3–1

Final

BOS leads 4–1

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	0	2	1	3
WSH	0	0	1	1

Bruins at Capitals — First Round Game 5

Bruins, First Round Game 5, beat Capitals 3–1 at Capital One Arena on May 23, 2021.

🗓 Sun, May 23, 2021 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2020-21 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

BOS vs WSH · BOS leads 4–1 Full series →

Game 5

3–1

Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Patrice Bergeron

2 G

4 shots · 17:53 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

David Pastrnak

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:55 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Mike Reilly

2 A

18:17 TOI

4rd star 🐻 BOS

Tuukka Rask

40 saves

0.976 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

🐻 David Pastrnak Go-ahead 2nd · 02:28

Assists: Mike Reilly · beat Ilya Samsonov

1–0

🐻 Patrice Bergeron 2nd · 14:05

Assists: Mike Reilly, David Pastrnak · beat Ilya Samsonov

2–0

3rd period

🦅 Conor Sheary 3rd · 00:11

Assists: T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov · beat Tuukka Rask

2–1

🐻 Patrice Bergeron 3rd · 12:25

Unassisted · beat Ilya Samsonov

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS WSH🦅

19 Shots on goal 41

26 Hits 36

19 Blocked shots 14

4 Takeaways 8

5 Giveaways 9

10 Penalty minutes 8

BOS shooting 15.8% (3/19) WSH shooting 2.4% (1/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Tuukka Rask

40/41

.976 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Ilya Samsonov

16/19

.842 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located

BOS WSH

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

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 36-16-8 (60% win rate, 60 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 37-16-7 (62% win rate, 60 games)

After 2nd — 2–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Coyle 17:53

L2 Hall · Krejci · Pastrnak 15:04

L3 DeBrusk · Smith · Kuraly 13:05

L4 Ritchie · Lazar · Wagner 11:34

D1 McAvoy · Carlo 24:18

D2 Tinordi · Reilly 18:40

D3 Clifton · Grzelcyk 15:21

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kuznetsov 20:25

L2 Eller · Wilson · Oshie 17:07

L3 Hagelin · Sprong · Mantha 12:23

L4 Sheary · Dowd · Hathaway 10:50

D1 Carlson · Schultz 22:00

D2 Orlov · Dillon 18:12

D3 Chara · Jensen 14:48

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

2–3 (OT) · Bruins won

May 17, 2021

🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH

4–3 (OT) · Bruins won

May 15, 2021

🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH

2–3 (OT) · Capitals won

May 11, 2021

🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH

1–2 · Capitals won

❓ BOS vs WSH, answered

Who won Bruins vs Capitals on May 23, 2021?

Bruins won 3–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Capitals?

The final score was Bruins 3, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Patrice Bergeron (2), David Pastrnak.

Who scored for Capitals?

Conor Sheary.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 40 saves on 41 shots (.976 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Capitals played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · May 21

🦅Capitals

Previous game · May 21

Also on May 23, 2021

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