Capitals 1–4 Bruins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 23, 2024)

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, 2 A

2 shots · 21:01 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Charlie Coyle

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 18:23 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Elias Lindholm

1 G

2 shots · 19:34 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Justin Brazeau PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:12

Assists: Morgan Geekie, Mason Lohrei · beat Charlie Lindgren

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Jakub Vrana PP Tying 2nd · 04:50

Assists: Rasmus Sandin, Pierre-Luc Dubois · beat Jeremy Swayman

1–1

3rd period

🐻 Elias Lindholm Go-ahead 3rd · 13:41

Assists: Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle · beat Charlie Lindgren

1–2

🐻 Charlie Coyle 3rd · 15:59

Assists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · beat Charlie Lindgren

1–3

🐻 Brad Marchand Empty net 3rd · 18:38

Unassisted

1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Dubois · Strome · Wilson 20:39

L2 Mangiapane · McMichael · Protas 17:24

L3 Vrana · Dowd · Raddysh 14:35

L4 Miroshnichenko · Duhaime 8:28

D1 Carlson · Chychrun 21:38

D2 Sandin · Fehervary 18:45

D3 Roy · van Riemsdyk 16:50

D4 McIlrath 1:45

🐻Bruins

L1 Marchand · Zacha · Lindholm 20:19

L2 Coyle · Geekie · Kastelic 17:03

L3 Koepke · Frederic · Beecher 11:41

L4 Brazeau · Pastrnak · Wahlstrom 9:00

D1 McAvoy · Zadorov 22:58

D2 Peeke · Lohrei 18:36

D3 Carlo · Oesterle 16:28

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BOS🐻

11 Shots on goal 22

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

18 Hits 19

11 Blocked shots 17

6 Takeaways 4

14 Giveaways 12

12 Penalty minutes 23

WSH shooting 9.1% (1/11) BOS shooting 18.2% (4/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Charlie Lindgren

18/21

.857 SV% · 3 GA · 59:08 TOI

🐻Bruins

Jeremy Swayman

10/11

.909 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 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: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Bruins

Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 5-2-1 (62% win rate, 8 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Apr 152024 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 0–2 Mar 302024 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–2 SO Feb 102024 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–0 Apr 112023 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–5 Feb 112023 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–1

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WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on December 23, 2024?

Bruins won 4–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jakub Vrana.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Elias Lindholm, Justin Brazeau.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeremy Swayman made 10 saves on 11 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 22 👑LAK @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterDec 28 🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR 5–2

🐻 Bruins

BeforeDec 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterDec 27 🐻BOS @ 🧥CBJ 2–6

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