🐻 Away Bruins 51-26-5 last season
5–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 44-26-12 last season
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐻 BOS 2125
🦅 WSH 0202

Bruins at Capitals

Bruins beat Capitals 5–2 at Capital One Arena on October 12, 2022.

🗓 Wed, Oct 12, 2022 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2022-23 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
David Pastrnak
1 G, 3 A
6 shots · 19:03 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 17:53 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Linus Ullmark
33 saves
0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Patrice Bergeron PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:58
Assists: David Pastrnak, David Krejci · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–0
🐻 David Pastrnak 1st · 15:03
Assists: David Krejci, Connor Clifton · beat Darcy Kuemper
2–0
2nd period
🐻 Taylor Hall 2nd · 06:14
Assists: David Pastrnak, Mike Reilly · beat Darcy Kuemper
3–0
🦅 Anthony Mantha 2nd · 07:34
Assists: Dylan Strome, Erik Gustafsson · beat Linus Ullmark
3–1
🦅 Conor Sheary 2nd · 12:43
Assists: Nic Dowd · beat Linus Ullmark
3–2
3rd period
🐻 David Krejci 3rd · 16:17
Assists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · beat Darcy Kuemper
4–2
🐻 Hampus Lindholm Empty net 3rd · 18:55
Unassisted
5–2

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Bergeron · Krejci · Pastrnak 18:31
L2 Hall · Zacha · Coyle 16:18
L3 Nosek · Foligno · Smith 12:56
L4 DeBrusk · Greer · Lauko 11:06
D1 Forbort · Clifton 22:52
D2 Lindholm · Carlo 20:12
D3 Zboril · Reilly 14:56
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Strome 21:41
L2 Brown · Oshie · Mantha 19:20
L3 Johansson · Dowd · Protas 11:38
L4 Sheary · Eller · Hathaway 10:43
D1 Carlson · Orlov 23:06
D2 Fehervary · Jensen 17:58
D3 Gustafsson · van Riemsdyk 14:50

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 35
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
32 Hits 48
20 Blocked shots 13
6 Takeaways 7
8 Giveaways 17
8 Penalty minutes 6
BOS shooting 16.7% (5/30) WSH shooting 5.7% (2/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Linus Ullmark
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Darcy Kuemper
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 57:48 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Patrice Bergeron · 1st 07:58 · 1–0 David Pastrnak · 1st 15:03 · 2–0 Taylor Hall · 2nd 06:14 · 3–0 Anthony Mantha · 2nd 07:34 · 3–1 Conor Sheary · 2nd 12:43 · 3–2 David Krejci · 3rd 16:17 · 4–2 Hampus Lindholm · 3rd 18:55 · 5–2
BOS WSH
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⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Apr 102022 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Jan 202022 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–4 Jan 102022 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 7–3 May 232021 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–1 May 212021 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4
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Who won Bruins vs Capitals on October 12, 2022?

Bruins won 5–2. The final score was Bruins 5, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Krejci, David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm, Patrice Bergeron, Taylor Hall.

Who scored for Capitals?

Anthony Mantha, Conor Sheary.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMay 14 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 AfterOct 15 🌵ARI @ 🐻BOS 3–6
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMay 13 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 4–3 AfterOct 13 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 2–3
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