Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 15, 2007 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 39–34.
Chris Clark scored a hat trick. Marco Sturm, Brandon Bochenski and Patrice Bergeron also scored.
Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 36 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Clark (25)Boyd Gordon (19), Brian Pothier (21)1–001:21 WSH- Chris Clark (26)Alexander Semin (28), Alex Ovechkin (43)2–019:44 WSH ·
2nd period
- Chris Clark (27)Steve Eminger (14), Brooks Laich (7)3–017:03 WSH ·
Marco Sturm (24)Patrice Bergeron (43), Marc Savard (68)3–118:24 BOS ·
3rd period
Brandon Bochenski (12)Marco Sturm (17), Marc Savard (69)3–200:30 BOS · 
Patrice Bergeron (20)Marc Savard (70), Zdeno Chara (30)3–301:35 BOS ·
Team stats
WSHBOS
3439
60%40%
1/63/9
2317
1614
108
24
36
Penalties
- 3:25 into the first period
Petr Tenkrat · elbowing2 min - 4:52 into the first period
Brian Sutherby · roughing2 min - 9:02 into the first periodZdeno Chara · hooking2 min
- 9:29 into the first periodBrooks Laich · holding2 min
- 14:31 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · high sticking2 min
- 14:31 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · high sticking2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodMarco Sturm · high sticking2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodMarco Sturm · high sticking2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodChuck Kobasew · hooking2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodChris Clark · high sticking2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodAndrew Alberts · fighting5 min
- 11:15 into the second periodMatt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 16:48 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · holding2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · tripping2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodSteve Eminger · high sticking2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodMarco Sturm · slashing2 min
- 4:20 into overtimeBoyd Gordon · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Chris ClarkR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 17:34 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:39 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:49 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:25 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:57 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:57 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:05 |
| 13Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:43 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:15 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:24 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:32 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 24:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | O | 39 | 3 | .923 |
Boston Bruins
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 5 | 24:51 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | 23:47 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 26:04 |
| 10Brandon BochenskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 30:20 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:17 |
| 13Stanislav ChistovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 17Petr TenkratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 18Mark MowersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 32Jeff HogganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 56Ben WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:38 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:26 |
| 38Bobby AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 31Joey MacDonaldG | 0 | 0 | – |