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2020-21 regular season

Capitals at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 4–3

Bruins beat Capitals 6–3 at TD Garden on April 18, 2021.

WSH – BOS
33–28
Shots on goal
2/6–0/3
Power play
33–28
Hits
9–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Brad Marchand
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · 19:11 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Patrice Bergeron
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:54 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tuukka Rask
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Patrice Bergeron SH Go-ahead 1st · 12:02
Assists: Brad Marchand · beat Vitek Vanecek
0–1
🐻 David Krejci 1st · 13:56
Assists: Connor Clifton, Craig Smith · beat Vitek Vanecek
0–2
🦅 T.J. Oshie 1st · 19:50
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Tuukka Rask
1–2
2nd period
🦅 T.J. Oshie PP Tying 2nd · 03:48
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Tuukka Rask
2–2
🦅 Anthony Mantha PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:54
Assists: Dmitry Orlov, Lars Eller · beat Tuukka Rask
3–2
🐻 Brad Marchand Tying 2nd · 06:33
Assists: David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron · beat Vitek Vanecek
3–3
🐻 David Krejci Go-ahead 2nd · 16:02
Assists: Craig Smith, Taylor Hall · beat Vitek Vanecek
3–4
🐻 Patrice Bergeron 2nd · 17:45
Assists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · beat Vitek Vanecek
3–5
3rd period
🐻 Brad Marchand Empty net 3rd · 18:16
Assists: David Pastrnak
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 19:26
L2 Kuznetsov · Mantha · Wilson 18:02
L3 Hagelin · Eller · Dowd 12:46
L4 Sheary · Hathaway · Sprong 9:38
D1 Orlov · Carlson 26:40
D2 Dillon · Jensen 19:28
D3 van Riemsdyk · Schultz 8:48
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Pastrnak 17:54
L2 Ritchie · Hall · Coyle 14:12
L3 DeBrusk · Lazar · Krejci 14:05
L4 Kuraly · Smith · Wagner 12:51
D1 Reilly · McAvoy 23:02
D2 Lauzon · Clifton 18:36
D3 Tinordi · Kampfer 14:08

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BOS🐻
33 Shots on goal 28
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
33 Hits 28
9 Blocked shots 12
14 Takeaways 11
6 Giveaways 2
21 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 9.1% (3/33) BOS shooting 21.4% (6/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 59:25 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Patrice Bergeron · 1st 12:02 · 0–1 David Krejci · 1st 13:56 · 0–2 T.J. Oshie · 1st 19:50 · 1–2 T.J. Oshie · 2nd 03:48 · 2–2 Anthony Mantha · 2nd 04:54 · 3–2 Brad Marchand · 2nd 06:33 · 3–3 David Krejci · 2nd 16:02 · 3–4 Patrice Bergeron · 2nd 17:45 · 3–5 Brad Marchand · 3rd 18:16 · 3–6
WSH BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-5-1 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-0-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 3–5
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 4–3
Apr 112021 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 8–1 Apr 82021 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Mar 52021 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–5 Mar 32021 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1 SO Feb 12021 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 5–3
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Who won Capitals vs Bruins on April 18, 2021?

Bruins won 6–3. The final score was Capitals 3, Bruins 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

T.J. Oshie (2), Anthony Mantha.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand (2), David Krejci (2), Patrice Bergeron (2).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 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?

Bruins lead the season series 4–3 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 17 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 6–3 AfterApr 22 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 1–0
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 16 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 0–3 AfterApr 20 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–0
Also on April 18
🗽NYR 5–3 😈NJD 🐧PIT 2–4 ⚔️BUF 🎰VGK 5–2 🦆ANA 🏝️NYI 1–0 🔔PHI 🍁TOR 2–3 🐋VAN
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