🦅 Away Capitals 26-6-5
3–7
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 21-7-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0123
🐻 BOS 4127

Capitals at Bruins

Bruins beat Capitals 7–3 at TD Garden on December 23, 2019.

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2019-20 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Brad Marchand
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 22:13 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 15:29 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tuukka Rask
39 saves
0.929 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Jake DeBrusk PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:37
Assists: David Krejci, Matt Grzelcyk · beat Braden Holtby
0–1
🐻 Brad Marchand 1st · 13:29
Assists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · beat Braden Holtby
0–2
🐻 Anders Bjork 1st · 13:56
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Sean Kuraly · beat Braden Holtby
0–3
🐻 Patrice Bergeron PP 1st · 18:57
Assists: David Pastrnak, David Krejci · beat Braden Holtby
0–4
2nd period
🐻 Charlie Coyle SH 2nd · 06:55
Assists: Brad Marchand · beat Ilya Samsonov
0–5
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 2nd · 14:35
Assists: Tom Wilson, John Carlson · beat Tuukka Rask
1–5
3rd period
🦅 Lars Eller 3rd · 15:29
Assists: Jakub Vrana, Radko Gudas · beat Tuukka Rask
2–5
🐻 David Krejci Empty net 3rd · 16:50
Assists: Sean Kuraly
2–6
🦅 Garnet Hathaway 3rd · 17:47
Assists: Jonas Siegenthaler · beat Tuukka Rask
3–6
🐻 Patrice Bergeron Empty net 3rd · 19:32
Assists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak
3–7

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Eller 21:16
L2 Kuznetsov · Oshie · Wilson 18:52
L3 Hagelin · Dowd · Hathaway 10:26
L4 Vrana · Leipsic · Panik 9:01
D1 Carlson · Kempny 22:11
D2 Gudas · Orlov 16:34
D3 Jensen · Siegenthaler 15:06
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 22:10
L2 DeBrusk · Coyle · Krejci 15:29
L3 Heinen · Kuraly · Lindholm 12:38
L4 Bjork · Nordstrom · Ritchie 9:21
D1 Moore · Carlo 26:12
D2 McAvoy · Grzelcyk 20:26
D3 Clifton · Krug 11:02

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
42 Shots on goal 17
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
40 Hits 19
10 Blocked shots 13
11 Takeaways 10
8 Giveaways 10
26 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 7.1% (3/42) BOS shooting 41.2% (7/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
7/11
.636 SV% · 4 GA · 20:00 TOI
Ilya Samsonov
3/4
.750 SV% · 1 GA · 37:41 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
39/42
.929 SV% · 3 GA · 59:42 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

10 of 10 goals located
Jake DeBrusk · 1st 05:37 · 0–1 Brad Marchand · 1st 13:29 · 0–2 Anders Bjork · 1st 13:56 · 0–3 Patrice Bergeron · 1st 18:57 · 0–4 Charlie Coyle · 2nd 06:55 · 0–5 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 14:35 · 1–5 Lars Eller · 3rd 15:29 · 2–5 David Krejci · 3rd 16:50 · 2–6 Garnet Hathaway · 3rd 17:47 · 3–6 Patrice Bergeron · 3rd 19:32 · 3–7
WSH BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–4
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 4 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–5
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Dec 112019 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Nov 162019 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2 SO Feb 32019 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–0 Jan 102019 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Oct 32018 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 0–7
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❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on December 23, 2019?

Bruins won 7–3. The final score was Capitals 3, Bruins 7.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Garnet Hathaway, Lars Eller.

Who scored for Bruins?

Patrice Bergeron (2), Anders Bjork, Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 7 saves on 11 shots (.636 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 39 saves on 42 shots (.929 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 21 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterDec 27 🧥CBJ @ 🦅WSH 1–2
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 21 🐯NSH @ 🐻BOS 4–3 AfterDec 27 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–0
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