Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Playoffs · Friday, May 21, 2021 · TD Garden

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Final

SOG 20–37

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Friday, May 21, 2021 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 37-20.

Goals came from Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Charlie Coyle, Alex Ovechkin and Matt Grzelcyk.

Tuukka Rask made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 33 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	1	20
BOS	0	1	3	4	37

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Brad Marchand (3)David Pastrnak (3), Charlie McAvoy (3)0–108:00 BOS · PPG

3rd period

David Pastrnak (1)Charlie McAvoy (4), David Krejci (2)0–200:29 BOS · PPG
Charlie Coyle (1)Jake DeBrusk (1), Nick Ritchie (2)0–301:03 BOS
Alex Ovechkin (2)John Carlson (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–304:54 WSH · PPG
Matt Grzelcyk (1)Charlie McAvoy (5), Taylor Hall (1)1–414:50 BOS · PPG

Team stats

WSHBOS

20Shots on goal37

44%Faceoff %56%

1/7Power play3/5

14Penalty minutes18

38Hits34

11Blocked shots17

9Giveaways6

4Takeaways19

Penalties

1st 00:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 05:51Charlie Coyle · tripping2 min
1st 19:23Michael Raffl · tripping2 min
2nd 07:27Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 07:27Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
2nd 07:27Charlie Coyle · roughing2 min
2nd 11:01Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
2nd 14:03Jake DeBrusk · slashing2 min
2nd 17:43Patrice Bergeron · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 19:45Anthony Mantha · interference2 min
3rd 01:03Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
3rd 01:03Nick Ritchie · roughing2 min
3rd 01:03Brandon Carlo · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 04:16Brad Marchand · interference2 min
3rd 13:31Anthony Mantha · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 16:22Charlie Coyle · delaying game2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-1	4	6	0	0	–	21:12
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	40	20:11
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	–	24:24
17Michael RafflL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	07:49
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	14:53
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	09:33
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	44	14:31
39Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	33	18:37
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	2	100	19:16
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:57
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:56
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	57	19:50
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	25	18:02
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	19:46
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	14:59
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	16:26
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	17:29
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	14:11

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	L	37	33	4	.892	56:22
31Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

73Charlie McAvoyD	0	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	–	26:18
88David PastrnakR	1	1	2	0	6	2	1	0	–	14:12
13Charlie CoyleC	1	0	1	+1	2	6	2	6	60	18:07
21Nick RitchieL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	07:34
46David KrejciC	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	50	20:28
63Brad MarchandC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	19:46
71Taylor HallL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:19
74Jake DeBruskL	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	2	–	11:44
48Matt GrzelcykD	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:35
12Craig SmithC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:40
14Chris WagnerR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	100	08:40
20Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	63	10:34
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	2	69	17:14
52Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	11:53
6Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	–	18:42
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	–	23:11
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	0	–	21:46
86Kevan MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	08:30

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jeremy SwaymanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Tuukka RaskG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00