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Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2026 · TD Garden

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1–3

Final

SOG 23–30

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 30-23.

Goals came from Pavel Zacha, Aliaksei Protas, Viktor Arvidsson and Elias Lindholm.

Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 27 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH010123
Boston BruinsBOS012330

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJeremy SwaymanBOS · .957 SV%
  2. ★2nd starViktor ArvidssonBOS · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starCharlie McAvoyBOS · 0G 1A

Scoring

2nd 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+
1:24

1–2 · 3rd 4:28 · Arvidsson. Wilson was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceBOS on ice

0–1 BOS

2nd 4:07 · PP · Zacha

Fehérváry 0:57

1–1 WSH

2nd 7:21 · Protas

Long shift: Steeves 1:23

1–2 BOS

3rd 4:28 · Arvidsson

Long shift: Wilson 1:24

1–3 BOS

3rd 19:36 · EN · Lindholm

Dubois 1:54

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
23Shots on goal30
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
20Blocked shots13
13Giveaways19
5Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 00:43Justin Sourdif · tripping2 min
  • 1st 07:49Nikita Zadorov · interference2 min
  • 1st 10:33Aliaksei Protas · holding2 min
  • 2nd 01:17Hampus Lindholm · holding2 min
  • 2nd 03:36Justin Sourdif · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 07:43Brandon Duhaime · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 13:24Tom Wilson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 17:54David Pastrnak · interference2 min
  • 2nd 19:41Ethen Frank · holding2 min

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