Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Playoffs · Saturday, April 14, 2012 · TD Garden

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2–1

39–44

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 in overtime on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 44–39.

Goals came from Troy Brouwer, Benoit Pouliot and Nicklas Backstrom.

Braden Holtby made 43 saves on 44 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 37 of 39.

Goals
WSH	0	1	0	0	1	2	39
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	1	44

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Troy Brouwer (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Karl Alzner (1)1–017:57 WSH

3rd period

Benoit Pouliot (1)Brian Rolston (1), Chris Kelly (1)1–112:13 BOS

2nd overtime

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Marcus Johansson (1)2–102:56 WSH

Team stats

WSHBOS

3944

53%47%

0/30/2

46

4136

278

104

48

Penalties

1:13 into the first periodZdeno Chara · holding2 min
9:52 into the first periodMike Green · hooking2 min
12:35 into the first periodChris Kelly · hooking2 min
1:54 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · cross checking2 min
11:11 into the second periodBrad Marchand · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+1	3	5	1	0	–	28:01
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	3	0	58	30:03
20Troy BrouwerR	1	0	1	+1	3	6	0	0	–	23:23
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	1	1	+1	2	5	0	0	100	28:00
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	+1	3	5	5	0	–	31:11
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	33	25:00
23Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	13:21
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	13:55
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	33	12:36
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	+1	5	1	1	0	–	28:54
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	100	11:08
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	65	19:36
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33	14:56
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	20:36
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	4	2	–	30:55
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+2	4	3	3	2	–	33:28
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	3	0	–	14:16
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	31:21

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
35Dany SabourinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	44	43	1	.977	82:56

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

12Brian RolstonR	0	1	1	0	3	5	0	0	–	18:13
23Chris KellyC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	50	19:37
67Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:00
11Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	40	13:59
17Milan LucicL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	26:34
19Tyler SeguinC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	26:04
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	12:59
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	–	08:02
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	−1	4	5	0	0	58	25:12
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	11	27:57
49Rich PeverleyC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	63	26:40
63Brad MarchandC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	23:49
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:39
14Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	20:36
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	−1	2	4	1	0	–	29:35
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	–	33:44
44Dennis SeidenbergD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	33:55
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	−2	1	3	3	0	–	28:06

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Tim ThomasG	L	39	37	2	.949	82:56
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00