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Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins

NHL
Capitals
13-6-4, 30 PTS
1-5
Final
Bruins
13-5-3, 29 PTS
TD Garden
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

WSH shoots leftBOS shoots right

Shots on goal

1st2nd3rdT
WSH1281232
BOS810725

In net

Vitek Vanecek14/18 SV, .778
Jaroslav Halak31/32 SV, .969
Team123T
WSH0011
BOS1315

Who won: Bruins 5-1

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Friday, March 5, 2021 at TD Garden. The series is tied 2-2. The Bruins outscored the Capitals 3-0 in the 2nd period. Brad Marchand led the Bruins in goals (2). Nicklas Backstrom led the Capitals in assists (1).

Player of the game

Brad Marchand

BOS · 2 G, 1 A, 2 SOG

8.9

Deserved to win

57%
WSH · 2.99 xG
43%
BOS · 2.61 xG

Capitals deserved better: 57% on chances, lost 1-5

Play by play

  1. End of the 3rd period
  2. P3 0:00Nicklas Backstrom

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    N. Backstrom · 1 A

  3. P3 0:10John Carlson

    Shot blocked by J. DeBrusk

    Blocked

    J. Carlson

  4. P3 0:16Jakub Vrana

    Missed the net

    Missed

    J. Vrana · 1 G

  5. P3 1:20T.J. Oshie

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    T.J. Oshie · 1 A

  6. P3 1:20Chris Wagner

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    C. Wagner

  7. P3 1:31Charlie McAvoy
    TO

    Giveaway

    C. McAvoy · 2 A

  8. P3 1:42Nick Jensen
    TO

    Takeaway

    N. Jensen

  9. P3 5:26Zdeno Chara

    Big hit on A. Bjork

    Hit

    Z. Chara

  10. GOALP3 6:24
    Jakub Vrana

    Goal!

    J. Vrana · 1 G

    Goal

    WSH 1 - 5 BOS
  11. P3 6:34T.J. Oshie
    TO

    Takeaway

    T.J. Oshie · 1 A

  12. P3 7:23Zdeno Chara

    Big hit on J. Studnicka

    Hit

    Z. Chara

  13. P3 8:31Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Face off

    Face Off

  14. P3 8:31Matt Grzelcyk
    TO

    Giveaway

    M. Grzelcyk · 1 A

  15. P3 10:19Tom Wilson

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    T. Wilson

  16. P3 13:09Anders Bjork

    Missed the net

    Missed

    A. Bjork

  17. P3 16:33T.J. Oshie

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    T.J. Oshie · 1 A

  18. GOALP3 18:55
    Nick Ritchie

    Goal!

    N. Ritchie · 1 G

    Goal

    WSH 0 - 5 BOS
  19. P3 19:08Jarred Tinordi

    Missed the net

    Missed

    J. Tinordi

  20. P3 19:24Nicklas Backstrom

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    N. Backstrom · 1 A

  21. Start of the 3rd period
  22. End of the 2nd period
  23. P2 0:04Alex Ovechkin

    Big hit on C. Clifton

    Hit

    A. Ovechkin

  24. P2 0:35Trent Frederic

    Missed the net

    Missed

    T. Frederic · 1 G

  25. P2 1:11Richard Panik
    TO

    Giveaway

    R. Panik

Leaders

WSHBOS
Goals
-
Brad Marchand
2
Assists
Nicklas Backstrom
1
Charlie McAvoy
2
Points
Nicklas Backstrom
1
Brad Marchand
3

Season seriesSeries tied 2-2

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