Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 30, 2021 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 43-23.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Richard Panik, Nick Ritchie, Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy and Alex Ovechkin.
Vitek Vanecek made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (5)Unassisted0–118:06 WSH
2nd period
Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)Brenden Dillon (4), Nicklas Backstrom (7)0–205:22 WSH
Richard Panik (1)Tom Wilson (4), Alex Ovechkin (5)0–310:03 WSH · PPG
Nick Ritchie (4)David Krejci (6), Patrice Bergeron (4)1–317:32 BOS · PPG
3rd period
Brad Marchand (5)Charlie McAvoy (6), Patrice Bergeron (5)2–306:03 BOS
Charlie McAvoy (1)David Pastrnak (1), Patrice Bergeron (6)3–319:02 BOS
OT period
Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (8), John Carlson (7)3–400:28 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
43Shots on goal23
55%Faceoff %45%
1/4Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes8
15Hits38
10Blocked shots26
9Giveaways9
8Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 18:45
Richard Panik · tripping2 min - 2nd 08:39
David Krejci · hooking2 min - 2nd 16:43Garnet Hathaway · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:43Jakub Vrana · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:04Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:53 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 18:07 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:36 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:29 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 12Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:33 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:01 |
| 83Karson KuhlmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:19 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 67Jakub ZborilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | O | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 60:03 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:24 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:17 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:03 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 43 | 40 | 3 | .930 | 60:28 |