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2020-21 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1

Capitals beat Bruins 2–1 in a shootout at TD Garden on March 3, 2021.

WSH – BOS
28–19
Shots on goal
28–26
Hits
12–9
Blocked shots
7–3
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Lars Eller
1 G
4 shots · 16:18 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nick Jensen
1 A
2 shots · 17:13 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Richard Panik
1 A
12:18 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🐻 David Pastrnak Go-ahead 3rd · 01:19
Assists: Brad Marchand · beat Vitek Vanecek
0–1
🦅 Lars Eller Tying 3rd · 06:14
Assists: Richard Panik, Nick Jensen · beat Tuukka Rask
1–1
Shootout
🦅 Jakub Vrana Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Sheary · Kuznetsov 20:52
L2 Vrana · Backstrom · Oshie 16:56
L3 Eller · Wilson · Panik 16:10
L4 Hagelin · Dowd · Hathaway 9:53
D1 Carlson · Dillon 23:46
D2 Schultz · Orlov 20:21
D3 Jensen · Chara 17:06
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Krejci · Pastrnak 20:39
L2 Ritchie · DeBrusk · Bergeron 17:51
L3 Smith · Studnicka · Frederic 13:33
L4 Bjork · Kuraly · Wagner 9:18
D1 McAvoy · Zboril 23:19
D2 Grzelcyk · Carlo 21:18
D3 Clifton · Tinordi 16:44

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
28 Shots on goal 19
28 Hits 26
12 Blocked shots 9
7 Takeaways 3
7 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 7.1% (2/28) BOS shooting 5.3% (1/19)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 64:39 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
David Pastrnak · 3rd 01:19 · 0–1 Lars Eller · 3rd 06:14 · 1–1
WSH BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 2-1-4 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Feb 12021 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 5–3 Jan 302021 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Aug 92020 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Dec 232019 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–7 Dec 112019 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 2–3
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on March 3, 2021?

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

Who scored for Capitals?

Lars Eller.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Pastrnak.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 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
BeforeFeb 28 🦅WSH @ 😈NJD 3–2 AfterMar 5 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–5
🐻 Bruins
BeforeFeb 28 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 4–1 AfterMar 5 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–5
Also on March 3
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