Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 2005 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at MCI Center. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 43–18.
Goals came from Mathieu Biron, Glen Murray, Chris Clark, Alex Ovechkin, Marco Sturm, Sergei Samsonov and Brad Stuart.
Hannu Toivonen made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
2nd period
Mathieu Biron (4)Alex Ovechkin (20), Dainius Zubrus (8)0–109:41 WSH · 
Glen Murray (13)Marco Sturm (14), David Tanabe (8)1–115:42 BOS
Chris Clark (8)Brendan Witt (6)1–216:42 WSH ·
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (21)Unassisted1–311:47 WSH
Marco Sturm (11)Alexei Zhamnov (7), Glen Murray (12)2–311:57 BOS
Sergei Samsonov (15)Patrice Bergeron (14)3–312:46 BOS
Overtime
Brad Stuart (4)Patrice Bergeron (15), Hal Gill (4)4–302:04 BOS
Team stats
BOSWSH
4318
52%48%
0/61/4
812
1426
1721
1519
1015
Penalties
- 9:23 into the first period
Marco Sturm · holding the stick2 min - 11:31 into the first period
Brian Willsie · hooking2 min - 13:38 into the first periodSteve Eminger · hooking2 min
- 17:52 into the first periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
- 0:44 into the second periodIvan Majesky · high sticking2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodBrad Isbister · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the second periodHannu Toivonen · delaying game2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodJeff Halpern · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Marco SturmL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 15:28 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:03 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 10Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 6Brad StuartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:01 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 55David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 23:50 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 20Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 21Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 26Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 28Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:09 |
| 83Patrick LeahyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 22Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:30 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 68Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Hannu ToivonenG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 34Mathieu BironD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:40 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:07 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 24Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:00 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:56 |
| 23Ivan MajeskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:17 |
| 47Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | O | 43 | 4 | .907 |