Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 2016 · TD Garden

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2–1

Final/OT

SOG 30–34

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in overtime on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 34-30.

Goals came from Patrice Bergeron, Karl Alzner and Matt Niskanen.

Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 28 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	0	1	2	30
BOS	1	0	0	0	1	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Patrice Bergeron (26)Brad Marchand (18), Lee Stempniak (28)0–107:11 BOS

2nd period

Karl Alzner (4)Nicklas Backstrom (44), Alex Ovechkin (19)1–113:08 WSH

OT period

Matt Niskanen (5)Andre Burakovsky (19), Marcus Johansson (22)2–102:36 WSH

Team stats

WSHBOS

30Shots on goal34

47%Faceoff %53%

0/3Power play0/5

18Penalty minutes13

16Hits28

18Blocked shots14

9Giveaways15

9Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 16:40Adam McQuaid · fighting5 min
1st 16:40Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
2nd 00:53David Pastrnak · boarding2 min
2nd 05:36Alex Ovechkin · boarding5 min
2nd 05:36Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
2nd 08:47Tom Wilson · interference2 min
2nd 16:25Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 03:20Jay Beagle · tripping2 min
3rd 08:04John-Michael Liles · hooking2 min
3rd 14:59Zdeno Chara · roughing2 min
3rd 15:57T.J. Oshie · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	5	–	19:53
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	39	18:41
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	14:06
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	60	15:26
2Matt NiskanenD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	3	0	–	26:48
27Karl AlznerD	1	0	1	+1	2	3	3	0	–	20:51
10Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	13:52
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	14:57
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:32
26Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	12:35
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	–	11:47
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	50	17:24
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	67	09:48
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	67	18:20
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	12:15
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	21:36
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	22:30
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	13:34

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	W	34	33	1	.971	62:29
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

20Lee StempniakR	0	1	1	-1	3	1	1	0	–	15:21
37Patrice BergeronC	1	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	67	21:13
63Brad MarchandC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	–	17:41
11Jimmy HayesR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:51
14Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:09
21Loui ErikssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:08
29Landon FerraroC	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	10:27
39Matt BeleskeyL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:11
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	42	22:33
51Ryan SpoonerC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	57	17:22
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	60	12:47
88David PastrnakR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	12:27
26John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	–	21:38
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	2	–	24:24
44Dennis SeidenbergD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	20:23
47Torey KrugD	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	–	23:39
54Adam McQuaidD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	–	18:08
86Kevan MillerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	08:26

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Tuukka RaskG	O	30	28	2	.933	62:36
50Jonas GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00