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Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2024 · Capital One Arena

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1–3

Final

SOG 27–27

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at Capital One Arena.

Aliaksei Protas scored twice. Justin Brazeau and Jakob Chychrun also scored.

Logan Thompson made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS100127
Washington CapitalsWSH201327

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJakob ChychrunWSH · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starLogan ThompsonWSH · .963 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJeremy SwaymanBOS · .923 SV%

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
GoalBOS on iceWSH on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 1:21 · Brazeau

Fehérváry 0:37

1–1 WSH

1st 12:05 · Protas

Carlo 0:53

1–2 WSH

1st 17:11 · PP · Chychrun

Carlo 0:56

1–3 WSH

3rd 19:51 · EN · Protas

McAvoy 2:07

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BOSWSH
27Shots on goal27
52%Faceoff %48%
0/2Power play1/2
10Penalty minutes10
16Hits26
20Blocked shots28
19Giveaways17
0Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 16:56Mark Kastelic · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 19:47Charlie McAvoy · slashing2 min
  • 1st 19:47Connor McMichael · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 07:36Matt Roy · interference2 min
  • 2nd 15:11Jakob Chychrun · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 08:40Nikita Zadorov · interference2 min
  • 3rd 10:26Brandon Carlo · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:26Connor McMichael · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:26Charlie Coyle · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:26Andrew Mangiapane · roughing2 min

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