Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, October 3, 2018 · Capital One Arena

BostonBruinsAway

0–7

Final

SOG 25–37

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBCSN · TVAS

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 7-0 on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 37-25.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Nic Dowd, John Carlson and Lars Eller also scored.

Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 14 of 19.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	0	0	0	0	25
WSH	2	4	1	7	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

T.J. Oshie (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Matt Niskanen (1)0–100:24 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)Unassisted0–201:47 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), T.J. Oshie (1)0–304:17 WSH · PPG
Nic Dowd (1)Nathan Walker (1), Devante Smith-Pelly (1)0–406:13 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)John Carlson (1), Braden Holtby (1)0–507:28 WSH · PPG
John Carlson (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3)0–615:45 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Lars Eller (1)Chandler Stephenson (1), Brooks Orpik (1)0–710:52 WSH

Team stats

BOSWSH

25Shots on goal37

68%Faceoff %32%

0/2Power play4/6

32Penalty minutes14

28Hits16

12Blocked shots15

3Giveaways10

5Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 01:45Sean Kuraly · tripping2 min
1st 08:26Jakub Vrana · slashing2 min
2nd 03:01Brad Marchand · tripping2 min
2nd 06:45Madison Bowey · fighting5 min
2nd 06:45Sean Kuraly · holding2 min
2nd 06:45Sean Kuraly · fighting5 min
2nd 13:54Kevan Miller · cross checking2 min
2nd 15:27David Backes · slashing2 min
3rd 08:25Madison Bowey · cross checking2 min
3rd 13:54Lars Eller · fighting5 min
3rd 13:54Brad Marchand · instigator2 min
3rd 13:54Brad Marchand · fighting5 min
3rd 13:54Brad Marchand · misconduct10 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

14Chris WagnerR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50	13:10
17Ryan DonatoC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:38
20Joakim NordstromC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	14:00
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	80	15:23
42David BackesR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	50	15:18
43Danton HeinenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:18
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	15:49
52Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	67	13:06
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	58	12:58
63Brad MarchandC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	19	–	14:56
74Jake DeBruskL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:01
88David PastrnakR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	15:26
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:06
27John MooreD	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	18:23
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	-2	3	2	2	0	–	18:36
48Matt GrzelcykD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	22:08
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	0	–	20:51
86Kevan MillerD	0	0	0	-1	1	6	3	2	–	20:01

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Tuukka RaskG	L	19	14	5	.737	27:28
41Jaroslav HalakG		18	16	2	.889	32:32

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	+1	0	1	0	0	28	17:12
8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	–	16:27
77T.J. OshieR	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	0	–	17:16
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	40	19:15
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	2	0	–	24:06
18Chandler StephensonC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	14:14
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	5	27	14:22
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	13:31
26Nic DowdC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	50	11:38
79Nathan WalkerL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	11:10
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	–	21:48
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	15:58
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	100	15:05
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	16:11
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	14:04
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	22:00
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	7	–	14:24
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:23

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	25	25	0	1.000	59:56