Bruins 1–3 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2024)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐻 BOS	1	0	0	1
🦅 WSH	2	0	1	3

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Aliaksei Protas

2 G

5 shots · 17:38 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Tom Wilson

2 A

5 shots · 18:58 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Jakob Chychrun

1 G

4 shots · 20:53 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Justin Brazeau Go-ahead 1st · 01:21

Assists: Parker Wotherspoon · beat Logan Thompson

1–0

🦅 Aliaksei Protas Tying 1st · 12:05

Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson · beat Jeremy Swayman

1–1

🦅 Jakob Chychrun PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:11

Assists: Dylan Strome, John Carlson · beat Jeremy Swayman

1–2

3rd period

🦅 Aliaksei Protas Empty net 3rd · 19:51

Assists: Tom Wilson, Nic Dowd

1–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Lindholm · Zacha · Pastrnak 19:17

L2 Marchand · Geekie · Coyle 17:13

L3 Koepke · Frederic · Brazeau 15:36

L4 Beecher · Kastelic · McLaughlin 8:44

D1 McAvoy · Lohrei 22:52

D2 Wotherspoon · Peeke 20:19

D3 Carlo · Zadorov 15:10

🦅Capitals

L1 Dubois · Protas · Wilson 17:38

L2 Ovechkin · Strome · Dowd 16:14

L3 McMichael · Duhaime · Raddysh 14:25

L4 Miroshnichenko · Mangiapane · Eller 10:08

D1 Carlson · Sandin 23:12

D2 Chychrun · Roy 20:22

D3 van Riemsdyk · Fehervary 16:08

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS WSH🦅

27 Shots on goal 27

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

16 Hits 26

20 Blocked shots 28

0 Takeaways 3

19 Giveaways 17

10 Penalty minutes 10

BOS shooting 3.7% (1/27) WSH shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Jeremy Swayman

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 58:10 TOI

🦅Capitals

Logan Thompson

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:45 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 — 1–2

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Season series tied 1–1

Dec 232024 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4 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

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❓ BOS vs WSH, answered

Who won Bruins vs Capitals on December 31, 2024?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Bruins 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Justin Brazeau.

Who scored for Capitals?

Aliaksei Protas (2), Jakob Chychrun.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Logan Thompson made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐻 Bruins

BeforeDec 28 🧥CBJ @ 🐻BOS 0–4 AfterJan 2 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 1–2

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 29 🦅WSH @ 🐙DET 2–4 AfterJan 2 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 4–3

Also on December 31

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