Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 2016 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 34-20.
Justin Williams scored twice. Daniel Winnik, Dominic Moore, David Pastrnak, Colin Miller and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 16 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Williams (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (8), Alex Ovechkin (7)0–100:23 WSH- Justin Williams (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)0–207:57 WSH
2nd period
Daniel Winnik (4)Jay Beagle (5)0–305:51 WSH
Dominic Moore (7)Anton Blidh (1)1–316:35 BOS
David Pastrnak (16)Unassisted2–319:00 BOS
3rd period
Colin Miller (2)Austin Czarnik (4), Brad Marchand (16)3–308:19 BOS · PPG
OT period
Nicklas Backstrom (8)Nate Schmidt (6), Marcus Johansson (8)3–401:36 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
34Shots on goal20
55%Faceoff %45%
1/3Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits24
7Blocked shots21
10Giveaways13
11Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 15:58
Lars Eller · hooking2 min - 1st 16:48
Patrice Bergeron · boarding2 min - 2nd 06:42Colin Miller · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:24Daniel Winnik · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:21Dominic Moore · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:21Jay Beagle · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:21Tom Wilson · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 27Austin CzarnikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 81Anton BlidhL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:10 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:22 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | O | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 61:36 |
Washington Capitals
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:04 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:53 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 61:36 |