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2015-16 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0

Capitals beat Bruins 2–1 in overtime at TD Garden on March 5, 2016.

WSH – BOS
30–34
Shots on goal
16–28
Hits
18–14
Blocked shots
9–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Karl Alzner
1 G
2 shots · 20:51 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Matt Niskanen
1 G
1 shots · 26:48 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Philipp Grubauer
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Patrice Bergeron Go-ahead 1st · 07:11
Assists: Brad Marchand, Lee Stempniak · beat Philipp Grubauer
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Karl Alzner Tying 2nd · 13:08
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · beat Tuukka Rask
1–1
Overtime
🦅 Matt Niskanen Go-ahead OT · 02:36
Assists: Andre Burakovsky, Marcus Johansson · beat Tuukka Rask
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kuznetsov 18:41
L2 Johansson · Oshie · Williams 15:26
L3 Burakovsky · Winnik · Richards 13:52
L4 Chimera · Beagle · Wilson 10:32
D1 Niskanen · Orpik 24:39
D2 Orlov · Alzner 21:14
D3 Schmidt · Chorney 12:54
🐻Bruins
L1 Eriksson · Krejci · Bergeron 21:13
L2 Marchand · Spooner · Stempniak 17:22
L3 Beleskey · Acciari · Pastrnak 12:47
L4 Ferraro · Hayes · Connolly 10:27
D1 Chara · Krug 24:02
D2 Liles · Seidenberg 21:00
D3 McQuaid · Miller 13:17

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
30 Shots on goal 34
16 Hits 28
18 Blocked shots 14
9 Takeaways 5
9 Giveaways 15
18 Penalty minutes 13
WSH shooting 6.7% (2/30) BOS shooting 2.9% (1/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Philipp Grubauer
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 62:29 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 62:36 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Patrice Bergeron · 1st 07:11 · 0–1 Karl Alzner · 2nd 13:08 · 1–1 Matt Niskanen · OT 02:36 · 2–1
WSH BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 9-3-1 (69% win rate, 13 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 18-4-1 (78% win rate, 23 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 8-5-1 (57% win rate, 14 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 10-4-4 (56% win rate, 18 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–0
Jan 52016 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Nov 52015 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Apr 82015 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 0–3 Mar 152015 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 0–2 Oct 112014 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–0
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on March 5, 2016?

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

Who scored for Capitals?

Karl Alzner, Matt Niskanen.

Who scored for Bruins?

Patrice Bergeron.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 4 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterMar 7 🦅WSH @ 🦆ANA 2–1
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 3 🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS 2–4 AfterMar 7 🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA 5–4
Also on March 5
🌲MIN 3–2 ⚔️BUF 🔥CGY 4–2 🐧PIT 🐯NSH 5–2 🏔️COL 🦆ANA 3–2 👑LAK 🏛️OTT 3–2 🍁TOR 🌪️CAR 3–4 ⚡TBL 🧥CBJ 0–6 🔔PHI 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 ✈️WPG
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