Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Preseason · Tuesday, October 3, 2023 · TD Garden
NHLN · MNMT · NESN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at TD Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 41–20.
Goals came from Connor McMichael, James van Riemsdyk, Mason Lohrei, Tom Wilson, Sonny Milano, Milan Lucic, John Carlson, Matthew Poitras and Matthew Phillips.
Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 36 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Connor McMichael (1)John Carlson (1), Tom Wilson (2)1–000:26 WSH
James van Riemsdyk (1)David Pastrnak (1), Pavel Zacha (2)1–100:53 BOS
Mason Lohrei (1)Milan Lucic (1), Charlie McAvoy (2)1–202:42 BOS
Tom Wilson (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–207:51 WSH · 
Sonny Milano (2)Dylan Strome (3)3–215:57 WSH
2nd period
Milan Lucic (1)Jakub Lauko (1), John Beecher (1)3–308:23 BOS
3rd period
John Carlson (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), Dylan Strome (4)4–300:43 WSH · 
Matthew Poitras (2)Derek Forbort (1), Brad Marchand (1)4–404:57 BOS
Overtime
Matthew Phillips (2)John Carlson (2)5–404:04 WSH
Team stats
WSHBOS
4120
46%54%
2/30/4
86
1631
1414
69
96
Penalties
- 6:51 into the first period
James van Riemsdyk · roughing2 min - 8:24 into the first period
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · tripping2 min - 5:37 into the second periodAliaksei Protas · hooking2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodTom Wilson · hooking2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodDanton Heinen · slashing2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodCharlie McAvoy · interference2 min
- 11:31 into the third periodTrevor van Riemsdyk · holding2 min
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 26:58 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:51 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:53 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 10 | 15:14 |
| 45Matthew PhillipsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:53 |
| 2Vincent IorioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 4Hardy Haman AktellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:52 |
| 46Lucas JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Hunter ShepardG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
Boston Bruins
| 17Milan LucicL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:28 |
| 18Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 19John BeecherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 51Matthew PoitrasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 63Brad MarchandL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 94Jakub LaukoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 6Mason LohreiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:40 |
| 28Derek ForbortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 20Jayson MegnaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 52Trevor KuntarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:27 |
| 12Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 67Jakub ZborilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Brandon BussiG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | O | 41 | 5 | .878 |