Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, October 1, 2009 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at TD Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 34–20.
Brooks Laich scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Patrice Bergeron also scored.
Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brooks Laich (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–017:15 WSH ·
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)2–009:31 WSH
3rd period
- Brooks Laich (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3), Alexander Semin (2)3–000:16 WSH ·
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Tom Poti (1), Brooks Laich (1)4–001:57 WSH
Patrice Bergeron (1)Steve Begin (1), Mark Stuart (1)4–107:56 BOS
Team stats
WSHBOS
3420
61%39%
2/40/5
1513
2432
1316
06
72
Penalties
- 13:22 into the first period
Steve Begin · hooking2 min - 14:16 into the first period
Mike Green · tripping2 min - 17:00 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodJohn Erskine · holding the stick2 min
- 9:47 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · holding2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodMike Knuble · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodZdeno Chara · cross checking2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodMarco Sturm · holding2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodShawn Thornton · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the third periodJohn Erskine · fighting5 min
- 18:29 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:14 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16:08 |
| 28Alexander SeminL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:20 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 34Boyd KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:12 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
Boston Bruins
| 27Steve BeginL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:27 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:35 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 28Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:53 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:31 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | – |