Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Fri, May 21, 2021 · TD Garden · 2020–21 Playoffs

Washington Capitals

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Final

Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Fri, May 21, 2021 at TD Garden. Charlie McAvoy led the way with 3 points. Tuukka Rask made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	1	20
BOS	0	1	3	4	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	08:00	BOS	PP	Brad Marchand (3) · tip-in	David Pastrnak (3), Charlie McAvoy (3)	0–1
3rd	00:29	BOS	PP	David Pastrnak (1) · wrist	Charlie McAvoy (4), David Krejci (2)	0–2
3rd	01:03	BOS	EV	Charlie Coyle (1) · wrist	Jake DeBrusk (1), Nick Ritchie (2)	0–3
3rd	04:54	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (2) · slap	John Carlson (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	1–3
3rd	14:50	BOS	PP	Matt Grzelcyk (1) · slap	Charlie McAvoy (5), Taylor Hall (1)	1–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:49	BOS	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	05:51	BOS	Charlie Coyle	tripping	2
1st	19:23	WSH	Michael Raffl	tripping	2
2nd	07:27	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	roughing	2
2nd	07:27	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	roughing	2
2nd	07:27	BOS	Charlie Coyle	roughing	2
2nd	11:01	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	roughing	2
2nd	14:03	BOS	Jake DeBrusk	slashing	2
2nd	17:43	BOS	Patrice Bergeron	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	19:45	WSH	Anthony Mantha	interference	2
3rd	01:03	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	01:03	BOS	Nick Ritchie	roughing	2
3rd	01:03	BOS	Brandon Carlo	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	04:16	BOS	Brad Marchand	interference	2
3rd	13:31	WSH	Anthony Mantha	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	16:22	BOS	Charlie Coyle	delaying game	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 1.57 · BOS 2.92 · xG% WSH 35.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3		24:24	26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	6	0		21:12	19
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	40.0	20:11	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	57.1	19:50	23
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		19:46	27
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	2	100.0	19:16	24
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	33.3	18:37	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	25.0	18:02	22
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0		17:29	28
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		16:26	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		14:59	25
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	14:53	22
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	44.4	14:31	17
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		14:11	18
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:57	18
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		11:56	15
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		9:33	13
17	Michael Raffl	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		7:49	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	L	37	33	4	.892	56:22

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	3	3	0	0	2	1	1		26:18	30
88	David Pastrnak	R	1	1	2	0	0	6	2	1		14:12	19
46	David Krejci	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	50.0	20:28	20
63	Brad Marchand	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0		19:46	27
13	Charlie Coyle	C	1	0	1	+1	6	2	6	2	60.0	18:07	27
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		17:19	19
48	Matt Grzelcyk	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		14:35	22
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	0		11:44	19
21	Nick Ritchie	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0		7:34	14
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4		23:11	28
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	3		21:46	30
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		18:42	21
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	68.8	17:14	28
12	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		16:40	19
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	25.0	11:53	19
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	62.5	10:34	20
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	100.0	8:40	15
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		8:30	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Tuukka Rask	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00