Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Preseason · Wednesday, October 6, 2021 · TD Garden
NHLN · NESN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 36–30.
Goals came from Charlie Coyle, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, Taylor Hall, T.J. Oshie, David Pastrnak and Anthony Mantha.
Vitek Vanecek made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Coyle (1)Craig Smith (1), Brad Marchand (2)0–107:28 BOS
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Garnet Hathaway (1)1–106:09 WSH
Tom Wilson (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Nick Jensen (1)2–107:05 WSH
Taylor Hall (1)Craig Smith (2), Charlie Coyle (1)2–213:17 BOS
3rd period
T.J. Oshie (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1)3–213:29 WSH · 
David Pastrnak (2)Erik Haula (3), Charlie McAvoy (2)3–316:31 BOS
Overtime
Anthony Mantha (1)T.J. Oshie (1), Justin Schultz (1)4–301:41 WSH
Team stats
WSHBOS
3036
39%61%
1/70/3
614
1720
66
34
84
Penalties
- 3:33 into the first period
Alex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min - 14:24 into the first period
Mike Reilly · cross checking2 min - 15:19 into the first periodNick Foligno · high sticking2 min
- 0:29 into the second periodDavid Pastrnak · tripping2 min
- 8:41 into the second periodMichal Kempny · high sticking2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodJake DeBrusk · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodConnor Clifton · cross checking2 min
- 12:31 into the third periodCharlie McAvoy · cross checking2 min
- 12:31 into the third periodCharlie McAvoy · interference2 min
- 17:04 into the third periodTrevor van Riemsdyk · tripping2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:27 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 23:25 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:36 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 60Zach FucaleG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Craig SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 71Taylor HallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:09 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:53 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 17Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:07 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 6Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:22 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 28Derek ForbortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Troy GrosenickG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | O | 30 | 4 | .867 |