National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Boston 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 14, 2017
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Tom Kowal, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 17565
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1135
Boston 0123
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:34 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Assists: Matt Niskanen
Penalties
2:57 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (2) Delay of game
 6:31 - Bruins Anders Bjork (2) Holding
 14:04 - Bruins Charlie McAvoy (2) Holding the stick
 15:02 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
4:22 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (PP) Assists: Brad Marchand , Danton Heinen
12:05 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Alex Ovechkin
Penalties
3:31 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (2) Holding the stick
 10:53 - Bruins Charlie McAvoy (2) Hooking
 16:49 - Capitals Chandler Stephenson (2) Hooking
 19:27 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Cross checking
 19:27 - Bruins Brad Marchand (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
7:52 - Capitals Alex Chiasson (EV) Assists: Christian Djoos , John Carlson
11:31 - Capitals Alex Chiasson (SH) Unassisted
16:20 - Bruins David Krejci (EV) Assists: Charlie McAvoy , Jake DeBrusk
18:31 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) (EN) Assists: Matt Niskanen
19:33 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (PP) Assists: David Pastrnak , Danton Heinen
Penalties
11:19 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (2) Interference
 18:31 - Capitals Tom Wilson (10) Misconduct
 18:31 - Bruins Brad Marchand (10) Misconduct
 18:48 - Capitals Lars Eller (2) Holding
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:42 46:58 6:10 6:34 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 +3 0 1 31 22:58 19:31 0:18 3:09 0 0 2 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 21 20:45 14:53 5:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 27 21:33 18:24 0:56 2:13 0 0 5 1 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 14:38 9:03 5:35 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 +2 2 2 13 9:09 8:24 0:45 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 19 13:01 12:49 0:00 0:12 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 20 19:37 13:48 5:25 0:24 1 0 - - 9 10 47
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 2 2 20 15:50 12:52 0:45 2:13 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:50 12:20 0:00 0:30 0 0 1 2 - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 11:25 10:36 0:00 0:49 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 E 0 0 15 13:00 12:48 0:00 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 17 12:46 8:52 0:00 3:54 0 1 - 2 0 1 0
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 10 0 19 15:37 13:46 0:00 1:51 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 2 0 23 18:33 15:38 0:00 2:55 0 0 1 2 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 14 11:36 11:01 0:35 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 26 25:20 15:57 5:14 4:09 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 14:25 10:40 0:00 3:45 0 0 2 - 8 10 44
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 21 17:39 12:14 5:25 0:00 0 0 - 2 2 8 20
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Anton Khudobin G 0 0 0 0 0 58:53 46:09 6:34 6:10 0 0 - - - - -
Tuukka Rask G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Anders Bjork LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 11 6:47 6:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Riley Nash C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 14:27 11:03 0:00 3:24 0 0 4 - 9 5 64
Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 17:15 12:49 0:13 4:13 0 0 1 1 - - -
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 22:17 16:45 0:00 5:32 0 0 2 3 - - -
Patrice Bergeron C 2 0 2 -2 2 4 22 20:04 14:48 4:36 0:40 2 0 2 1 15 5 75
David Backes RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 15:07 13:09 1:58 0:00 0 0 6 - 1 0 100
Danton Heinen C 0 2 2 -1 0 2 17 15:33 11:28 4:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Krejci C 1 0 1 -2 0 7 21 15:36 12:35 3:01 0:00 0 0 1 - 6 5 55
Torey Krug D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 19 18:14 13:38 4:36 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 17:21 15:23 1:58 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:34 10:06 0:00 1:28 0 0 5 - 4 5 44
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 15:26 11:49 0:00 3:37 0 0 3 - - - -
Tim Schaller C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 12:30 10:41 0:00 1:49 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Brad Marchand LW 0 1 1 -2 12 2 21 17:44 12:44 3:38 1:22 0 0 - 2 1 3 25
Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 E 4 1 26 20:54 18:05 2:11 0:38 0 0 1 - - - -
Jake DeBrusk LW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 17 12:11 10:02 2:09 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 19:16 17:19 0:00 1:57 0 0 1 1 - - -
David Pastrnak RW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 21 19:39 15:14 4:25 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (28-11-4) 37 34 3 .919 0 59:42
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Anton Khudobin L (12-3-4) 21 17 4 .810 0 58:53