Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Thu, Dec 14, 2017 · TD Garden · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 3

Final

Boston Bruins

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at TD Garden. Patrice Bergeron scored twice; Alex Chiasson scored twice. Braden Holtby made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	3	5	22
BOS	0	1	2	3	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:34	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (10) · snap	Matt Niskanen (7)	1–0
2nd	04:22	BOS	PP	Patrice Bergeron (6) · snap	Brad Marchand (14), Danton Heinen (10)	1–1
2nd	12:05	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (6) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Alex Ovechkin (13)	2–1
3rd	07:52	WSH	EV	Alex Chiasson (5) · tip-in	Christian Djoos (3), John Carlson (21)	3–1
3rd	11:31	WSH	SH	Alex Chiasson (6) · backhand	Unassisted	4–1
3rd	16:20	BOS	EV	David Krejci (5) · wrist	Charlie McAvoy (12), Jake DeBrusk (8)	4–2
3rd	18:31	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (22) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (8)	5–2
3rd	19:33	BOS	PP	Patrice Bergeron (7) · wrist	David Pastrnak (14), Danton Heinen (11)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:57	BOS	Patrice Bergeron	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	06:31	BOS	Anders Bjork	holding	2
1st	14:04	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	holding the stick	2
1st	15:02	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	tripping	2
2nd	03:31	WSH	Jakub Vrana	holding the stick	2
2nd	10:53	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	hooking	2
2nd	16:49	WSH	Chandler Stephenson	hooking	2
2nd	19:27	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	cross checking	2
2nd	19:27	BOS	Brad Marchand	cross checking	2
3rd	11:19	WSH	Brooks Orpik	interference	2
3rd	18:48	WSH	Lars Eller	holding	2
3rd	18:31	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10
3rd	18:31	BOS	Brad Marchand	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.91 · BOS 4.02 · xG% WSH 42.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	2	2		22:58	31
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0		20:45	21
39	Alex Chiasson	R	2	0	2	+2	0	3	0	2		12:46	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		25:20	26
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	47.4	19:37	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2	20.0	17:39	21
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		13:00	15
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	0		9:09	13
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	5	1		21:33	27
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		18:33	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	53.8	15:50	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	10	0	2	0		15:37	19
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		14:38	13
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	44.4	14:25	20
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		13:01	19
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		12:50	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	100.0	11:36	14
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		11:25	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	37	34	3	.919	59:42

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	2	0	2	-2	2	4	2	1	75.0	20:04	22
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	2	2	-1	0	2	0	0		15:33	17
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	0		20:54	26
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0		19:39	21
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	-2	12	2	0	2	25.0	17:44	21
46	David Krejci	C	1	0	1	-2	0	7	1	0	54.5	15:36	21
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	33.3	12:11	17
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3		22:17	21
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		19:16	21
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	1		18:14	19
48	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		17:21	22
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		17:15	21
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		15:26	19
42	David Backes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	6	0	100.0	15:07	18
20	Riley Nash	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	64.3	14:27	17
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		12:30	17
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	44.4	11:34	17
10	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		6:47	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Anton Khudobin	L	21	17	4	.810	58:53