Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Playoffs · Saturday, April 21, 2012 · TD Garden

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4–3

32–37

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 37–32.

Goals came from Alexander Semin, Jay Beagle, Dennis Seidenberg, Brad Marchand, Mike Knuble, Johnny Boychuk and Troy Brouwer.

Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 28 of 32.

Goals
WSH	0	2	2	4	32
BOS	0	2	1	3	37

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Alexander Semin (1)Dennis Wideman (1), Marcus Johansson (1)1–011:16 WSH
Jay Beagle (1)Unassisted2–014:27 WSH
Dennis Seidenberg (1)Milan Lucic (1), David Krejci (1)2–117:21 BOS
Brad Marchand (1)Rich Peverley (1), Johnny Boychuk (1)2–217:49 BOS

3rd period

Mike Knuble (1)Joel Ward (1), John Erskine (1)3–203:21 WSH
Johnny Boychuk (1)Dennis Seidenberg (1), Brad Marchand (1)3–308:47 BOS ·
Troy Brouwer (1)John Carlson (1)4–318:33 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHBOS

3237

45%55%

1/21/3

108

2735

1911

86

73

Penalties

2:30 into the first periodJohn Carlson · interference goalkeeper2 min
10:20 into the first periodTroy Brouwer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:20 into the first periodDaniel Paille · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
11:40 into the first periodZdeno Chara · roughing2 min
15:42 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · hooking2 min
5:14 into the second periodJohnny Boychuk · roughing2 min
5:14 into the second periodTroy Brouwer · roughing2 min
7:29 into the third periodDennis Wideman · cross checking2 min
17:10 into the third periodBenoit Pouliot · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Troy BrouwerR	1	0	1	−1	2	3	1	4	–	13:33
22Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:31
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:42
42Joel WardR	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	09:32
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	62	15:43
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	50	16:11
4John ErskineD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	10:21
6Dennis WidemanD	0	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	–	17:56
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	4	3	3	2	–	25:05
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	5	5	0	0	–	15:34
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	52	20:33
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	30	15:44
23Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	33	09:19
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	13:59
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	+1	3	4	2	0	43	14:50
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	24:37
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	–	19:26
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	21:06

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

63Brad MarchandC	1	1	2	+1	5	1	2	0	–	16:54
44Dennis SeidenbergD	1	1	2	+1	3	3	2	0	–	26:53
55Johnny BoychukD	1	1	2	0	4	4	3	2	–	20:48
17Milan LucicL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	19:12
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	48	21:26
49Rich PeverleyC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	17:50
11Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	−2	2	3	0	0	83	11:52
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	67	13:28
19Tyler SeguinC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	–	19:16
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	2	100	09:54
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	−1	0	5	0	0	–	06:07
23Chris KellyC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	63	15:47
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	63	12:55
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	12:05
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	12:47
14Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	09:13
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	−2	7	2	0	0	–	20:09
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	3	6	1	2	–	27:03

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Tim ThomasG	L	32	28	4	.875	58:58
35Anton KhudobinG		0	0	0	–	00:00