Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, April 11, 2021 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 8-1 on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 35-33.
T.J. Oshie scored twice, Lars Eller scored twice and Conor Sheary scored twice. Nic Dowd, Tom Wilson and Craig Smith also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Dan Vladar stopped 25 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (13)Nicklas Backstrom (28), Evgeny Kuznetsov (14)1–007:33 WSH · PPG
Lars Eller (6)Carl Hagelin (7), Garnet Hathaway (10)2–007:49 WSH
Conor Sheary (9)Dmitry Orlov (6), Daniel Sprong (6)3–009:42 WSH
2nd period
- Conor Sheary (10)Tom Wilson (15), Jakub Vrana (14)4–004:41 WSH · PPG
Nic Dowd (8)Carl Hagelin (8)5–016:03 WSH
Tom Wilson (10)Alex Ovechkin (16), Justin Schultz (19)6–018:24 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Craig Smith (8)Jake DeBrusk (5), Charlie Coyle (9)6–103:00 BOS · PPG- T.J. Oshie (14)Nicklas Backstrom (29)7–110:13 WSH
- Lars Eller (7)T.J. Oshie (19), Brenden Dillon (13)8–113:14 WSH
Team stats
WSHBOS
33Shots on goal35
46%Faceoff %54%
3/6Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes17
13Hits25
9Blocked shots5
9Giveaways5
17Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:04
Chris Wagner · fighting5 min - 1st 00:04
Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min - 1st 00:27Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
- 1st 05:49Sean Kuraly · interference2 min
- 1st 13:34Daniel Sprong · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:57Craig Smith · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:34Justin Schultz · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:26David Pastrnak · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:33Jeremy Lauzon · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 02:01Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:49Charlie Coyle · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:32Steven Kampfer · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 20:12 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:24 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 10 | 21:44 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:27 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:37 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 81Anton BlidhL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:09 |
| 83Karson KuhlmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 54Jack AhcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 67Jakub ZborilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 84Jarred TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 80Dan VladarG | L | 33 | 25 | 8 | .758 | 59:46 |