Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Thu, Dec 28, 2017 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Boston Bruins

3 – 4

Final/SO

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout on Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at Capital One Arena. David Backes scored twice. Braden Holtby made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BOS	2	0	1	0	0	3	34
WSH	0	2	1	0	1	4	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:23	BOS	EV	David Backes (6) · snap	Riley Nash (12), Danton Heinen (16)	1–0
1st	02:12	BOS	EV	Noel Acciari (3) · wrist	Sean Kuraly (4)	2–0
2nd	12:31	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (5) · wrist	Tom Wilson (12)	2–1
2nd	14:07	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (24) · slap	John Carlson (25), Evgeny Kuznetsov (27)	2–2
3rd	07:19	BOS	EV	David Backes (7) · wrist	Danton Heinen (17), Jake DeBrusk (11)	3–2
3rd	11:22	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (8) · wrist	Lars Eller (12), Madison Bowey (8)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:11	BOS	Sean Kuraly	roughing	2
1st	05:11	BOS	Sean Kuraly	fighting	5
1st	05:11	WSH	Brooks Orpik	fighting	5
1st	08:54	WSH	Christian Djoos	hooking	2
1st	14:41	WSH	T.J. Oshie	slashing	2
2nd	06:43	WSH	Brett Connolly	tripping	2
2nd	12:54	BOS	Torey Krug	slashing	2
2nd	17:03	BOS	Sean Kuraly	holding	2
3rd	05:04	WSH	T.J. Oshie	high sticking	2
3rd	08:22	WSH	Devante Smith-Pelly	holding	2
3rd	11:22	BOS	Bench	delaying game bench	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BOS 3.66 · WSH 2.96 · xG% BOS 55.3

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0		18:30	24
42	David Backes	R	2	0	2	+1	0	5	2	0		15:47	22
20	Riley Nash	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	64.3	16:01	24
55	Noel Acciari	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		14:09	19
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	1	1	0	9	0	3	0	45.5	12:36	19
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0		9:05	12
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		24:35	28
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	68.0	24:00	27
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3		23:48	21
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		21:07	22
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2		20:48	27
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		19:38	24
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		18:14	23
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:11	28
48	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		17:22	26
51	Ryan Spooner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	55.6	13:45	15
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	50.0	13:18	20
10	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:53	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Anton Khudobin	OTL	34	31	3	.912	65:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Lars Eller	C	1	1	2	+1	0	5	3	1	42.9	18:36	23
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	3		28:51	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	5	0		23:00	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	2	57.1	21:53	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	7	0		15:41	20
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		11:51	16
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2		9:34	12
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		25:02	26
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2		22:37	26
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-2	4	6	1	1	50.0	21:39	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42.1	21:28	25
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-2	5	2	5	3		19:39	19
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	1		11:59	18
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0		11:47	14
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	42.9	11:45	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		11:32	15
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		9:24	14
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		8:42	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	34	31	3	.912	65:00