Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 14, 2017 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 37–22.
Patrice Bergeron scored twice and Alex Chiasson scored twice. Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Backstrom, David Krejci and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Braden Holtby made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Anton Khudobin stopped 17 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakub Vrana (10)Matt Niskanen (7)1–017:34 WSH
2nd period
Patrice Bergeron (6)Brad Marchand (14), Danton Heinen (10)1–104:22 BOS · 
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Alex Ovechkin (13)2–112:05 WSH ·
3rd period
Alex Chiasson (5)Christian Djoos (3), John Carlson (21)3–107:52 WSH- Alex Chiasson (6)Unassisted4–111:31 WSH ·
David Krejci (5)Charlie McAvoy (12), Jake DeBrusk (8)4–216:20 BOS
Alex Ovechkin (22)Matt Niskanen (8)5–218:31 WSH · - Patrice Bergeron (7)David Pastrnak (14), Danton Heinen (11)5–319:33 BOS ·
Team stats
WSHBOS
2237
42%58%
1/42/5
2220
2031
1511
1814
1511
Penalties
- 2:57 into the first period
Patrice Bergeron · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 6:31 into the first periodAnders Bjork · holding2 min
- 14:04 into the first periodCharlie McAvoy · holding the stick2 min
- 15:02 into the first period
Nicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min - 3:31 into the second periodJakub Vrana · holding the stick2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodCharlie McAvoy · hooking2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodChandler Stephenson · hooking2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodDmitry Orlov · cross checking2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodBrad Marchand · cross checking2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodBrooks Orpik · interference2 min
- 18:31 into the third periodTom Wilson · misconduct10 min
- 18:31 into the third periodBrad Marchand · misconduct10 min
- 18:48 into the third periodLars Eller · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:46 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 09:09 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 25:20 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:36 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
Boston Bruins
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | 20:04 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 7 | 15:36 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 12:11 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:47 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:17 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | L | 21 | 4 | .810 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | – |