Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, January 20, 2022 · TD Garden

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3–4

Final

SOG 17–33

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 33-17.

David Pastrnak scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Lars Eller, Jake DeBrusk, Nicklas Backstrom and Charlie McAvoy also scored.

Linus Ullmark made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	17
BOS	1	1	2	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)Alex Ovechkin (29), Trevor van Riemsdyk (10)1–004:07 WSH
David Pastrnak (17)Taylor Hall (18), Erik Haula (10)1–104:57 BOS

2nd period

David Pastrnak (18)Matt Grzelcyk (13)1–208:37 BOS · PPG
Lars Eller (7)Connor McMichael (7)2–216:12 WSH

3rd period

Jake DeBrusk (6)Unassisted2–309:41 BOS
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Tom Wilson (17)3–310:17 WSH
Charlie McAvoy (6)Jake DeBrusk (6), Erik Haula (11)3–419:15 BOS · PPG

Team stats

WSHBOS

17Shots on goal33

45%Faceoff %55%

0/4Power play2/3

6Penalty minutes8

36Hits27

14Blocked shots17

7Giveaways10

9Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 08:14Taylor Hall · high sticking2 min
1st 14:22Brad Marchand · tripping2 min
2nd 04:33Erik Haula · hooking2 min
2nd 06:48Garnet Hathaway · interference2 min
2nd 12:38Craig Smith · tripping2 min
3rd 05:17Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
3rd 17:26Nic Dowd · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	3	4	0	0	–	20:05
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	18:24
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	1	4	0	0	33	16:52
24Connor McMichaelC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	11:39
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+1	1	4	1	0	–	20:59
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	64	20:32
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	–	22:02
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	16:12
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	33	13:12
45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:04
49Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	11:56
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	12:40
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	13:00
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	22:10
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:35
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	4	0	–	20:47
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	–	21:16
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	–	13:35

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	L	33	29	4	.879	59:22

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

56Erik HaulaL	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	2	50	16:32
74Jake DeBruskL	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	–	15:55
88David PastrnakR	2	0	2	-1	5	0	0	0	–	20:56
71Taylor HallL	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	2	100	18:16
48Matt GrzelcykD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	–	20:20
73Charlie McAvoyD	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	–	24:35
12Craig SmithC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	16:19
13Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	71	15:48
17Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	15:02
20Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	60	13:35
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	+1	4	3	1	0	65	18:45
63Brad MarchandL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	08:54
81Anton BlidhL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	03:26
92Tomas NosekL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	27	14:15
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	–	21:49
28Derek ForbortD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	16:35
58Urho VaakanainenD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	20:13
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	10:45

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG	W	17	14	3	.824	60:00
40Tuukka RaskG		0	0	0	–	00:00