Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 7:00 PM ET TD Garden, Boston Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 on the road.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Washington Capitals	5	40-31-11
at Boston Bruins	4	47-20-15

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Washington Capitals	3	0	1	1	5
Boston Bruins	2	1	1	0	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Washington Capitals	12	9	14	6	41
Boston Bruins	6	8	5	1	20

Three stars

M. Lucic, Boston Bruins (1 goal, 1 assist)
M. Phillips, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
M. Poitras, 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	00:26	Washington Capitals	Connor McMichael (1)	John Carlson (1), Tom Wilson (2)	Even strength	WSH 1, BOS 0
1st	00:53	Boston Bruins	James van Riemsdyk (1)	David Pastrnak (1), Pavel Zacha (2)	Even strength	WSH 1, BOS 1
1st	02:42	Boston Bruins	Mason Lohrei (1)	Milan Lucic (1), Charlie McAvoy (2)	Even strength	WSH 1, BOS 2
1st	07:51	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson (2)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Power play	WSH 2, BOS 2
1st	15:57	Washington Capitals	Sonny Milano (2)	Dylan Strome (3)	Even strength	WSH 3, BOS 2
2nd	08:23	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic (1)	Jakub Lauko (1), John Beecher (1)	Even strength	WSH 3, BOS 3
3rd	00:43	Washington Capitals	John Carlson (2)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), Dylan Strome (4)	Power play	WSH 4, BOS 3
3rd	04:57	Boston Bruins	Matthew Poitras (2)	Derek Forbort (1), Brad Marchand (1)	Even strength	WSH 4, BOS 4
OT	04:04	Washington Capitals	Matthew Phillips (2)	John Carlson (2)	Even strength	WSH 5, 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	41	20
Power play	2 of 3	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	16	31
Blocked shots	14	14
Giveaways	6	9
Takeaways	9	6
Faceoffs won	26/57 (45.6%)	31/57 (54.4%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 15 S. Milano	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0	0		14:53
Number 17 D. Strome	C	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	58.3%	15:12
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0	14.3%	16:44
Number 21 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	100%	13:21
Number 24 C. McMichael	L	1	0	1	+2	0	10	0	0	0		15:14
Number 26 N. Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	0	45.5%	14:41
Number 39 A. Mantha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		12:07
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	1	1	2	0	2	5	1	0	1	100%	18:51
Number 45 M. Phillips	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		15:28
Number 47 B. Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	0		15:02
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	50%	22:15
Number 96 N. Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	0		10:53
Number 2 V. Iorio	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0		16:34
Number 4 H. Haman Aktell	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	2	0		18:42
Number 38 R. Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		23:52
Number 46 L. Johansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		15:18
Number 57 T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	4	0		18:24
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	1	2	3	+2	0	4	1	1	1		26:58

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Kuemper	20	16	4	.800	63:47	Win

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 T. Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	50%	14:32
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	1	1	50%	14:28
Number 18 P. Zacha	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	58.3%	18:21
Number 19 J. Beecher	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	53.8%	16:15
Number 20 J. Megna	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	50%	12:54
Number 21 J. van Riemsdyk	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1		13:59
Number 43 D. Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		16:48
Number 51 M. Poitras	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	2	58.8%	18:27
Number 52 T. Kuntar	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1		11:27
Number 63 B. Marchand	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		16:54
Number 88 D. Pastrnak	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0		18:27
Number 94 J. Lauko	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1		14:54
Number 6 M. Lohrei	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	1		24:40
Number 12 K. Shattenkirk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		18:22
Number 28 D. Forbort	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		18:31
Number 48 M. Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1		16:34
Number 67 J. Zboril	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		19:05
Number 73 C. McAvoy	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2		22:49

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 L. Ullmark	41	36	5	.878	64:04	OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:51	Boston Bruins	James van Riemsdyk	Roughing	2
1st	08:24	Washington Capitals	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Tripping	2
2nd	05:37	Washington Capitals	Aliaksei Protas	Hooking	2
2nd	09:51	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	Hooking	2
2nd	14:10	Boston Bruins	Danton Heinen	Slashing	2
2nd	18:58	Boston Bruins	Charlie McAvoy	Interference	2
3rd	11:31	Washington Capitals	Trevor van Riemsdyk	Holding	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Spencer Carbery
Boston Bruins head coach: Jim Montgomery
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Morgan MacPhee
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Dan Kelly
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, T.J. Oshie, Max Pacioretty, Nick Jensen, Dylan McIlrath, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Joel Edmundson, Sergey Kostenko, Charlie Lindgren, Chase Priskie, Nick Leivermann, Riley Sutter, Martin Fehérváry, Alexander Alexeyev, Mitchell Gibson, Joe Snively, Henrik Rybinski, Hendrix Lapierre, Bogdan Trineyev, Garin Bjorklund, Oskar Magnusson, Alex Limoges, David Gucciardi, Brent Johnson, Haakon Hanelt, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Ryan Hofer, Brett Hyland, Ryan Chesley, Jake Karabela, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alexander Suzdalev, Clay Stevenson, Ethen Frank, Ludwig Persson, Pierrick Dube, Cam Allen, Andrew Cristall, Ryan Leonard, Patrick Thomas, Antoine Keller
Boston Bruins scratches: Charlie Coyle, Maxim Chudinov, Hampus Lindholm, Patrick Brown, Anthony Richard, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, A.J. Greer, Brandon Carlo, Parker Wotherspoon, Jake DeBrusk, Dan Renouf, Oskar Steen, Morgan Geekie, Jesper Boqvist, Michael DiPietro, Reilly Walsh, Ian Mitchell, Andrei Svetlakov, Jeremy Swayman, Kyle Keyser, Michael Callahan, Alec Regula, Curtis Hall, John Farinacci, Roman Bychkov, Jake Schmaltz, Quinn Olson, Luke Toporowski, Riley Duran, Mason Langenbrunner, Ty Gallagher, Brett Harrison, Fabian Lysell, Andre Gasseau, Philip Svedeback, Ryan Mast, Jonathan Myrenberg, Oskar Jellvik, Frederic Brunet, Ethan Ritchie, Marc McLaughlin, Jackson Edward, Georgii Merkulov, Cole Spicer, Dans Locmelis, Reid Dyck, Owen Pederson, Adam Mechura, Beckett Hendrickson, Christopher Pelosi, Ryan Walsh, Casper Nassen, Kristian Kostadinski

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