Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 8, 2021 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 33-32.
Goals came from Jeremy Lauzon, Anton Blidh, Brad Marchand, Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie and Craig Smith.
Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jeremy Lauzon (1)Brad Marchand (28), Craig Smith (12)1–000:33 BOS
Anton Blidh (1)Unassisted2–016:02 BOS
2nd period
Brad Marchand (19)Patrice Bergeron (19)3–004:09 BOS · SHG
Alex Ovechkin (20)John Carlson (23), T.J. Oshie (17)3–110:08 WSH · PPG
T.J. Oshie (12)John Carlson (24), Nicklas Backstrom (27)3–210:27 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Craig Smith (7)Charlie Coyle (7), Jakub Zboril (8)4–216:55 BOS · PPG
Team stats
BOSWSH
32Shots on goal33
58%Faceoff %42%
1/4Power play2/7
21Penalty minutes15
19Hits26
18Blocked shots9
2Giveaways6
11Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 04:04
Tom Wilson · tripping2 min - 1st 13:27Brenden Dillon · cross checking2 min
- 1st 16:31
Charlie Coyle · hooking2 min - 1st 19:01Garnet Hathaway · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:01Nick Ritchie · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:01Nick Ritchie · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:44Jakub Zboril · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:39Anton Blidh · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:39Anton Blidh · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:04Jakub Zboril · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:45Carl Hagelin · boarding2 min
- 3rd 06:43Brad Marchand · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 06:43Garnet Hathaway · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 15:20Daniel Carr · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:55Brad Marchand · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Craig SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:43 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 81Anton BlidhL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:48 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:10 |
| 67Jakub ZborilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:56 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:21 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:48 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:06 |
| 83Karson KuhlmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |
| 80Dan VladarG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 28:38 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 22:40 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:11 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 28Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:13 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:23 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 57:45 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |