Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, January 5, 2016 · TD Garden
TVAS · CSN-DC · NESN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at TD Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 29-27.
Goals came from Andre Burakovsky, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Loui Eriksson, Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron.
Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 26 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andre Burakovsky (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (24), Aaron Ness (1)1–015:01 WSH
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)Nicklas Backstrom (24), Matt Niskanen (15)2–012:40 WSH · PPG
Loui Eriksson (14)Brett Connolly (9), Patrice Bergeron (22)2–115:26 BOS
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (10)Dmitry Orlov (11), Nate Schmidt (6)3–110:41 WSH
Patrice Bergeron (15)Ryan Spooner (18), Torey Krug (17)3–211:52 BOS · PPG
Team stats
WSHBOS
29Shots on goal27
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
26Hits33
16Blocked shots16
10Giveaways13
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 01:36
Karl Alzner · interference2 min - 1st 05:56Jason Chimera · roughing2 min
- 1st 09:13
Patrice Bergeron · interference2 min - 2nd 06:52Joonas Kemppainen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:40T.J. Oshie · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:36Zdeno Chara · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:13Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:41 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:12 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 27:19 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 55Aaron NessD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:43 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 23Zach SillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:57 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 49Stanislav GalievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:49 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 25:24 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 29Landon FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 41Joonas KemppainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 64Tyler RandellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 27:16 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 48Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:49 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 58:15 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |