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Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Preseason · Sunday, September 21, 2025 · TD Garden

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5–2

Final

SOG 27–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 31-27.

Sonny Milano scored twice. Morgan Geekie, Hendrix Lapierre, Bogdan Trineyev, Patrick Brown and Ryan Chesley also scored.

Logan Thompson made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Michael DiPietro stopped 16 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH410527
Boston BruinsBOS110231

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
1:37

4–2 · 2nd 3:35 · Brown. Miroshnichenko was 1:37 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceBOS on ice

0–1 BOS

1st 6:17 · Geekie

Dowd 0:16

1–1 WSH

1st 6:48 · Milano

Zadorov 0:31

2–1 WSH

1st 11:33 · Lapierre

Lindholm 0:07

3–1 WSH

1st 15:31 · Milano

Soderstrom 0:27

4–1 WSH

1st 16:18 · Trineyev

Poitras 0:30

4–2 BOS

2nd 3:35 · Brown

Stuck out there: Miroshnichenko 1:37

5–2 WSH

2nd 8:45 · Chesley

McAvoy 0:41

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

WSHBOS
27Shots on goal31
50%Faceoff %50%
0/0Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes0
27Hits28
23Blocked shots10
7Giveaways5
1Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 12:55Ryan Chesley · kneeing2 min
  • 2nd 17:09Eriks Mateiko · holding2 min
  • 3rd 09:56Henrik Rybinski · high sticking2 min