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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Boston Bruins 3 44-31-7
at Washington Capitals 5 55-19-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 9 8 16 33
Washington Capitals 6 8 8 22

Three stars

  1. N. Backstrom, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. B. Connolly, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
  3. B. Marchand, Boston Bruins (2 goals, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:06 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (19) Nicklas Backstrom (36) Even strength BOS 0, WSH 1
1st 13:34 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (14) Matt Niskanen (23), T.J. Oshie (15) Even strength BOS 0, WSH 2
1st 18:46 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (22) Patrice Bergeron (14), David Pastrnak (19) Power play BOS 1, WSH 2
2nd 02:49 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (23) Ryan Spooner (18), David Pastrnak (20) Power play BOS 2, WSH 2
2nd 19:45 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (25) Matt Niskanen (24), Nicklas Backstrom (37) Power play BOS 2, WSH 3
3rd 03:29 Washington Capitals Brett Connolly (9) Dmitry Orlov (22), Evgeny Kuznetsov (30) Even strength BOS 2, WSH 4
3rd 15:53 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (11) Tom Wilson (7) Even strength BOS 2, WSH 5
3rd 18:29 Boston Bruins David Krejci (13) David Pastrnak (21), Brad Marchand (31) Even strength BOS 3, WSH 5

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 33 22
Power play 2 of 3 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 24 17
Blocked shots 12 17
Giveaways 9 12
Takeaways 5 5
Faceoffs won 26/56 (46.4%) 30/56 (53.6%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 J. Hayes R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:38
20 R. Nash C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 50% 13:46
28 D. Moore C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 71.4% 12:45
37 P. Bergeron C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 1 0 56.3% 16:24
39 M. Beleskey L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11:38
42 D. Backes R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0 0 100% 17:41
46 D. Krejci C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 33.3% 19:49
51 R. Spooner C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 16.7% 13:53
59 T. Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 09:17
63 B. Marchand L 2 1 3 -2 2 3 1 1 2 21:00
72 F. Vatrano R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:20
88 D. Pastrnak R 0 3 3 -2 0 5 0 1 0 19:38
6 C. Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 14:04
25 B. Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 3 0 0 17:55
33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 2 0 23:40
47 T. Krug D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 24:49
54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 18:18
86 K. Miller D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 5 0 0 16:38
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
40 T. Rask 22 17 5 .773 58:38 Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 +2 0 5 2 1 1 19:29
10 B. Connolly R 1 0 1 +1 2 1 1 0 0 11:31
18 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.4% 07:41
19 N. Backstrom C 1 2 3 +2 0 3 0 0 0 47.1% 19:47
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 14:11
26 D. Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:18
43 T. Wilson R 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:27
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 100% 13:03
77 T. Oshie R 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 3 0 100% 19:12
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 16:28
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:54
92 E. Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 +1 2 2 0 0 0 54.5% 17:27
2 M. Niskanen D 0 2 2 +1 2 3 2 1 0 22:13
9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 2 2 0 19:45
27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 4 0 20:53
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 15:27
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 0 1 0 22:40
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:38
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 33 30 3 .909 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 17:59 Washington Capitals Brett Connolly Interference 2
2nd 01:40 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
2nd 07:58 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand Tripping 2
2nd 18:36 Boston Bruins Brandon Carlo Holding 2
3rd 01:22 Boston Bruins Brandon Carlo High sticking 2
3rd 09:54 Washington Capitals Matt Niskanen Hooking 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Garrett Rank, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen
Devin Berg, Brian Murphy
Boston Bruins scratches
John-Michael Liles, Joe Morrow, Austin Czarnik
Washington Capitals scratches
Justin Williams, Taylor Chorney

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 3 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/OT Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Washington Capitals 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 1

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 1 at Calgary Flames 5 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Los Angeles Kings 5 Final Game page

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