Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Wednesday, March 3, 2021 · TD Garden

WashingtonCapitalsAway

2–1

Final/SO

SOG 28–19

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NBCSN

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in a shootout on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at TD Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 28-19.

Goals came from David Pastrnak and Lars Eller.

Vitek Vanecek made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 27 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	0	1	2	28
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	1	19

Three stars

Scoring

3rd period

David Pastrnak (10)Brad Marchand (14)0–101:19 BOS
Lars Eller (5)Richard Panik (5), Nick Jensen (7)1–106:14 WSH

SO period

Jakub VranaUnassisted2–100:00 WSH

Team stats

WSHBOS

28Shots on goal19

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes6

28Hits26

12Blocked shots9

7Giveaways7

7Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 02:23Charlie McAvoy · interference2 min
1st 14:19David Krejci · tripping2 min
1st 14:56Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
1st 19:49Richard Panik · interference2 min
3rd 14:30Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
3rd 14:30Trent Frederic · cross checking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Richard PanikR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	50	12:18
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	22	16:18
3Nick JensenD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	0	–	17:13
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-1	5	6	0	4	–	23:13
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:28
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	43	17:26
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	08:10
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	75	10:39
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	16:10
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:53
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	18:31
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	67	16:56
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	50	20:52
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:22
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	–	20:32
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:20
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	16:59
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	27:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	19	18	1	.947	64:39

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

63Brad MarchandC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:44
88David PastrnakR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	100	20:52
10Anders BjorkL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:18
11Trent FredericC	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	50	12:13
12Craig SmithC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	16:30
14Chris WagnerR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	67	07:42
21Nick RitchieL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	17:51
23Jack StudnickaC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44	13:33
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	63	19:04
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50	20:39
52Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	56	11:54
74Jake DeBruskL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	16:54
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	21:02
48Matt GrzelcykD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	21:34
67Jakub ZborilD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	22:13
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	24:25
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	16:48
84Jarred TinordiD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	16:41

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Tuukka RaskG	O	28	27	1	.964	65:00
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00