Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, November 5, 2015 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · NESN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 31-29.
Goals came from Jimmy Hayes, Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, John Carlson and Karl Alzner.
Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jimmy Hayes (4)Brett Connolly (3), Colin Miller (5)1–012:47 BOS · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (7)Evgeny Kuznetsov (9), John Carlson (9)1–117:27 WSH
2nd period
Brooks Laich (1)Dmitry Orlov (4), Michael Latta (1)1–204:10 WSH
John Carlson (3)Nicklas Backstrom (5), Justin Williams (8)1–307:21 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Karl Alzner (1)Unassisted1–418:10 WSH · EN
Team stats
BOSWSH
29Shots on goal31
57%Faceoff %43%
1/2Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes9
25Hits25
10Blocked shots19
9Giveaways12
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 10:55
Michael Latta · tripping2 min - 1st 12:52
Torey Krug · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 06:10Jimmy Hayes · slashing2 min
- 2nd 06:52Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:07Michael Latta · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:07Tyler Randell · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:26T.J. Oshie · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 48Colin MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 08:28 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:42 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 41Joonas KemppainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:45 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 64Tyler RandellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:59 |
| 76Alex KhokhlachevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 45Joe MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 58:48 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 25:20 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 21:56 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:25 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:54 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |