Capitals 1–5 Bruins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 5, 2021)

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 🐻 BOS

Brad Marchand

2 G, 1 A

2 shots · 15:55 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Patrice Bergeron

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 14:18 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Jaroslav Halak

31 saves

0.969 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Brad Marchand Go-ahead 1st · 14:21

Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Charlie McAvoy · beat Vitek Vanecek

0–1

2nd period

🐻 Trent Frederic 2nd · 06:43

Assists: Charlie McAvoy, Craig Smith · beat Vitek Vanecek

0–2

🐻 Patrice Bergeron 2nd · 09:01

Assists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · beat Vitek Vanecek

0–3

🐻 Brad Marchand 2nd · 14:58

Assists: Matt Grzelcyk · beat Vitek Vanecek

0–4

3rd period

🐻 Nick Ritchie 3rd · 01:05

Assists: David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk · beat Ilya Samsonov

0–5

🦅 Jakub Vrana 3rd · 13:36

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie · beat Jaroslav Halak

1–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Sheary · Kuznetsov 19:56

L2 Vrana · Backstrom · Oshie 16:27

L3 Eller · Dowd · Panik 14:58

L4 Hagelin · Wilson · Hathaway 9:34

D1 Carlson · Orlov 20:58

D2 Schultz · Jensen 19:24

D3 Dillon · Chara 17:14

🐻Bruins

L1 Coyle · Smith · Pastrnak 17:58

L2 DeBrusk · Marchand · Ritchie 15:55

L3 Bjork · Krejci · Bergeron 14:18

L4 Studnicka · Frederic · Wagner 12:41

D1 Clifton · McAvoy 24:07

D2 Zboril · Tinordi 20:22

D3 Grzelcyk · Carlo 13:38

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BOS🐻

32 Shots on goal 25

34 Hits 22

7 Blocked shots 9

13 Takeaways 9

15 Giveaways 8

14 Penalty minutes 26

WSH shooting 3.1% (1/32) BOS shooting 20.0% (5/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Vitek Vanecek

14/18

.778 SV% · 4 GA · 35:43 TOI

Ilya Samsonov

6/7

.857 SV% · 1 GA · 24:15 TOI

🐻Bruins

Jaroslav Halak

31/32

.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

WSH BOS

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

After 2nd — 0–4

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2

Mar 32021 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1 SO 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

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WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on March 5, 2021?

Bruins won 5–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jakub Vrana.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand (2), Nick Ritchie, Patrice Bergeron, Trent Frederic.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 14 saves on 18 shots (.778 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeMar 3 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1 AfterMar 7 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 3–1

🐻 Bruins

BeforeMar 3 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1 AfterMar 7 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 1–0

Also on March 5

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