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Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Sunday, September 21, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Washington Capitals 5 43-30-9
at Boston Bruins 2 45-27-10

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 14 9 4 27
Boston Bruins 10 9 12 31

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:17 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (1) Elias Lindholm (1) Even strength WSH 0, BOS 1
1st 06:48 Washington Capitals Sonny Milano (1) Hendrix Lapierre (1) Even strength WSH 1, BOS 1
1st 11:33 Washington Capitals Hendrix Lapierre (1) Anthony Beauvillier (1), Sonny Milano (1) Even strength WSH 2, BOS 1
1st 15:31 Washington Capitals Sonny Milano (2) Ethen Frank (1) Even strength WSH 3, BOS 1
1st 16:18 Washington Capitals Bogdan Trineyev (1) Ivan Miroshnichenko (1) Even strength WSH 4, BOS 1
2nd 03:35 Boston Bruins Patrick Brown (1) Riley Duran (1), Jeffrey Viel (1) Even strength WSH 4, BOS 2
2nd 08:45 Washington Capitals Ryan Chesley (1) Hendrix Lapierre (2), Sonny Milano (2) Even strength WSH 5, BOS 2

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

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 27 31
Power play 0 of 0 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 0
Hits 27 28
Blocked shots 23 10
Giveaways 7 5
Takeaways 1 5
Faceoffs won 27/54 (50%) 27/54 (50%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
14 L. Lakovic L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:53
15 S. Milano L 2 2 4 +4 0 4 0 0 16:15
22 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 100% 13:05
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 47.1% 14:17
29 H. Lapierre C 1 2 3 +4 0 2 1 1 71.4% 16:43
53 E. Frank R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 12:07
58 H. Rybinski R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 40% 14:31
63 I. Miroshnichenko L 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 13:50
72 A. Beauvillier R 0 1 1 +3 0 2 2 1 15:57
73 E. Mateiko L 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 36.4% 13:07
81 S. Smallman R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37
87 B. Trineyev R 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 17:01
2 V. Iorio D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 5 3 21:25
25 C. Rosen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 3 19:16
41 R. Chesley D 1 0 1 +2 2 3 3 2 20:10
45 L. Muggli D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 0 20:02
47 D. Chisholm D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 20:46
57 T. van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 19:58
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
48 L. Thompson 16 14 2 .875 28:45 Win
68 G. Bjorklund 15 15 0 1.000 31:15

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
13 M. Blümel R 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 1 17:46
21 A. Steeves C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 1 16:45
23 F. Lysell R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:47
28 E. Lindholm C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 38.1% 15:50
38 P. Brown C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 61.5% 14:14
39 M. Geekie C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 16:41
48 J. Viel L 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 100% 12:27
51 M. Poitras C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 1 40% 18:40
62 R. Duran C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 13:10
71 V. Arvidsson L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16:54
84 T. Jeannot L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 1 14:11
93 F. Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 85.7% 14:16
6 M. Lohrei D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 19:42
26 A. Peeke D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:57
29 V. Soderstrom D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 17:38
59 F. Brunet D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17:46
73 C. McAvoy D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 21:01
91 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 0 18:15
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
80 M. DiPietro 21 16 5 .762 30:14 Loss
85 S. Zajicek 6 6 0 1.000 29:46

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:55 Washington Capitals Ryan Chesley Kneeing 2
2nd 17:09 Washington Capitals Eriks Mateiko Holding 2
3rd 09:56 Washington Capitals Henrik Rybinski High sticking 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Spencer Carbery
Boston Bruins head coach
Marco Sturm
Referees
Gord Dwyer, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Matt MacPherson
Washington Capitals scratches
Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Dalton Smith, Dylan McIlrath, Tom Wilson, Louie Belpedio, Dylan Strome, Matt Roy, Charlie Lindgren, Jakob Chychrun, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Matthew Strome, Nick Leivermann, Sheldon Rempal, Martin Fehérváry, Rasmus Sandin, Mitchell Gibson, Graeme Clarke, Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, Luke Toporowski, Justin Sourdif, John Fusco, David Gucciardi, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Ryan Hofer, Brett Hyland, Justin Nachbaur, Alexander Suzdalev, Clay Stevenson, Ludwig Persson, Cam Allen, Andrew Cristall, Ryan Leonard, Grant Cruikshank, Patrick Thomas, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald, Zac Funk, Terik Parascak, Cole Hutson, Seth Eisele, Ilya Protas, Nicholas Kempf, Petr Sikora, Miroslav Satan, Kaden Bohlsen, Lynden Breen, Maxim Schafer, Jackson Crowder, Aron Dahlqvist, Stanley Cooley, Nolan Krenzen, Chase Anderson
Boston Bruins scratches
Sean Kuraly, Hampus Lindholm, Joonas Korpisalo, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha, Riley Tufte, Michael Eyssimont, Casey Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju, Jeremy Swayman, Mark Kastelic, Michael Callahan, Jordan Harris, Jonathan Aspirot, John Beecher, John Farinacci, Roman Bychkov, Jake Schmaltz, Marat Khusnutdinov, Billy Sweezey, Mason Langenbrunner, Ty Gallagher, Brett Harrison, Andre Gasseau, Philip Svedeback, Maximus Wanner, Oskar Jellvik, Jackson Edward, Georgii Merkulov, Colin Felix, Joey Abate, Luke Cavallin, Cole Spicer, Dans Locmelis, Beckett Hendrickson, Christopher Pelosi, Ryan Walsh, Casper Nassen, Kristian Kostadinski, Ty Cheveldayoff, Will Zellers, Dean Letourneau, Elliott Groenewold, Jonathan Morello, Loke Johansson, James Hagens, William Moore, Dalton Bancroft, Liam Pettersson, Cooper Simpson, Vashek Blanar, Cole Chandler, Kirill Yemelyanov, Ben Hrebik, Robert Cronin

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 5 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Preseason Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Washington Capitals 1 Final Preseason Game page

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