Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 28, 2017 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Capital One Arena.
David Backes scored twice. Noel Acciari, Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin and Brett Connolly also scored.
Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Anton Khudobin stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Backes (6)Riley Nash (12), Danton Heinen (16)1–001:23 BOS
Noel Acciari (3)Sean Kuraly (4)2–002:12 BOS
2nd period
Lars Eller (5)Tom Wilson (12)2–112:31 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (24)John Carlson (25), Evgeny Kuznetsov (27)2–214:07 WSH ·
3rd period
- David Backes (7)Danton Heinen (17), Jake DeBrusk (11)3–207:19 BOS
Brett Connolly (8)Lars Eller (12), Madison Bowey (8)3–311:22 WSH
Shootout
- Alex OvechkinUnassisted3–400:00 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
3434
55%45%
0/51/4
1315
1437
1319
1116
912
Penalties
- 5:11 into the first period
Sean Kuraly · roughing2 min - 5:11 into the first periodSean Kuraly · fighting5 min
- 5:11 into the first period
Brooks Orpik · fighting5 min - 8:54 into the first periodChristian Djoos · hooking2 min
- 14:41 into the first periodT.J. Oshie · slashing2 min
- 6:43 into the second periodBrett Connolly · tripping2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodTorey Krug · slashing2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodSean Kuraly · holding2 min
- 5:04 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
- 8:22 into the third periodDevante Smith-Pelly · holding2 min
- 11:22 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 42David BackesR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 15:47 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:01 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 09:05 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:00 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 24:35 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:07 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:48 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | O | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:36 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:00 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:53 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28:51 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:28 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 21:39 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |