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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Thursday, October 2, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Boston Bruins 3 45-27-10
at Washington Capitals 1 43-30-9

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 5 13 10 28
Washington Capitals 16 9 9 34

Three stars

  1. B. Harrison, Boston Bruins (2 goals)
  2. R. Leonard, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
  3. J. Korpisalo, Boston Bruins (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 09:42 Washington Capitals Ryan Leonard (2) Jakob Chychrun (1), Hendrix Lapierre (6) Even strength BOS 0, WSH 1
2nd 16:16 Boston Bruins Riley Tufte (1) Victor Soderstrom (1), Michael Callahan (1) Even strength BOS 1, WSH 1
2nd 19:11 Boston Bruins Brett Harrison (1) Patrick Brown (2), Jordan Harris (2) Even strength BOS 2, WSH 1
3rd 18:46 Boston Bruins Brett Harrison (2) Patrick Brown (3) Even strength, Empty net BOS 3, WSH 1

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 28 34
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 25 30
Blocked shots 12 14
Giveaways 6 9
Takeaways 1 2
Faceoffs won 27/49 (55.1%) 22/49 (44.9%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
10 R. Tufte L 1 0 1 +1 2 1 3 0 13:18
13 M. Blümel R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17:09
19 J. Beecher C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 71.4% 14:57
21 A. Steeves C 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 15:39
23 F. Lysell R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 100% 14:27
38 P. Brown C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 5 0 58.3% 14:13
42 G. Merkulov C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 14:21
47 M. Kastelic C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 100% 15:01
51 M. Poitras C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 50% 15:34
62 R. Duran C 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 100% 12:41
72 B. Harrison C 2 0 2 +2 0 2 3 0 100% 10:36
92 M. Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 28.6% 15:10
6 M. Lohrei D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:24
20 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:03
29 V. Soderstrom D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 3 17:35
43 J. Harris D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 21:35
45 J. Aspirot D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 1 2 17:08
79 M. Callahan D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 20:09
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
70 J. Korpisalo 34 33 1 .971 60:00 Win

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0 21:07
9 R. Leonard R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 1 15:14
15 S. Milano L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 15:53
23 S. Rempal R 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 10:35
28 A. Cristall L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15:48
29 H. Lapierre C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 0 61.1% 16:55
34 J. Sourdif C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 12.5% 16:02
53 E. Frank R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 15:12
62 I. Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 45.5% 17:48
63 I. Miroshnichenko L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 13:55
72 A. Beauvillier R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 14:09
73 E. Mateiko L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 55.6% 11:01
2 V. Iorio D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 3 16:07
6 J. Chychrun D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 1 1 24:01
41 R. Chesley D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 20:57
42 M. Fehérváry D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 5 0 19:40
52 D. McIlrath D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 13:39
57 T. van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 17:55
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
79 C. Lindgren 27 25 2 .926 59:25 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:36 Washington Capitals Jakob Chychrun Interference 2
1st 15:36 Boston Bruins Jonathan Aspirot Tripping 2
2nd 00:58 Boston Bruins Riley Tufte High sticking 2
2nd 03:42 Washington Capitals Justin Sourdif High sticking 2
3rd 01:05 Boston Bruins Jonathan Aspirot Roughing 2
3rd 11:23 Boston Bruins Fabian Lysell Tripping 2
3rd 19:23 Washington Capitals Sheldon Rempal Slashing 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Marco Sturm
Washington Capitals head coach
Spencer Carbery
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Riley Brace
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Tommy Hughes
Boston Bruins scratches
Sean Kuraly, Hampus Lindholm, Elias Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov, David Pastrnak, Viktor Arvidsson, Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy, Andrew Peeke, Michael Eyssimont, Tanner Jeannot, Jeffrey Viel, Morgan Geekie, Casey Mittelstadt, Jeremy Swayman, Roman Bychkov, Jake Schmaltz, Mason Langenbrunner, Ty Gallagher, Andre Gasseau, Philip Svedeback, Oskar Jellvik, Frederic Brunet, Fraser Minten, Colin Felix, Joey Abate, Cole Spicer, Beckett Hendrickson, Christopher Pelosi, Ryan Walsh, Casper Nassen, Kristian Kostadinski, Ty Cheveldayoff, Will Zellers, Dean Letourneau, Elliott Groenewold, Jonathan Morello, James Hagens, William Moore, Simon Zajicek, Liam Pettersson, Cooper Simpson, Vashek Blanar, Cole Chandler, Kirill Yemelyanov, Robert Cronin
Washington Capitals scratches
John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Nic Dowd, Dalton Smith, Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome, Matt Roy, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Duhaime, Matthew Strome, Nick Leivermann, Rasmus Sandin, Declan Chisholm, Mitchell Gibson, Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, Luke Toporowski, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Brett Hyland, Justin Nachbaur, Clay Stevenson, Grant Cruikshank, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald, Zac Funk, Leon Muggli, Cole Hutson, Seth Eisele, Nicholas Kempf, Petr Sikora, Miroslav Satan, Lynden Breen, Maxim Schafer, Jackson Crowder, Aron Dahlqvist, Nolan Krenzen

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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