Capitals 5-3 Bruins (15 Dec, 2017) Box Score

Washington Capitals

20-12-1, 7-7-1 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	3	5
BOS	0	1	2	3

Boston Bruins

15-10-4, 9-5-2 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Alex ChiassonA. Chiasson#39
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#18
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Madison BoweyM. Bowey#22
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	20	19:37	5:25	0:24	13:48	9	10	47.4
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	14:25	0:00	3:45	10:40	8	10	44.4
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	14	11:36	0:35	0:00	11:01	1	0	100.0
2	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	17	12:46	0:00	3:54	8:52	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	13	14:38	5:35	0:00	9:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	20	15:50	0:45	2:13	12:52	7	6	53.8
0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	21	17:39	5:25	0:00	12:14	2	8	20.0
1	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	20:45	5:52	0:00	14:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:25	0:00	0:49	10:36	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	13:01	0:00	0:12	12:49	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	13	9:09	0:45	0:00	8:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	1	10	2	2	4	19	15:37	0:00	1:51	13:46	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	19	12:50	0:00	0:30	12:20	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	26	25:20	5:14	4:09	15:57	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	13:00	0:00	0:12	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	31	22:58	0:18	3:09	19:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	5	1	1	27	21:33	0:56	2:13	18:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	23	18:33	0:00	2:55	15:38	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
37	3	34	.919	0	0	0	0	0	59:42	0

Boston Bruins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
David BackesD. Backes#42
Patrice BergeronP. Bergeron#37
Anders BjorkA. Bjork#10
Jake DeBruskJ. DeBrusk#74
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
David KrejciD. Krejci#46
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#52
Brad MarchandB. Marchand#63
Riley NashR. Nash#20
David PastrnakD. Pastrnak#88
Tim SchallerT. Schaller#59
defensemen
Brandon CarloB. Carlo#25
Zdeno CharaZ. Chara#33
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#48
Torey KrugT. Krug#47
Charlie McAvoyC. McAvoy#73
Kevan MillerK. Miller#86

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	15:26	0:00	3:37	11:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	18	15:07	1:58	0:00	13:09	1	0	100.0
2	0	-2	4	4	1	1	2	2	0	1	22	20:04	4:36	0:40	14:48	15	5	75.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	11	6:47	0:00	0:00	6:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:11	2:09	0:00	10:02	1	2	33.3
0	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	15:33	4:05	0:00	11:28	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	21	15:36	3:01	0:00	12:35	6	5	54.5
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	17	11:34	0:00	1:28	10:06	4	5	44.4
0	1	-2	2	2	2	2	12	0	2	2	21	17:44	3:38	1:22	12:44	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	17	14:27	0:00	3:24	11:03	9	5	64.3
0	1	-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	19:39	4:25	0:00	15:14	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:30	0:00	1:49	10:41	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	17:15	0:13	4:13	12:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	4	21	22:17	0:00	5:32	16:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	22	17:21	1:58	0:00	15:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	18:14	4:36	0:00	13:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	2	0	2	4	1	1	0	26	20:54	2:11	0:38	18:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	19:16	0:00	1:57	17:19	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anton KhudobinA. Khudobin#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
21	4	17	.810	0	0	0	0	0	58:53	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	1	3	5
	Bruins	0	1	2	3

1st Period			WSH	BOS
17:34		Jakub Vrana (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (7)	1	0

2nd Period			WSH	BOS
4:22		Patrice Bergeron (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Brad Marchand (14), Danton Heinen (10)	1	1
12:05		Nicklas Backstrom (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Alex Ovechkin (13)	2	1

3rd Period		WSH	BOS
7:52	Alex Chiasson (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Christian Djoos (3), John Carlson (21)	3	1
11:31	Alex Chiasson (6) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Unassisted	4	1
16:20	David Krejci (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Charlie McAvoy (12), Jake DeBrusk (8)	4	2
18:31	Alex Ovechkin (22) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (8)	5	2
19:33	Patrice Bergeron (7) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: David Pastrnak (14), Danton Heinen (11)	5	3

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Capitals
3
Bruins
2

Game 1

4/11

Capitals
5
Bruins
3

Game 2

15/12

Bruins
3
Capitals
4

Game 3

29/12

TD Garden

12:00 AM, 15 December 2017

Boston, MA

Attendance: 17,565

Referees:
Brad Watson
Tom Kowal

Linesmen:
Bryan Pancich
Tim Nowak

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	23	11	3	49
Washington	23	9	2	48
Carolina	21	12	1	43
Pittsburgh	16	15	5	37
Columbus	14	15	6	34
Philadelphia	15	16	4	34
NY Rangers	16	17	1	33
NY Islanders	13	15	7	33

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	12	2	46
Toronto	21	12	2	44
Boston	19	13	4	42
Tampa Bay	19	11	2	40
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	17	3	31
Detroit	13	17	4	30
Buffalo	12	19	4	28

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