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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime on Friday, September 26, 2014 at home.

Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Boston Bruins 4 41-27-14
at Washington Capitals 5 45-26-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 1 3 0 0 4
Washington Capitals 1 2 1 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 5 11 7 0 23
Washington Capitals 10 8 9 2 29

Three stars

  1. L. O'Brien, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. A. Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (2 goals)
  3. S. Griffith, Boston Bruins (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:37 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (1) Mike Green (1), Brooks Laich (1) Power play BOS 0, WSH 1
1st 08:31 Boston Bruins Matt Fraser (2) Johnny Boychuk (2), Loui Eriksson (1) Power play BOS 1, WSH 1
2nd 02:31 Boston Bruins Seth Griffith (1) Jordan Caron (1) Even strength BOS 2, WSH 1
2nd 14:10 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Brooks Laich (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1) Power play BOS 2, WSH 2
2nd 15:42 Boston Bruins Seth Griffith (2) Carl Soderberg (1), Jordan Caron (2) Even strength BOS 3, WSH 2
2nd 17:01 Boston Bruins Matt Lindblad (1) Bobby Robins (1) Even strength BOS 4, WSH 2
2nd 17:43 Washington Capitals Michael Latta (2) Liam O'Brien (2), Jack Hillen (1) Even strength BOS 4, WSH 3
3rd 04:55 Washington Capitals Liam O'Brien (1) Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Matt Niskanen (1) Even strength BOS 4, WSH 4
OT 02:12 Washington Capitals Troy Brouwer (2) Unassisted Even strength BOS 4, WSH 5

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 23 29
Power play 1 of 4 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 22 18
Hits 34 35
Blocked shots 14 11
Giveaways 3 8
Takeaways 7 8
Faceoffs won 31/58 (53.4%) 27/58 (46.6%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 14:12
21 L. Eriksson L 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 19:39
25 M. Fraser R 1 0 1 -1 4 1 4 0 1 17:56
34 C. Soderberg C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 2 3 0 53.8% 15:37
38 J. Caron R 0 2 2 +2 0 0 2 1 0 13:39
46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 43.8% 20:01
52 M. Lindblad C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 12:24
53 S. Griffith C 2 0 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 100% 16:08
57 J. Florek L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 13:29
58 B. Sexton C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 70% 10:11
61 C. Cunningham L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 69.2% 14:20
64 B. Robins R 0 1 1 +1 7 2 3 0 0 08:01
44 D. Seidenberg D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 20:00
45 J. Morrow D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 20:02
54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 0 17:20
55 J. Boychuk D 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 22:48
62 Z. Trotman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 20:37
79 D. Warsofsky D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 23:37
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
72 N. Svedberg 29 24 5 .828 62:12 OT loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 2 0 2 -1 0 4 4 0 2 18:50
18 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 60% 12:33
19 N. Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 2 0 50% 17:10
20 T. Brouwer R 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 50% 17:59
21 B. Laich C 0 2 2 -1 2 0 3 0 0 100% 21:26
23 C. Conner R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 11:30
25 J. Chimera L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 0 50% 17:21
46 M. Latta C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 27.3% 12:12
67 C. Brown R 0 0 0 +2 0 4 4 0 0 13:07
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 0 0 40% 16:16
87 L. O'Brien C 1 1 2 +2 5 4 4 0 0 10:45
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 50% 15:23
2 M. Niskanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 2 0 25:01
27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 20:44
38 J. Hillen D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 23:31
45 C. Schilling D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 10:40
52 M. Green D 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 4 0 25:30
61 S. Oleksy D 0 0 0 -1 7 1 5 0 0 12:22
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31 P. Grubauer 11 9 2 .818 33:03
35 J. Peters 12 10 2 .833 29:09 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:36 Washington Capitals Liam O'Brien Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:36 Boston Bruins Bobby Robins Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:36 Boston Bruins Bobby Robins Roughing 2
1st 06:01 Boston Bruins Carl Soderberg High sticking 2
1st 08:03 Washington Capitals Brooks Laich Interference 2
1st 11:37 Washington Capitals Steve Oleksy Tripping 2
1st 12:50 Boston Bruins Loui Eriksson Holding 2
2nd 00:18 Boston Bruins Matt Fraser Interference 2
2nd 10:02 Washington Capitals Steve Oleksy Fighting (major) 5
2nd 10:02 Boston Bruins Adam McQuaid Fighting (major) 5
2nd 10:02 Washington Capitals Jay Beagle Holding 2
2nd 13:59 Boston Bruins Ben Sexton High sticking 2
3rd 02:49 Boston Bruins Matt Fraser Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 13:41 Washington Capitals Mike Green Interference 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Marc Joannette, Steve Kozari
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Brian Murphy
Boston Bruins scratches
Marc Savard, Sergei Zhukov, Zdeno Chara, Simon Gagne, Chris Kelly, Dmitri Utkin, Gregory Campbell, Steve Eminger, Vladislav Evseev, Patrice Bergeron, Tuukka Rask, Bracken Kearns, Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Tommy Cross, Alain Goulet, Jeremy Smith, Ville Leino, Matt Bartkowski, Reilly Smith, Ethan Werek, Adam Morrison, Alex Fallstrom, Tyler Randell, Chris Breen, Ryan Spooner, Jared Knight, Rob Flick, Zane McIntyre, Lee Moffie, Maxim Chudinov, Kevan Miller, Rob O'Gara, Brian Ferlin, Anthony Camara, Alex Khokhlachev, Dougie Hamilton, Ben Youds, Torey Krug, Matt Grzelcyk, Matt Benning, Colton Hargrove, Chris Casto, Anton Blidh, Mitchell Dempsey, Ryan Fitzgerald, Wiley Sherman, Peter Cehlarik, Linus Arnesson, Micahel Young, Andrew Ammon, David Pastrnak, Ryan Donato, Danton Heinen, Anders Bjork, Emil Johansson
Washington Capitals scratches
Sergei Zimakov, John Erskine, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Joel Ward, Brooks Orpik, Ivan Nepriayev, Igor Ignatushkin, Kris Newbury, Eric Fehr, Dane Byers, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Tim Kennedy, Jon Landry, Tim Spencer, Mike Moore, John Carlson, Tomas Kundratek, Braden Holtby, Philippe Cornet, Joel Broda, Marcus Johansson, Dmitry Orlov, Patrick Wey, Edward Pasquale, Garrett Mitchell, Casey Wellman, Aaron Volpatti, Stanislav Galiev, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Brandon Anderson, Garrett Haar, Patrick Koudys, Travis Boyd, Tom Wilson, Connor Carrick, Austin Wuthrich, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Cody Reichard, Dustin Gazley, Nate Schmidt, Joe Diamond, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Blake Heinrich, Andre Burakovsky, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Pheonix Copley, Braden Pimm, Jan Urbas, Jakub Vrana, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Wade Epp, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Braden Christoffer

2014-2015 season series

Matchup Status Details
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