Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 2009 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 37-32.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Matt Hunwick, Alex Ovechkin, Phil Kessel, Tomas Fleischmann, Zdeno Chara and Alexander Semin.
Jose Theodore made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (17)Alexander Semin (34), Mike Green (32)1–003:36 WSH · PPG
Matt Hunwick (5)Marc Savard (47), Phil Kessel (21)1–105:03 BOS
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (45)Matt Bradley (5), Milan Jurcina (9)2–108:48 WSH
Phil Kessel (26)Marc Savard (48), Matt Hunwick (14)2–209:06 BOS
3rd period
Tomas Fleischmann (17)Brooks Laich (20), Tom Poti (10)3–202:20 WSH · PPG
Zdeno Chara (15)Patrice Bergeron (20), Marc Savard (49)3–315:23 BOS · PPG
OT period
Alexander Semin (24)Mike Green (33), Jeff Schultz (10)4–300:22 WSH
Team stats
WSHBOS
32Shots on goal37
48%Faceoff %52%
2/5Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes10
15Hits26
16Blocked shots13
7Giveaways2
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:40
Marc Savard · hooking2 min - 1st 14:20Michael Ryder · hooking2 min
- 1st 15:36
Alexander Semin · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:24Dennis Wideman · interference2 min
- 3rd 00:36David Krejci · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:15Matt Bradley · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 09:02Dennis Wideman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:54Brooks Laich · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:52Nicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:50 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:27 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:40 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:06 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 16:16 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 60:22 |
Boston Bruins
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:09 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 26:52 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:50 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:53 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:08 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | O | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 60:22 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |