Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, December 18, 2010 · TD Garden

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2–3

Final

SOG 41–21

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at TD Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 41-21.

Goals came from Patrice Bergeron, Andrew Ference, Blake Wheeler, Matt Bradley and Karl Alzner.

Tim Thomas made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 18 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	41
BOS	3	0	0	3	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Patrice Bergeron (1)Blake Wheeler (1), Adam McQuaid (1)0–103:27 BOS
Andrew Ference (1)Brad Marchand (1), David Krejci (1)0–208:13 BOS
Blake Wheeler (1)Patrice Bergeron (1), Johnny Boychuk (1)0–317:03 BOS

2nd period

Matt Bradley (1)David Steckel (1), Matt Hendricks (1)1–302:18 WSH

3rd period

Karl Alzner (1)John Carlson (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–314:32 WSH

Team stats

WSHBOS

41Shots on goal21

55%Faceoff %45%

0/1Power play0/0

5Penalty minutes7

30Hits29

15Blocked shots19

11Giveaways2

3Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 08:17Adam McQuaid · fighting5 min
1st 08:17Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
2nd 05:23Brad Marchand · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-1	7	6	0	0	–	23:54
10Matt BradleyR	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	5	–	08:26
26Matt HendricksC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	09:43
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	42	10:01
27Karl AlznerD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:09
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:55
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:11
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	6	6	1	0	64	23:54
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	75	19:27
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	21:50
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	13:29
63Andrew GordonR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	12:22
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	67	10:10
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	14	15:40
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:52
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	–	18:18
23Scott HannanD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	18:21
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	-2	3	4	2	0	–	25:59

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Michal NeuvirthG	L	21	18	3	.857	59:19

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

26Blake WheelerR	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:44
37Patrice BergeronC	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	35	18:07
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	33	20:16
63Brad MarchandC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	07:18
21Andrew FerenceD	1	0	1	+2	2	3	3	0	–	21:40
54Adam McQuaidD	0	1	1	+2	1	3	5	5	–	14:53
55Johnny BoychukD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	23:21
11Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	55	12:24
17Milan LucicL	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	100	19:48
18Nathan HortonR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	17:33
19Tyler SeguinC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	12:01
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	10:24
28Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	19:27
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	12:46
91Marc SavardC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	12:12
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	–	24:11
44Dennis SeidenbergD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	19:14
47Steven KampferD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	16:41

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00
40Tuukka RaskG		0	0	0	–	00:00