Bruins — First Round Game 7

Capitals, First Round Game 7, beat Bruins 2–1 in overtime at TD Garden on April 25, 2012.

🗓 Wed, Apr 25, 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 🦅 WSH
Joel Ward
1 G
3 shots · 10:44 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Matt Hendricks
1 G
3 shots · 15:06 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jason Chimera
1 A
3 shots · 13:21 TOI
4rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
27 Shots on goal 32
23 Hits 36
18 Blocked shots 12
6 Takeaways 8
9 Giveaways 9
6 Penalty minutes 2
WSH shooting 7.4% (2/27) BOS shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 62:57 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 62:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 45-33-10 (51% win rate, 88 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 52-31-5 (59% win rate, 88 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 45-33-10 (51% win rate, 88 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 52-31-5 (59% win rate, 88 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Laich · Brouwer 19:13
L2 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Beagle 16:39
L3 Chimera · Hendricks · Semin 14:20
L4 Aucoin · Ward · Knuble 10:44
D1 Green · Hamrlik 24:54
D2 Alzner · Carlson 23:35
D3 Wideman · Schultz 14:38
🐻Bruins
L1 Peverley · Krejci · Bergeron 20:26
L2 Lucic · Marchand · Seguin 18:55
L3 Pouliot · Kelly · Rolston 15:14
L4 Paille · Campbell · Caron 9:44
D1 Chara · Seidenberg 26:16
D2 Boychuk · Ference 23:36
D3 Zanon · Mottau 11:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 22, 2012
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 (OT) · Bruins won
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

❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on April 25, 2012?

Capitals won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Bruins?

The final score was Capitals 2, Bruins 1, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

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 22
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 28
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–3 · NYR won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 22
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
4–3 · BOS won
Next game · Jan 19
🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · BOS won
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