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2025-26 regular season

Bruins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Bruins beat Capitals 3–1 at Capital One Arena on October 8, 2025.

BOS – WSH
22–36
Shots on goal
1/2–0/5
Power play
33–35
Hits
23–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
David Pastrnak
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 18:18 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Elias Lindholm
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:07 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Jeremy Swayman
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 David Pastrnak Go-ahead 2nd · 12:07
Assists: Nikita Zadorov, Morgan Geekie · beat Logan Thompson
1–0
3rd period
🦅 Tom Wilson Tying 3rd · 07:03
Assists: Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas · beat Jeremy Swayman
1–1
🐻 Elias Lindholm PP Go-ahead 3rd · 07:41
Assists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · beat Logan Thompson
2–1
🐻 Morgan Geekie Empty net 3rd · 19:02
Assists: David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm
3–1

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Lindholm · Geekie · Pastrnak 18:07
L2 Zacha · Minten · Kuraly 14:36
L3 Jeannot · Kastelic · Mittelstadt 12:08
L4 Arvidsson · Eyssimont · Khusnutdinov 10:55
D1 McAvoy · Zadorov 22:15
D2 Lindholm · Peeke 19:30
D3 Jokiharju · Lohrei 17:37
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Protas · Wilson 19:17
L2 Dubois · Strome · McMichael 18:05
L3 Beauvillier · Dowd · Leonard 13:13
L4 Lapierre · Sourdif · Duhaime 10:56
D1 Carlson · Chychrun 25:42
D2 Fehervary · Roy 18:01
D3 Sandin · van Riemsdyk 14:34

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS WSH🦅
22 Shots on goal 36
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
33 Hits 35
23 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 3
20 Giveaways 15
10 Penalty minutes 4
BOS shooting 13.6% (3/22) WSH shooting 2.8% (1/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Jeremy Swayman
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Logan Thompson
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 58:27 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
David Pastrnak · 2nd 12:07 · 1–0 Tom Wilson · 3rd 07:03 · 1–1 Elias Lindholm · 3rd 07:41 · 2–1 Morgan Geekie · 3rd 19:02 · 3–1
BOS WSH
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Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Apr 12025 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–3 Dec 312024 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Dec 232024 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4 Apr 152024 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 0–2 Mar 302024 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–2 SO
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Who won Bruins vs Capitals on October 8, 2025?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm, Morgan Geekie.

Who scored for Capitals?

Tom Wilson.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Logan Thompson made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 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
BeforeApr 15 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 5–4 AfterOct 9 🪶CHI @ 🐻BOS 3–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMay 15 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–1 AfterOct 11 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 4–2
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