Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Team Goals 2010-2011 record
Washington Capitals 1 48-23-11
at Boston Bruins 4 46-25-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Washington Capitals 0 0 1 1
Boston Bruins 1 2 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Washington Capitals 13 13 13 39
Boston Bruins 8 18 8 34

Three stars

  1. T. Thomas, Boston Bruins (goaltender)
  2. P. Bergeron, Boston Bruins (2 assists)
  3. J. Caron, Boston Bruins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:32 Boston Bruins Michael Ryder (1) Patrice Bergeron (1), Tyler Seguin (1) Power play WSH 0, BOS 1
2nd 02:22 Boston Bruins Jordan Caron (1) Patrice Bergeron (2), Matt Hunwick (1) Even strength WSH 0, BOS 2
2nd 12:16 Boston Bruins Nathan Horton (1) Mark Recchi (1), Milan Lucic (1) Power play WSH 0, BOS 3
3rd 09:27 Washington Capitals Jason Chimera (1) Unassisted Even strength WSH 1, BOS 3
3rd 19:44 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara (1) Johnny Boychuk (1), Blake Wheeler (1) Power play WSH 1, BOS 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Stat Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 39 34
Power play 0 of 4 3 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 8
Hits 23 34
Blocked shots 13 14
Giveaways 4 4
Takeaways 5 9
Faceoffs won 29/56 (51.8%) 27/56 (48.2%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 8 5 0 0 25:53
Number 14 T. Fleischmann L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 0 37.5% 14:52
Number 16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 1 1 0 13:48
Number 17 D. King L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 06:17
Number 19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 52.9% 22:35
Number 21 B. Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 60% 20:03
Number 22 M. Knuble R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 0 0 20:16
Number 25 J. Chimera L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 3 0 0 14:01
Number 26 M. Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 100% 09:01
Number 28 A. Semin R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 18:31
Number 39 D. Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 07:33
Number 90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 55.6% 13:36
Number 3 T. Poti D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 24:06
Number 4 J. Erskine D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 3 0 16:52
Number 27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:02
Number 55 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0 18:52
Number 74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 23:04
Number 89 T. Sloan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:42
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 S. Varlamov 34 30 4 .882 57:46 Loss
Number 30 M. Neuvirth 0 0 0 00:47

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 G. Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 58.8% 17:15
Number 17 M. Lucic L 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 16:56
Number 18 N. Horton R 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 50% 15:38
Number 19 T. Seguin C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 55.6% 11:15
Number 22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 10:21
Number 26 B. Wheeler R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 18:01
Number 28 M. Recchi R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 14:08
Number 37 P. Bergeron C 0 2 2 0 4 5 1 2 0 50% 14:43
Number 38 J. Caron R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 14:26
Number 46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 30.8% 19:05
Number 63 B. Marchand L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12:07
Number 73 M. Ryder R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12:10
Number 21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 1 0 12:39
Number 33 Z. Chara D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 28:57
Number 44 D. Seidenberg D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 0 0 23:27
Number 45 M. Stuart D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 16:55
Number 48 M. Hunwick D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 0 0 08:47
Number 55 J. Boychuk D 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 25:10
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 T. Thomas 39 38 1 .974 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 14:57 Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Boarding 2
1st 18:06 Washington Capitals Matt Hendricks Tripping 2
2nd 07:35 Boston Bruins Matt Hunwick Hooking 2
2nd 10:29 Washington Capitals Alexander Semin Hooking 2
2nd 12:55 Washington Capitals Eric Fehr Interference 2
3rd 02:00 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Hooking 2
3rd 17:11 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Tripping 2
3rd 19:34 Washington Capitals Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Wes McCauley, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen
Derek Nansen, Brian Murphy
Washington Capitals scratches
Boyd Gordon, Mike Green
Boston Bruins scratches
Brian McGrattan, Daniel Paille, Adam McQuaid

2010-2011 season series

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