National Hockey League

FINAL
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Washington Capitals 2
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Match Report

Capitals beat Bruins to earn East 3 seed, face Isles next

T.J. Oshie and Tom Wilson scored, Braden Holtby made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in round-robin play Sunday to clinch the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and set up a first-round matchup against former coach...

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Team Stats

BOS WSH
14
Blocked Shots
21
24
Hits
31
11
Takeaways
7
31
Shots
25
0
Power Play Goals
0
2
Power Play Opportunities
2
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
39
Faceoffs Won
22
63.9
Faceoff Win Percent
36.1
19
Giveaways
12
5
Total Penalties
5
10
Penalty Minutes
10

Top Performers

BOS

  • Tuukka Rask G GA 2 · SA 25 · SOS 0
  • Patrice Bergeron C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Charlie Coyle C BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 2
  • David Krejci C BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 1

WSH

  • Braden Holtby G GA 1 · SA 31 · SOS 0
  • T.J. Oshie RW BS 2 · HT 1 · TK 2
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Nicklas Backstrom C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 2

Head to Head

WSH wins series 2-1

Injuries

Washington Capitals

  • Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
  • Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
  • Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve

Boston Bruins

Play by Play

  1. Missed 15:47 1-2
    Jake DeBrusk 3rd
  2. Missed 12:10 1-2
    Brad Marchand 3rd
  3. Missed 11:54 1-2
    David Pastrnak 3rd
  4. Goal 10:30 1-2
    Jake DeBrusk 3rd
  5. Missed 9:33 0-2
    Ondrej Kase 3rd
  6. Penalty 7:29
    Richard Panik 3rd
  7. Penalty 7:29
    Charlie McAvoy 3rd
  8. Goal 2:49 0-2
    Tom Wilson 3rd
  9. Missed 1:35 0-1
    Charlie Coyle 3rd
  10. Missed 0:49 0-1
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  11. Penalty 20:00
    Sean Kuraly 2nd
  12. Penalty 20:00
    T.J. Oshie 2nd
  13. Missed 18:10 0-1
    Jake DeBrusk 2nd
  14. Missed 17:17 0-1
    Alex Ovechkin 2nd
  15. Penalty 15:29
    Jake DeBrusk 2nd
  16. Missed 9:02 0-1
    Ilya Kovalchuk 2nd
  17. Missed 8:03 0-1
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 2nd
  18. Missed 7:33 0-1
    Alex Ovechkin 2nd
  19. Penalty 7:01
    Brandon Carlo 2nd
  20. Missed 5:25 0-1
    Martin Fehervary 2nd
  21. Missed 4:45 0-1
    David Krejci 2nd
  22. Missed 3:37 0-1
    Brad Marchand 2nd
  23. Missed 3:02 0-1
    Nic Dowd 2nd
  24. Penalty 2:31
    Ilya Kovalchuk 2nd
  25. Missed 1:57 0-1
    Jonas Siegenthaler 2nd
  26. Missed 1:23 0-1
    Charlie Coyle 2nd
  27. Missed 1:04 0-1
    Anders Bjork 2nd
  28. Missed 0:53 0-1
    Zdeno Chara 2nd
  29. Goal 19:44 0-1
    T.J. Oshie 1st
  30. Missed 18:09 0-0
    T.J. Oshie 1st
  31. Penalty 17:11
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 1st
  32. Penalty 17:11
    Connor Clifton 1st
  33. Penalty 13:34
    Dmitry Orlov 1st
  34. Missed 12:46 0-0
    David Pastrnak 1st
  35. Missed 12:22 0-0
    Torey Krug 1st
  36. Missed 11:58 0-0
    Richard Panik 1st
  37. Missed 10:45 0-0
    Joakim Nordstrom 1st
  38. Missed 8:24 0-0
    Jonas Siegenthaler 1st
  39. Missed 8:14 0-0
    Martin Fehervary 1st
  40. Missed 2:10 0-0
    Chris Wagner 1st
  41. Missed 0:23 0-0
    Torey Krug 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 1-2
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 1-2
    3rd
  3. Blocked 19:59 1-2
    Charlie McAvoy 3rd
  4. Shot 19:52 1-2
    David Krejci 3rd
  5. Giveaway 19:43 1-2
    David Pastrnak 3rd
  6. Stoppage 19:25 1-2
    3rd
  7. Face Off 19:25 1-2
    Nicklas Backstrom 3rd
  8. Blocked 19:24 1-2
    Torey Krug 3rd
  9. Face Off 18:35 1-2
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd
  10. Stoppage 18:35 1-2
    3rd
  11. Shot 18:23 1-2
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  12. Hit 18:04 1-2
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  13. Face Off 17:53 1-2
    Nicklas Backstrom 3rd
  14. Stoppage 17:53 1-2
    3rd
  15. Face Off 17:49 1-2
    David Krejci 3rd
  16. Stoppage 17:49 1-2
    3rd
  17. Shot 17:48 1-2
    Brenden Dillon 3rd
  18. Shot 17:43 1-2
    Nicklas Backstrom 3rd
  19. Hit 17:11 1-2
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  20. Hit 17:06 1-2
    Martin Fehervary 3rd
  21. Face Off 16:58 1-2
    Charlie Coyle 3rd
  22. Stoppage 16:58 1-2
    3rd
  23. Blocked 16:49 1-2
    Richard Panik 3rd
  24. Giveaway 16:45 1-2
    Charlie McAvoy 3rd
  25. Blocked 16:19 1-2
    David Krejci 3rd
  26. Missed 15:47 1-2
    Jake DeBrusk 3rd
  27. Face Off 15:42 1-2
    David Krejci 3rd
  28. Stoppage 15:42 1-2
    3rd
  29. Shot 15:21 1-2
    David Pastrnak 3rd
  30. Shot 14:57 1-2
    David Pastrnak 3rd
  31. Face Off 14:49 1-2
    Patrice Bergeron 3rd
  32. Stoppage 14:49 1-2
    3rd
  33. Shot 14:48 1-2
    David Pastrnak 3rd
  34. Giveaway 14:21 1-2
    Tuukka Rask 3rd
  35. Face Off 13:41 1-2
    Sean Kuraly 3rd
  36. Stoppage 13:41 1-2
    3rd
  37. Shot 13:40 1-2
    Travis Boyd 3rd
  38. Takeaway 13:34 1-2
    Anders Bjork 3rd
  39. Hit 13:19 1-2
    Connor Clifton 3rd
  40. Hit 13:07 1-2
    Ondrej Kase 3rd

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