Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Wed, May 19, 2021 · TD Garden · 2020–21 Playoffs

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final/2OT

Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Wed, May 19, 2021 at TD Garden. Craig Smith led the way with 2 points. Tuukka Rask made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	2OT	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	0	0	0	2	37
BOS	0	1	1	0	1	3	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	08:21	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · snap	Anthony Mantha (2)	1–0
2nd	09:17	BOS	EV	Taylor Hall (2) · wrist	Craig Smith (2), Kevan Miller (1)	1–1
2nd	18:15	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (2) · tip-in	Garnet Hathaway (1)	2–1
3rd	11:32	BOS	PP	Brad Marchand (2) · wrist	Patrice Bergeron (1), Charlie McAvoy (2)	2–2
2OT	05:48	BOS	EV	Craig Smith (1) · wrap-around	Unassisted	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:20	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	interference	2
1st	07:38	BOS	Mike Reilly	high sticking	2
1st	10:34	BOS	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	13:18	WSH	Zdeno Chara	slashing	2
1st	14:24	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	17:25	BOS	Sean Kuraly	tripping	2
2nd	06:56	BOS	Brad Marchand	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	15:45	BOS	Matt Grzelcyk	high sticking	2
3rd	03:25	WSH	Daniel Carr	tripping	2
3rd	11:00	WSH	Nic Dowd	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.09 · BOS 3.96 · xG% WSH 43.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	2	4	4	1		27:54	29
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	100.0	22:39	29
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	7	2	60.9	20:53	35
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	7	1		16:27	31
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	2		33:40	46
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	5		32:08	43
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		29:06	39
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	45.0	26:41	32
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	1	40.0	26:10	29
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	2	100.0	25:56	40
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		25:14	38
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	50.0	24:10	37
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		22:17	30
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1		20:07	31
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		19:37	26
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		18:52	31
17	Michael Raffl	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0	33.3	17:13	27
28	Daniel Carr	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		10:33	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	L	43	40	3	.930	85:45

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Craig Smith	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	3	3		22:17	33
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0		33:52	39
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0		27:36	41
63	Brad Marchand	L	1	0	1	0	2	3	3	1		25:42	33
71	Taylor Hall	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	1	2	100.0	25:04	34
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	1	1	0	0	7	1	1	45.2	24:36	34
46	David Krejci	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	52.2	29:27	34
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0		28:23	36
48	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		26:15	33
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	-1	0	9	4	1		25:48	29
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	-1	2	4	2	1		24:47	35
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	2		23:09	35
13	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	31.3	20:50	29
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		17:44	24
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	42.9	17:16	23
21	Nick Ritchie	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0		16:09	22
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	1	75.0	15:58	24
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		14:42	21

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Tuukka Rask	W	37	35	2	.946	85:48