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Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals

Preseason · Friday, September 25, 2026 · Capital One Arena

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2–3

Final/OT

SOG 22–35

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime on Friday, September 25, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 35-22.

Goals came from Dylan Strome, Tom Wilson, Morgan Geekie, David Pastrnak and Jordan Kyrou.

Logan Thompson made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 32 of 35.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS0020222
Washington CapitalsWSH1101335

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJordan KyrouWSH · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTom WilsonWSH · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starDavid PastrnakBOS · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:45

1–2 · 3rd 3:40 · Geekie. Liljegren was 1:45 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 18:04 · PP · Strome

Long shift: Clifton 1:24

0–2 WSH

2nd 1:39 · PP · Wilson

Lindholm 0:37

1–2 BOS

3rd 3:40 · Geekie

Stuck out there: Liljegren 1:45

2–2 BOS

3rd 5:56 · PP · Pastrnak

Wilson 0:30

2–3 WSH

OT 0:11 · PP · Kyrou

Zacha 0:11

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

BOSWSH
22Shots on goal35
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play3/3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits17
11Blocked shots11
20Giveaways16
1Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 16:40Jonathan Aspirot · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 20:00Connor Clifton · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 13:09Cole Hutson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 04:23Alex Tuch · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 07:57Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 18:13Hampus Lindholm · holding2 min