Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Tue, Jan 5, 2016 · TD Garden · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Boston Bruins

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at TD Garden. Evgeny Kuznetsov led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	29
BOS	0	1	1	2	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	15:01	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (4) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (24), Aaron Ness (1)	1–0
2nd	12:40	WSH	PP	Evgeny Kuznetsov (13) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (24), Matt Niskanen (15)	2–0
2nd	15:26	BOS	EV	Loui Eriksson (14) · wrist	Brett Connolly (9), Patrice Bergeron (22)	2–1
3rd	10:41	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (10) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (11), Nate Schmidt (6)	3–1
3rd	11:52	BOS	PP	Patrice Bergeron (15) · wrist	Ryan Spooner (18), Torey Krug (17)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:36	WSH	Karl Alzner	interference	2
1st	05:56	WSH	Jason Chimera	roughing	2
1st	09:13	BOS	Patrice Bergeron	interference	2
2nd	06:52	BOS	Joonas Kemppainen	hooking	2
2nd	07:40	WSH	T.J. Oshie	interference	2
2nd	11:36	BOS	Zdeno Chara	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	11:13	WSH	Matt Niskanen	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.04 · BOS 1.52 · xG% WSH 57.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0	53.8	20:41	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	-1	2	3	1	3		27:19	32
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		20:06	26
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	2		18:43	29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	40.0	18:08	23
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0		16:56	20
55	Aaron Ness	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		12:55	18
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	60.0	12:12	20
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	3		21:23	32
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:50	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		19:09	19
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	50.0	18:51	23
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		15:46	24
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0		14:33	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	100.0	13:42	18
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		9:28	13
23	Zach Sill	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	60.0	7:57	13
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		5:42	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	1	0	70.0	20:22	25
47	Torey Krug	D	0	1	1	-1	0	6	1	0		25:24	25
21	Loui Eriksson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		20:09	25
51	Ryan Spooner	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	0	33.3	19:49	23
14	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		16:58	22
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	2		27:16	29
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		21:17	25
44	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2		20:13	24
39	Matt Beleskey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	100.0	19:38	23
29	Landon Ferraro	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		17:27	21
48	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		17:01	20
41	Joonas Kemppainen	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	3	33.3	14:25	20
11	Jimmy Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	100.0	13:20	19
72	Frank Vatrano	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4		12:40	18
54	Adam McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		8:49	10
25	Max Talbot	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	33.3	8:36	14
36	Zac Rinaldo	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		7:29	8
64	Tyler Randell	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5:48	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Tuukka Rask	L	29	26	3	.897	58:15