Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Sunday, April 22, 2012 · Verizon Center

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4–3

31–39

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 39–31.

Goals came from Rich Peverley, Mike Green, David Krejci, Jason Chimera, Andrew Ference, Alex Ovechkin and Tyler Seguin.

Tim Thomas made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 27 of 31.

Goals
BOS	2	0	1	1	4	31
WSH	1	1	1	0	3	39

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Rich Peverley (1)Andrew Ference (1), Patrice Bergeron (1)1–005:56 BOS
Mike Green (1)Joel Ward (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)1–109:47 WSH
David Krejci (1)Milan Lucic (1), Rich Peverley (1)2–116:48 BOS ·

2nd period

Jason Chimera (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Roman Hamrlik (2)2–219:18 WSH

3rd period

Andrew Ference (1)Tyler Seguin (1)3–211:57 BOS
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–315:08 WSH

Overtime

Tyler Seguin (1)Milan Lucic (2), David Krejci (1)4–303:17 BOS

Team stats

BOSWSH

3139

49%51%

1/50/4

1012

3734

912

614

816

Penalties

10:01 into the first periodPatrice Bergeron · tripping2 min
12:54 into the first periodJason Chimera · hooking2 min
16:02 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
17:18 into the first periodChris Kelly · holding the stick2 min
1:57 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
1:57 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
15:44 into the second periodPatrice Bergeron · high sticking2 min
19:22 into the second periodBenoit Pouliot · slashing2 min
19:22 into the second periodTroy Brouwer · roughing2 min
19:39 into the second periodMatt Hendricks · tripping2 min
8:50 into the third periodBenoit Pouliot · roughing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

17Milan LucicL	0	2	2	+2	2	4	0	0	50	22:13
19Tyler SeguinC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	17:32
46David KrejciC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	50	23:56
49Rich PeverleyC	1	1	2	−1	2	1	1	0	54	22:36
21Andrew FerenceD	1	1	2	+2	1	4	0	0	–	20:49
37Patrice BergeronC	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	4	100	19:41
11Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	36	08:30
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	67	15:03
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	05:42
23Chris KellyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	43	16:14
38Jordan CaronR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	04:56
63Brad MarchandC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	50	18:46
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	10:45
6Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	09:06
27Mike MottauD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	09:21
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	−1	0	5	2	0	–	30:33
44Dennis SeidenbergD	0	0	0	−1	3	6	0	0	–	27:03
55Johnny BoychukD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0	–	23:46

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Tim ThomasG	W	39	36	3	.923	63:10
40Tuukka RaskG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	−1	3	2	1	0	44	23:03
44Roman HamrlikD	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	0	–	22:20
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	7	2	0	4	–	22:34
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	09:49
42Joel WardR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	100	08:46
52Mike GreenD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	17:03
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	100	16:29
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	53	18:46
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	05:58
23Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	57	10:31
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	43	16:15
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	1	2	–	16:02
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	59	18:48
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	40	21:36
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	08:03
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	24:20
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	24:21
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	−2	2	4	3	0	–	20:59

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	31	27	4	.871	63:13