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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime on Friday, September 25, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Boston Bruins 2 6-2-0
at Washington Capitals 3 5-3-0

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 7 5 10 0 22
Washington Capitals 11 10 13 1 35

Three stars

  1. J. Kyrou, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
  2. T. Wilson, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. D. Pastrnak, Boston Bruins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 18:04 Washington Capitals Dylan Strome (2) Tom Wilson (1), Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) Power play BOS 0, WSH 1
2nd 01:39 Washington Capitals Tom Wilson (1) Pierre-Luc Dubois (2), Dylan Strome (2) Power play BOS 0, WSH 2
3rd 03:40 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (2) Pavel Zacha (2), Connor Clifton (1) Even strength BOS 1, WSH 2
3rd 05:56 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak (1) JJ Peterka (1), Pavel Zacha (3) Power play BOS 2, WSH 2
OT 00:11 Washington Capitals Jordan Kyrou (1) Jakob Chychrun (1) Power play BOS 2, WSH 3

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 22 35
Power play 1 of 3 3 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 19 17
Blocked shots 11 11
Giveaways 20 16
Takeaways 1 7
Faceoffs won 35/63 (55.6%) 28/63 (44.4%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
10 J. Peterka R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 18:41
11 C. Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:20
18 P. Zacha C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 1 0 58.8% 16:52
28 E. Lindholm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 78.6% 17:05
39 M. Geekie C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 14:55
44 J. Hagens C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:55
47 M. Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 11:38
56 D. Locmelis C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 44.4% 11:38
84 T. Jeannot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:02
88 D. Pastrnak R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19:31
92 M. Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:55
93 F. Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 53.8% 18:27
6 M. Lohrei D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:56
17 W. Borgen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 21:12
27 H. Lindholm D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 21:04
45 J. Aspirot D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 15:19
75 C. Clifton D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 2 1 0 21:02
91 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 19:11
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
1 J. Swayman 35 32 3 .914 60:11 OT loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
9 R. Leonard R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14:47
17 D. Strome C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 52.4% 16:58
21 A. Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 15:17
22 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0 0 50% 14:12
25 J. Kyrou R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16:54
34 J. Sourdif C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 13:01
43 T. Wilson R 1 1 2 0 2 5 1 0 1 18:07
53 E. Frank R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:30
62 I. Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 45.5% 14:53
72 A. Beauvillier R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 100% 12:56
80 P. Dubois C 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.2% 16:17
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 100% 14:54
3 M. Roy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 22:19
6 J. Chychrun D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:21
27 T. Liljegren D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 3 0 17:11
42 M. Fehérváry D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 16:55
44 C. Hutson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 16:55
73 V. Desharnais D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 18:02
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
48 L. Thompson 22 20 2 .909 59:53 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 16:40 Boston Bruins Jonathan Aspirot High sticking 2
1st 20:00 Boston Bruins Connor Clifton Hooking 2
2nd 13:09 Washington Capitals Cole Hutson Holding 2
3rd 04:23 Washington Capitals Alex Tuch Slashing 2
3rd 07:57 Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Tripping 2
3rd 18:13 Boston Bruins Hampus Lindholm Holding 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Marco Sturm
Washington Capitals head coach
Spencer Carbery
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Onni Hautamäki
Boston Bruins scratches
Sean Kuraly, Brendan Gaunce, Charlie McAvoy, Michael Eyssimont, Henri Jokiharju, Jiri Patera, Jordan Harris, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Roman Bychkov, Jake Schmaltz, Cross Hanas, Lukas Reichel, Riley Duran, Billy Sweezey, Mason Langenbrunner, Alex Steeves, Jack Bar, Ty Gallagher, Philip Svedeback, Maximus Wanner, Oskar Jellvik, Frederic Brunet, Matthew Poitras, Brian Halonen, Wyatt Bongiovanni, Joey Abate, Cole Spicer, Beckett Hendrickson, Dylan MacKinnon, Christopher Pelosi, Ryan Walsh, Casper Nassen, Kristian Kostadinski, Will Zellers, Dean Letourneau, Elliott Groenewold, Jonathan Morello, William Moore, Liam Pettersson, Cooper Simpson, Vashek Blanar, Cole Chandler, Kirill Yemelyanov, Ryan Tattle, Yuri Ivanov, Nils Bartholdsson, Matvei Kotkov, Oscar Olsson, Jacob Vandeven, Roberto Henriquez, Cullen McCrate
Washington Capitals scratches
Alex Ovechkin, Justin Holl, Dylan McIlrath, Cal Petersen, Jonny Brodzinski, Louie Belpedio, Spencer Smallman, Charlie Lindgren, Jacob MacDonald, Rasmus Sandin, Mitchell Gibson, Theodor Niederbach, Bogdan Trineyev, Garin Bjorklund, Josh Dunne, David Gucciardi, Joaquim Lemay, Brett Hyland, Jeremie Biakabutuka, Ryan Chesley, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Cam Allen, Andrew Cristall, Patrick Thomas, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald, Terik Parascak, Leon Muggli, Eriks Mateiko, Ben Kraws, Nicholas Kempf, Miroslav Satan, Lynden Lakovic, Maxim Schafer, Jackson Crowder, Aron Dahlqvist, Tyus Sparks, Brian McFadden, Logan Stuart, Andrew (AJ) Reyelts

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 2 at Boston Bruins 3 Final/2OT Preseason Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Washington Capitals 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page

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