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2017-18 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Capitals beat Bruins 5–3 at TD Garden on December 14, 2017.

WSH – BOS
22–37
Shots on goal
1/4–2/5
Power play
20–31
Hits
15–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Chiasson
2 G
3 shots · 12:46 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:45 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
34 saves
0.919 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Jakub Vrana Go-ahead 1st · 17:34
Assists: Matt Niskanen · beat Anton Khudobin
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Patrice Bergeron PP Tying 2nd · 04:22
Assists: Brad Marchand, Danton Heinen · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:05
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin · beat Anton Khudobin
2–1
3rd period
🦅 Alex Chiasson 3rd · 07:52
Assists: Christian Djoos, John Carlson · beat Anton Khudobin
3–1
🦅 Alex Chiasson SH 3rd · 11:31
Unassisted · beat Anton Khudobin
4–1
🐻 David Krejci 3rd · 16:20
Assists: Charlie McAvoy, Jake DeBrusk · beat Braden Holtby
4–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Empty net 3rd · 18:31
Assists: Matt Niskanen
5–2
🐻 Patrice Bergeron PP 3rd · 19:33
Assists: David Pastrnak, Danton Heinen · beat Braden Holtby
5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kuznetsov 19:37
L2 Eller · Wilson · Connolly 15:37
L3 Beagle · Stephenson · Chiasson 13:01
L4 Burakovsky · Vrana · Smith-Pelly 11:25
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 24:09
D2 Orlov · Orpik 20:03
D3 Djoos · Bowey 12:55
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 19:39
L2 Heinen · Krejci · Acciari 15:33
L3 Schaller · Nash · Backes 14:27
L4 DeBrusk · Bjork · Kuraly 11:34
D1 Chara · McAvoy 21:36
D2 Miller · Krug 18:45
D3 Grzelcyk · Carlo 17:18

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
22 Shots on goal 37
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
20 Hits 31
15 Blocked shots 11
15 Takeaways 11
18 Giveaways 14
22 Penalty minutes 20
WSH shooting 22.7% (5/22) BOS shooting 8.1% (3/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 59:42 TOI
🐻Bruins
Anton Khudobin
17/21
.810 SV% · 4 GA · 58:53 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Jakub Vrana · 1st 17:34 · 1–0 Patrice Bergeron · 2nd 04:22 · 1–1 Nicklas Backstrom · 2nd 12:05 · 2–1 Alex Chiasson · 3rd 07:52 · 3–1 Alex Chiasson · 3rd 11:31 · 4–1 David Krejci · 3rd 16:20 · 4–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 18:31 · 5–2 Patrice Bergeron · 3rd 19:33 · 5–3
WSH BOS
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-0-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Nov 42017 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Apr 82017 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–1 Feb 12017 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Dec 72016 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Mar 52016 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1 OT
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on December 14, 2017?

Capitals won 5–3. The final score was Capitals 5, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Chiasson (2), Alex Ovechkin, Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Bruins?

Patrice Bergeron (2), David Krejci.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Anton Khudobin made 17 saves on 21 shots (.810 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 12 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 2–5 AfterDec 16 🦆ANA @ 🦅WSH 2–3
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 13 🐻BOS @ 🐙DET 3–2 AfterDec 16 🗽NYR @ 🐻BOS 3–2
Also on December 14
⚔️BUF 1–2 🔔PHI 🏝️NYI 4–6 🧥CBJ 😈NJD 1–2 🇨🇦MTL 🦆ANA 3–1 🎵STL 🍁TOR 0–2 🌲MIN 🪶CHI 5–1 ✈️WPG 🐆FLA 1–2 🏔️COL 🦈SJS 3–2 🔥CGY
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