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2020-21 regular season

Bruins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–2

Bruins beat Capitals 4–2 at Capital One Arena on April 8, 2021.

BOS – WSH
32–33
Shots on goal
1/4–2/7
Power play
19–26
Hits
18–9
Blocked shots
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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
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:43 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Craig Smith
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:33 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Jeremy Swayman
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Jeremy Lauzon Go-ahead 1st · 00:33
Assists: Brad Marchand, Craig Smith · beat Ilya Samsonov
1–0
🐻 Anton Blidh 1st · 16:02
Unassisted · beat Ilya Samsonov
2–0
2nd period
🐻 Brad Marchand SH 2nd · 04:09
Assists: Patrice Bergeron · beat Ilya Samsonov
3–0
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 2nd · 10:08
Assists: John Carlson, T.J. Oshie · beat Jeremy Swayman
3–1
🦅 T.J. Oshie PP 2nd · 10:27
Assists: John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Jeremy Swayman
3–2
3rd period
🐻 Craig Smith PP 3rd · 16:55
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Jakub Zboril · beat Ilya Samsonov
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 19:43
L2 Kuraly · Krejci · Coyle 14:33
L3 Ritchie · DeBrusk · Smith 13:33
L4 Blidh · Kuhlman · Wagner 10:48
D1 Miller · Lauzon 25:14
D2 Grzelcyk · Clifton 19:38
D3 Zboril · Kampfer 11:46
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 20:31
L2 Kuznetsov · Eller · Wilson 18:00
L3 Vrana · Sheary · Dowd 11:48
L4 Hagelin · Carr · Hathaway 8:13
D1 Carlson · Schultz 22:50
D2 Orlov · Dillon 16:44
D3 Chara · Jensen 14:42

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS WSH🦅
32 Shots on goal 33
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
19 Hits 26
18 Blocked shots 9
11 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 6
21 Penalty minutes 15
BOS shooting 12.5% (4/32) WSH shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Jeremy Swayman
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Ilya Samsonov
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 57:45 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Jeremy Lauzon · 1st 00:33 · 1–0 Anton Blidh · 1st 16:02 · 2–0 Brad Marchand · 2nd 04:09 · 3–0 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 10:08 · 3–1 T.J. Oshie · 2nd 10:27 · 3–2 Craig Smith · 3rd 16:55 · 4–2
BOS WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–2
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 3–2
Mar 52021 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–5 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
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Who won Bruins vs Capitals on April 8, 2021?

Bruins won 4–2. The final score was Bruins 4, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

Anton Blidh, Brad Marchand, Craig Smith, Jeremy Lauzon.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Capitals season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 6 🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI 4–2 AfterApr 10 🐻BOS @ 🔔PHI 2–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 6 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 0–1 AfterApr 9 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–3
Also on April 8
😈NJD 6–3 ⚔️BUF 🔔PHI 2–3 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 5–2 🗽NYR 🐆FLA 0–3 🌪️CAR ⚡TBL 6–4 🧥CBJ ✈️WPG 4–2 🇨🇦MTL 🛢️EDM 3–1 🏛️OTT 🐯NSH 7–1 🐙DET
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