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Boston Bruins Game Notes
Thu, Jan 20, 2022 NHL Game #704
Boston Bruins
Team Game: 37 Home Game: 21
22 - 12 - 2 (46 pts)
12 - 7 - 1 (Home) 10 - 5 - 1 (Road)
Washington Capitals
Team Game: 41 Road Game: 20
22 - 9 - 9 (53 pts)
11 - 5 - 5 (Home) 11 - 4 - 4 (Road)
# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%
35 Linus Ullmark 19 13 5 0 2.52 .917
40 Tuukka Rask 2 1 1 0 5.27 .821
# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%
30 Ilya Samsonov 21 13 4 3 2.77 .903
41 Vitek Vanecek 19 8 4 5 2.49 .911
# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM
6 D Mike Reilly 32 4 5 9 4 6
12 C Craig Smith 29 5 8 13 -2 8
13 C Charlie Coyle 36 8 8 16 -3 14
17 L Nick Foligno 23 1 5 6 -6 26
20 C Curtis Lazar 29 5 6 11 4 4
25 D Brandon Carlo 34 3 3 6 2 14
28 D Derek Forbort 33 4 3 7 -1 11
37 C Patrice Bergeron 35 12 19 31 8 22
48 D Matt Grzelcyk 34 2 12 14 4 14
55 D Tyler Lewington 2 0 0 0 -1 7
56 L Erik Haula 35 3 9 12 0 21
58 D Urho Vaakanainen 6 0 4 4 4 2
62 C Oskar Steen 12 1 4 5 1 0
63 L Brad Marchand 31 20 23 43 4 51
71 L Taylor Hall 36 8 17 25 2 16
73 D Charlie McAvoy 33 5 19 24 8 25
74 L Jake DeBrusk 31 5 5 10 -5 2
75 D Connor Clifton 23 1 1 2 -2 17
81 L Anton Blidh 19 2 6 8 1 4
88 R David Pastrnak 36 16 16 32 6 12
92 L Tomas Nosek 30 3 5 8 2 12
# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM
2 D Justin Schultz 35 2 6 8 0 6
3 D Nick Jensen 38 3 8 11 20 8
8 L Alex Ovechkin 40 27 28 55 15 6
9 D Dmitry Orlov 38 5 14 19 17 32
10 R Daniel Sprong 34 6 5 11 2 4
19 C Nicklas Backstrom 7 0 5 5 0 0
20 C Lars Eller 33 6 12 18 4 18
21 R Garnet Hathaway 35 7 7 14 10 22
23 C Michael Sgarbossa 10 2 2 4 3 0
24 C Connor McMichael 37 5 6 11 -2 6
26 C Nic Dowd 27 5 5 10 3 20
38 D Dennis Cholowski 6 0 1 1 -3 2
42 D Martin Fehervary 37 3 3 6 14 12
43 R Tom Wilson 36 12 16 28 9 56
49 R Brett Leason 28 3 3 6 1 2
52 D Matt Irwin 10 0 2 2 -1 4
57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 35 0 9 9 -3 10
59 C Aliaksei Protas 28 3 6 9 5 0
62 L Carl Hagelin 38 2 5 7 5 18
77 R T.J. Oshie 18 5 8 13 -4 8
92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 37 12 27 39 11 16
President/Alternate Governor: Cam Neely
General Manager: Don Sweeney
Assistant General Manager/Director of Legal Affairs::
Evan Gold
Head Coach: Bruce Cassidy
Assistant Coaches: Joe Sacco, Kevin Dean, Chris Kelly, Bob Essensa (Goaltending), Mathew Myers (Video Coordator), Sean Andrake (Asst. Video Coordinator)
Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan
Head Coach Peter Laviolette
Assistant Coaches Scott Arniel, Blaine Forsythe, Kevin McCarthy, Brett Leonhardt (Video)
Goaltending Coach Scott Murray
Video Coordinator Jared Elenberger
Tonight's Officials
Referees Kyle Rehman (10), Kendrick Nicholson (30) Linesmen Bevan Mills (53), David Brisebois (96)
Supervisor Video Judge Chuck Napoli
Ntl. Anthem Todd Angilly
Today's Schedule
COL @ LAK : 6:30 WSH @ BOS : 7:00 DAL @ BUF : 7:00 FLA @ EDM : 7:00 WPG @ NSH : 7:00 CBJ @ PHI : 7:00 OTT @ PIT : 7:00 SJS @ SEA : 7:00 MTL @ VGK : 7:00
Boston Bruins: Roster
Active (23 Players)
# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birthplace
6 Mike Reilly D 6' 2" 198 Jul 13, 1993 Chicago, IL, USA
12 Craig Smith C 6' 0" 207 Sep 5, 1989 Madison, WI, USA
13 Charlie Coyle C 6' 3" 214 Mar 2, 1992 East Weymouth, MA, USA
17 Nick Foligno L 6' 0" 210 Oct 31, 1987 Buffalo, NY, USA
20 Curtis Lazar C 6' 0" 194 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN
25 Brandon Carlo D 6' 6" 217 Nov 26, 1996 Colorado Springs, CO, USA
28 Derek Forbort D 6' 4" 219 Mar 4, 1992 Duluth, MN, USA
35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 208 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE
37 Patrice Bergeron C 6' 1" 197 Jul 24, 1985 L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
40 Tuukka Rask G 6' 3" 176 Mar 10, 1987 Savonlinna, FIN
48 Matt Grzelcyk D 5' 9" 178 Jan 5, 1994 Charlestown, MA, USA
55 Tyler Lewington D 6' 2" 195 Dec 5, 1994 Edmonton, AB, CAN
56 Erik Haula L 5' 11" 191 Mar 23, 1991 Pori, FIN
58 Urho Vaakanainen D 6' 2" 200 Jan 1, 1999 Joensuu, FIN
62 Oskar Steen C 5' 9" 199 Mar 9, 1998 Karlstad, SWE
63 Brad Marchand L 5' 9" 181 May 11, 1988 Halifax, NS, CAN
71 Taylor Hall L 6' 1" 207 Nov 14, 1991 Calgary, AB, CAN
73 Charlie McAvoy D 6' 1" 206 Dec 21, 1997 Long Beach, NY, USA
74 Jake DeBrusk L 6' 0" 196 Oct 17, 1996 Edmonton, AB, CAN
75 Connor Clifton D 5' 11" 191 Apr 28, 1995 Long Branch, NJ, USA
81 Anton Blidh L 6' 1" 189 Mar 14, 1995 Molnlycke, SWE
88 David Pastrnak R 6' 0" 189 May 25, 1996 Havirov, CZE
92 Tomas Nosek L 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1992 Pardubice, CZE
23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 198 Age: 28.8
Injured Reserve List (3 Players)
11 Trent Frederic C 6' 3" 210 Feb 11, 1998 St. Louis, MO, USA
27 John Moore D 6' 3" 207 Nov 19, 1990 Winnetka, IL, USA
67 Jakub Zboril D 6' 1" 191 Feb 21, 1997 Brno, CZE
Goal Streaks
No active streaks
Assist Streaks
David Pastrnak (2 / 2 Games) Charlie McAvoy (4 / 3 Games)
Point Streaks
Charlie McAvoy (0-4-4 / 3 Games) David Pastrnak (3-2-5 / 3 Games) Patrice Bergeron (1-2-3 / 2 Games)
Washington Capitals: Roster
Active (23 Players)
# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birthplace
2 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 188 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN
3 Nick Jensen D 6' 1" 205 Sep 21, 1990 Rogers, MN, USA
8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 238 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS
9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 214 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS
10 Daniel Sprong R 6' 0" 193 Mar 17, 1997 Amsterdam, NLD
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 202 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE
20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 205 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK
21 Garnet Hathaway R 6' 3" 208 Nov 23, 1991 Kennebunkport, ME, USA
23 Michael Sgarbossa C 6' 0" 179 Jul 25, 1992 Campbellville, ON, CAN
24 Connor McMichael C 6' 0" 180 Jan 15, 2001 Ajax, ON, CAN
26 Nic Dowd C 6' 1" 193 May 27, 1990 Huntsville, AL, USA
30 Ilya Samsonov G 6' 3" 200 Feb 22, 1997 Magnitogorsk, RUS
38 Dennis Cholowski D 6' 2" 197 Feb 15, 1998 Langley, BC, CAN
41 Vitek Vanecek G 6' 2" 184 Jan 9, 1996 Havlickuv Brod, CZE
42 Martin Fehervary D 6' 2" 199 Oct 6, 1999 Bratislava, SVK
43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 220 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN
49 Brett Leason R 6' 5" 218 Apr 30, 1999 Calgary, AB, CAN
52 Matt Irwin D 6' 2" 200 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6' 3" 191 Jul 24, 1991 Middletown, NJ, USA
59 Aliaksei Protas C 6' 6" 225 Jan 6, 2001 Vitebsk, BLR
62 Carl Hagelin L 6' 0" 183 Aug 23, 1988 Sodertalje, SWE
77 T.J. Oshie R 6' 0" 187 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 2" 207 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS
23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 200 Age: 28.9
Injured Reserve List (1 Players)
39 Anthony Mantha R 6' 5" 234 Sep 16, 1994 Longueuil, QC, CAN
Goal Streaks
Tom Wilson (3 / 3 Games) Alex Ovechkin (3 / 3 Games)
Assist Streaks
Justin Schultz (2 / 2 Games) Evgeny Kuznetsov (5 / 4 Games)
Point Streaks
Justin Schultz (0-2-2 / 2 Games) Tom Wilson (3-1-4 / 3 Games) Evgeny Kuznetsov (1-5-6 / 5 Games) Alex Ovechkin (3-2-5 / 5 Games)
Boston Bruins: Season Statistics
Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks
L 63 Brad Marchand 31 20 23 43 4 51 6 2 3 98 20.4 19:29 35.71 47 12
R 88 David Pastrnak 36 16 16 32 6 12 7 0 3 160 10.0 19:05 46.15 27 6
C 37 Patrice Bergeron 35 12 19 31 8 22 5 0 2 135 8.9 18:18 62.44 46 26
L 71 Taylor Hall 36 8 17 25 2 16 3 0 1 85 9.4 16:07 50.00 21 21
D 73 Charlie McAvoy 33 5 19 24 8 25 2 0 1 68 7.4 24:12 0.00 68 59
C 13 Charlie Coyle 36 8 8 16 -3 14 1 0 3 59 13.6 17:27 46.38 49 18
D 48 Matt Grzelcyk 34 2 12 14 4 14 0 0 1 68 2.9 19:11 0.00 15 40
C 12 Craig Smith 29 5 8 13 -2 8 0 0 1 76 6.6 14:34 25.00 34 10
L 56 Erik Haula 35 3 9 12 0 21 0 0 1 60 5.0 14:51 50.30 71 17
C 20 Curtis Lazar 29 5 6 11 4 4 0 0 0 38 13.2 12:02 46.61 71 14
L 74 Jake DeBrusk 31 5 5 10 -5 2 2 0 3 67 7.5 13:54 50.00 14 9
D 6 Mike Reilly 32 4 5 9 4 6 0 1 0 59 6.8 18:53 0.00 46 27
L 92 Tomas Nosek 30 3 5 8 2 12 0 0 1 36 8.3 13:38 54.79 28 14
L 81 Anton Blidh 19 2 6 8 1 4 0 0 0 13 15.4 10:52 0.00 49 11
D 28 Derek Forbort 33 4 3 7 -1 11 0 0 1 32 12.5 18:24 0.00 47 36
D 25 Brandon Carlo 34 3 3 6 2 14 0 0 0 65 4.6 19:36 0.00 61 40
L 17 Nick Foligno 23 1 5 6 -6 26 0 0 0 41 2.4 14:32 55.00 62 11
C 11 Trent Frederic 24 2 3 5 3 29 0 0 0 29 6.9 10:12 40.54 47 4
C 62 Oskar Steen 12 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 15 6.7 10:49 0.00 19 3
D 58 Urho Vaakanainen 6 0 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 19:49 0.00 6 5
D 67 Jakub Zboril 10 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 13 0.0 15:43 0.00 24 10
D 75 Connor Clifton 23 1 1 2 -2 17 0 0 0 30 3.3 16:52 0.00 67 25
C 83 Karson Kuhlman 19 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 4.5 10:13 0.00 42 7
C 23 Jack Studnicka 5 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 5 0.0 11:53 50.00 8 0
D 27 John Moore 7 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 7 0.0 17:34 0.00 9 11
R 38 Jesper Froden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 12:59 0.00 3 1
D 54 Jack Ahcan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 14:18 0.00 4 1
D 55 Tyler Lewington 2 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 0 2 0.0 12:26 0.00 1 2
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM
1 Jeremy Swayman 16 957 2.26 8 6 2 1 36 404 .918 0 0 4
35 Linus Ullmark 19 1118 2.52 13 5 0 0 47 521 .917 0 1 2
40 Tuukka Rask 2 80 5.27 1 1 0 0 7 32 .821 0 0 0
Washington Capitals: Season Statistics
Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks
L 8 Alex Ovechkin 40 27 28 55 15 6 7 1 3 185 14.6 21:56 60.00 54 9
C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 37 12 27 39 11 16 2 2 3 94 12.8 21:37 42.92 15 15
D 74 John Carlson 38 8 24 32 12 6 3 0 1 93 8.6 23:42 0.00 29 47
R 43 Tom Wilson 36 12 16 28 9 56 2 1 3 66 18.2 19:20 47.82 105 27
L 73 Conor Sheary 31 10 9 19 0 4 1 0 3 58 17.2 15:47 42.85 17 16
D 9 Dmitry Orlov 38 5 14 19 17 32 1 0 3 59 8.5 21:01 0.00 66 42
C 20 Lars Eller 33 6 12 18 4 18 0 0 0 56 10.7 17:28 48.98 31 20
R 21 Garnet Hathaway 35 7 7 14 10 22 0 0 2 68 10.3 13:49 46.66 126 21
R 77 T.J. Oshie 18 5 8 13 -4 8 1 0 1 27 18.5 17:34 38.23 36 11
R 10 Daniel Sprong 34 6 5 11 2 4 0 0 0 77 7.8 12:55 0.00 24 9
C 24 Connor McMichael 37 5 6 11 -2 6 0 0 0 65 7.7 10:48 39.38 27 12
D 3 Nick Jensen 38 3 8 11 20 8 0 0 0 50 6.0 19:32 0.00 68 49
C 26 Nic Dowd 27 5 5 10 3 20 0 0 0 36 13.9 14:29 49.63 61 23
C 59 Aliaksei Protas 28 3 6 9 5 0 0 0 0 32 9.4 12:17 44.80 16 10
D 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 35 0 9 9 -3 10 0 0 0 42 0.0 17:58 0.00 18 62
D 2 Justin Schultz 35 2 6 8 0 6 1 0 1 37 5.4 17:06 0.00 15 42
L 62 Carl Hagelin 38 2 5 7 5 18 0 0 0 53 3.8 14:12 27.27 22 8
D 42 Martin Fehervary 37 3 3 6 14 12 0 1 0 43 7.0 19:12 0.00 100 52
R 49 Brett Leason 28 3 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 36 8.3 09:06 37.50 10 11
R 39 Anthony Mantha 10 2 4 6 0 4 0 0 0 16 12.5 13:52 0.00 7 6
C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 7 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.0 17:27 50.00 4 2
C 23 Michael Sgarbossa 10 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 11 18.2 09:53 56.94 7 2
D 52 Matt Irwin 10 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 20 0.0 13:01 0.00 21 11
C 29 Hendrix Lapierre 6 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 7 14.3 09:35 26.08 1 2
C 40 Garrett Pilon 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100.0 09:24 44.44 2 0
L 47 Beck Malenstyn 12 1 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 10 10.0 09:02 14.28 34 7
D 6 Michal Kempny 3 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 19:44 0.00 6 5
D 22 Lucas Johansen 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12:18 0.00 0 0
D 38 Dennis Cholowski 6 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 13:40 0.00 3 8
L 45 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby 8 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 9 0.0 11:53 25.00 6 3
C 91 Joe Snively 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 06:53 0.00 1 0
D 27 Alexander Alexeyev 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 10:35 0.00 1 0
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM
1 Pheonix Copley - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 Ilya Samsonov 21 1191 2.77 13 4 3 3 55 511 .903 0 0 0
41 Vitek Vanecek 19 1061 2.49 8 4 5 1 44 451 .911 0 0 0
60 Zach Fucale 4 172 1.75 1 1 1 1 5 61 .924 0 0 0
Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins
Team Records
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Last game: Tuesday vs WINNIPEG (3-4 W) Tuesday vs CAROLINA (7-1 L)
Next game: Saturday vs OTTAWA Saturday vs WINNIPEG
Overall record/streak: 22 - 9 - 9 / Won 1 22 - 12 - 2 / Lost 1
Home record/streak: 11 - 5 - 5 / Won 1 12 - 7 - 1 / Lost 1
Road record/streak: 11 - 4 - 4 / Won 1 10 - 5 - 1 / Won 3
Last 5 Games: 2 - 2 - 1 4 - 1 - 0
Last 10 Games: 4 - 4 - 2 8 - 2 - 0
1-Goal Games: 5 - 4 - 9 8 - 2 - 2
2-Goal Games: 10 - 2 4 - 2
3-Goal Games: 7 - 3 10 - 8
Scoring first: 17 - 7 - 4 15 - 5 - 0
Opponent scoring first: 5 - 2 - 5 7 - 7 - 2
Leading after 1 period: 13 - 4 - 1 16 - 0 - 0
Trailing after 1 period: 2 - 1 - 5 3 - 7 - 1
Tied after 1 period: 7 - 4 - 3 3 - 5 - 1
Leading after 2 periods: 14 - 2 - 3 16 - 1 - 0
Trailing after 2 periods: 1 - 7 - 4 3 - 9 - 2
Tied after 2 periods: 7 - 0 - 2 3 - 2 - 0
OT Record - This Season: 3 - 9 3 - 2
OT Record - Franchise: 224 - 203 - 185 217 - 233 - 216
Shootout Record - This Season: 2 - 2 1 - 1
Shootout Record - Franchise: 2 - 2 1 - 1
Outshooting opponent: 15 - 5 - 5 17 - 9 - 2
Outshot by opponent: 7 - 3 - 3 5 - 3 - 0
Even shots: 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0
vs. Atlantic: 7 - 3 - 3 10 - 3 - 1
vs. Metropolitan: 7 - 2 - 1 5 - 5 - 0
vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 14 - 5 - 4 15 - 8 - 1
vs. Central: 5 - 1 - 3 3 - 1 - 0
vs. Pacific: 3 - 3 - 2 4 - 3 - 1
vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 8 - 4 - 5 7 - 4 - 1
Month by Month Record
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points
October: 5-0-3 13 4-3-0 8
November: 9-4-2 20 7-5-0 14
December: 6-2-2 14 3-2-2 8
January: 2-3-2 6 8-2-0 16
Totals: 22-9-9 53 22-12-2 46
Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins
Situations
Goals by Period
1 2 3 OT T Avg
Washington Capitals: 39 44 47 1 131 (3.3 avg.)
Opponents: 24 47 31 7 109 (2.7 avg.)
Boston Bruins: 38 35 36 2 111 (3.1 avg.)
Opponents: 30 34 31 1 96 (2.7 avg.)
Shots by Period
1 2 3 OT T Avg
Washington Capitals: 439 408 410 19 1276 (31.9 avg.)
Opponents: 378 363 369 21 1131 (28.3 avg.)
Boston Bruins: 417 441 426 9 1293 (35.9 avg.)
Opponents: 324 380 340 9 1053 (29.3 avg.)
Power Play
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
G Att % G Att %
Overall: 18 116 15.5 (28th NHL) 26 110 23.6 (8th NHL)
Home: 12 64 18.8 (21st NHL) 16 63 25.4 (9th NHL)
Road: 6 52 11.5 (30th NHL) 10 47 21.3 (12th NHL)
5 SHORTHANDED GOALS ALLOWED (27th NHL) 2 SHORTHANDED GOALS ALLOWED (5th NHL)
Penalty Killing
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
G Att % G Att %
Overall: 20 105 81.0 (13th NHL) 21 116 81.9 (10th NHL)
Home: 9 55 83.6 (10th NHL) 10 61 83.6 (11th NHL)
Road: 11 50 78.0 (19th NHL) 11 55 80.0 (15th NHL)
5 SHORTHANDED GOALS SCORED (4th NHL) 3 SHORTHANDED GOALS SCORED (11th NHL)
Penalties
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank
40 285 7.1 (3rd NHL) 36 337 9.4 (21st NHL)
Goal Situations
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
For Against For Against
6 on 5: 2 4 0 4
6 on 4: 0 1 0 0
6 on 3: 0 0 0 0
5 on 5: 93 69 72 67
5 on 4: 18 4 21 3
5 on 3: 0 0 4 0
4 on 4: 1 1 2 0
4 on 3: 0 0 1 0
3 on 3: 1 7 2 1
3 on 4: 0 0 0 0
3 on 5: 0 3 0 2
3 on 6: 0 0 0 0
4 on 5: 5 16 3 18
4 on 6: 0 1 0 0
5 on 6: 11 3 5 1
Empty Net: 11 5 5 6
Penalty Shots: 0 0 1 0
Total: 131 109 111 96
Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins
Situations
Individual Leaders
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Points: A. Ovechkin (55); E. Kuznetsov (39); J. Carlson (32) B. Marchand (43); D. Pastrnak (32); P. Bergeron (31) Goals: A. Ovechkin (27); E. Kuznetsov (12); T. Wilson (12) B. Marchand (20); D. Pastrnak (16); P. Bergeron (12) Assists: A. Ovechkin (28); E. Kuznetsov (27); J. Carlson (24) B. Marchand (23); P. Bergeron (19); C. McAvoy (19) PP Goals: A. Ovechkin (7); J. Carlson (3); E. Kuznetsov (2) D. Pastrnak (7); B. Marchand (6); P. Bergeron (5) SH Goals: E. Kuznetsov (2); T. Wilson (1); M. Fehervary (1) B. Marchand (2); M. Reilly (1)
GW Goals: A. Ovechkin (3); T. Wilson (3); E. Kuznetsov (3) B. Marchand (3); D. Pastrnak (3); C. Coyle (3) 3+ Goals: A. Ovechkin (1); T. Oshie (1) B. Marchand (1); D. Pastrnak (1); P. Bergeron (1)
PIM: T. Wilson (56); D. Orlov (32); G. Hathaway (22) B. Marchand (51); T. Frederic (29); N. Foligno (26) Shots: A. Ovechkin (185); E. Kuznetsov (94); J. Carlson (93) D. Pastrnak (160); P. Bergeron (135); B. Marchand (98)
+/-: N. Jensen (20); D. Orlov (17); A. Ovechkin (15) P. Bergeron (8); C. McAvoy (8); D. Pastrnak (6)
Shootout
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Shooter G/S % GDG
Daniel Sprong 2 / 4 50.0 0
T.J. Oshie 1 / 2 50.0 1
John Carlson 1 / 1 100.0 1
Alex Ovechkin 1 / 2 50.0 0
Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 / 4 0.0 0
Shooter G/S % GDG
Charlie Coyle 1 / 2 50.0 1
Jake DeBrusk 0 / 1 0.0 0
David Pastrnak 0 / 1 0.0 0
Goaltender Record SV/SA SV%
Ilya Samsonov 1 - 0 3/5 .600
Vitek Vanecek 1 - 1 3/5 .600
Zach Fucale 0 - 1 1/3 .333
Goaltender Record SV/SA SV%
Linus Ullmark 1 - 0 3/3 1.000
Jeremy Swayman 0 - 1 1/3 .333
Power Play
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Player G A P
Alex Ovechkin 7 6 13
Tom Wilson 2 2 4
Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 10 12
T.J. Oshie 1 3 4
Justin Schultz 1 1 2
Dmitry Orlov 1 0 1
Nicklas Backstrom 0 3 3
Anthony Mantha 0 2 2
Aliaksei Protas 0 1 1
Lars Eller 0 2 2
Player G A P
David Pastrnak 7 4 11
Brad Marchand 6 11 17
Patrice Bergeron 5 8 13
Taylor Hall 3 3 6
Jake DeBrusk 2 0 2
Charlie McAvoy 2 10 12
Charlie Coyle 1 3 4
Nick Foligno 0 1 1
Craig Smith 0 2 2
Mike Reilly 0 2 2
Matt Grzelcyk 0 3 3
Erik Haula 0 1 1
Shorthanded
Washington Capitals Boston Bruins
Player G A P
Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 2 4
Tom Wilson 1 1 2
Martin Fehervary 1 0 1
Alex Ovechkin 1 0 1
T.J. Oshie 0 1 1
Garnet Hathaway 0 1 1
Trevor van Riemsdyk 0 1 1
Player G A P
Brad Marchand 2 0 2
Mike Reilly 1 0 1
John Moore 0 1 1
Curtis Lazar 0 1 1
Tomas Nosek 0 1 1
Patrice Bergeron 0 2 2
Washington Capitals (0-1-0) @ Boston Bruins (1-0-0)
Season Series
Boston Bruins Capitals Attend Goaltenders W. Goal
Jan 20, 2022 0 0 0 /
Washington Bruins Capitals Attend Goaltenders W. Goal
Jan 10, 2022 7 3 18,573 Linus Ullmark / Zach Fucale Craig Smith
Apr 10, 2022 0 0 0 /
Capitals Head-to-Head Stats
Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %
Conor Sheary 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 50.0
T.J. Oshie 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0
Alex Ovechkin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Garnet Hathaway 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Nic Dowd 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Evgeny Kuznetsov 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Justin Schultz 1 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Nick Jensen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Daniel Sprong 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Nicklas Backstrom 1 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lars Eller 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Connor McMichael 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Martin Fehervary 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Wilson 1 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Matt Irwin 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Trevor van Riemsdyk 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Aliaksei Protas 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
John Carlson 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Goaltender GP GS W L OT GAA SV% SA SV GA SO G A P PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek 1 0 0 0 0 5.62 .800 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 32:03
Zach Fucale 1 1 0 1 0 8.61 .750 16 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 27:53
Power Play 0 - 2 (0%) Penalty Killing 2 - 4 (50%)
Bruins Head-to-Head Stats
Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %
Matt Grzelcyk 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Brad Marchand 1 2 1 3 -1 0 1 0 0 0 5 40.0
David Pastrnak 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 40.0
Craig Smith 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 33.3
Taylor Hall 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Anton Blidh 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Erik Haula 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3
Curtis Lazar 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Urho Vaakanainen 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Mike Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Trent Frederic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Charlie Coyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Brandon Carlo 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
John Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Patrice Bergeron 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Oskar Steen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Charlie McAvoy 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Karson Kuhlman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Goaltender GP GS W L OT GAA SV% SA SV GA SO G A P PIM TOI
Linus Ullmark 1 1 1 0 0 3.00 .900 30 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 59:58
Power Play 2 - 4 (50%) Penalty Killing 0 - 2 (100%)
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins host the Capitals tonight in the 2nd of 3 games this season and Washington’s lone visit to TD Garden this year … The Bruins are 22-12-2 this season and they are 12-7-1 on home ice.
- They play game 5 tonight of their current 7-game home stand (wins 5-1 vs. Montreal on 1/12; 3-2 vs. Philadelphia on 1/13, 4-3/OT vs. Nashville on 1/15; loss 7-1 vs. Carolina on 1/18), and continuing with Washington on 1/20, Winnipeg on 1/22, and Anaheim on 1/24.
RECENT GAMES
- The Bruins had their 5-game win streak stopped with a 7-1 loss to Carolina on 1/18 which followed wins in Tampa Bay on 1/8 (5-2), in Washington on 1/10 (7-3), vs. Montreal on 1/12 (5-1), vs. Philadelphia on 1/13 (3-2) and vs. Nashville on 1/15 (4-3 OT) ... They are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games and are 11-4-2 in their last 17 games overall ... They are 5-2-0 in their last 7 at home and are 9-1-1 in their last 11 road games.
- Jan. 13: Bos 3 vs Phi 2 ... David Pastrnak scored all 3 goals and Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy had 2A each ... Tuukka Rask earned his first win since 6/9/21, due to off-season hip surgery ... SOG: Bos 36, Phi 27 ... PP: 2/4 ... PK: 1/4
- Jan. 15: Bos 4 vs Nsh 3/OT ... The Bruins stretched their win streak to 5 games with goals by Craig Smith, Mike Reilly (career-high 4th goal), Brad Marchand (11th 20G season) and Taylor Hall (GWG at 1:41 of OT) ... Linus Ullmark extended his win streak to 6 games ... SOG: Bos 44, Nsh 29 ... PP:
1/1 ... PK: 0/2
- Jan. 18: Bos 1 vs Car 7 ... Patrice Bergeron scored the team’s lone goal en route to a 7-1 loss ... Tuukka Rask took the loss with 5GA before relieved by Linus Ullmark ... SOG: Bos 32, Car 34 ... PP: 1/5 ... PK: 2/3
MAN-GAMES LOST TO INJURY - 99 - Mike Reilly: Covid protocol
- Nick Foligno: Lower body - Trent Frederic: Upper body - John Moore: Upper body
- Jakub Zboril: Right knee surgery; Expected to miss remainder of the season
MILESTONES APPROACHING
- Erik Haula is 3 goals shy of his 100th NHL goal.
- Craig Smith is five assists shy of his 200th NHL assist.
- Charlie Coyle is six assists short of his 200th NHL assist.
- Mike Reilly is nine games short of his 300th NHL game.
BOSTON vs WASHINGTON, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Capitals are meeting for 173rd time in their histories with the Bruins having an 83-54-21-14 record and 556-488 scoring advantage in those games.
- The Bruins are 45-26-9-6 in Washington with a 286-234 scoring margin in those 86 games.
- The Bruins are 5-2-2 vs the Capitals in their last nine games, including a 7-3 win in Washington in the 1st game of this season’s series ...
NUMBERS
2: Rookies on the Bruins’ current roster – Oskar Steen and Urho Vaakanainen
3: Hat tricks by Bruin this season ... Patrice Bergeron (1/6/2018 vs CAR; 11/4/2021 vs DET) scored his 2nd career 4-goal game with 7 career hat tricks overall; Brad Marchand (1/12/2022 vs MTL) netted the 5th of his career; and David Pastrnak (1/13/2022) recorded his 11th career 3-goal game which ranks 4th all-time in Bruins history (Esposito 26, Neely 14, Bucyk 12) ... It was the 1st time since 4/7 and 9/1998 with Bruins hat tricks in consecutive games.
5: Player on the current roster new to the Bruins organization this season – Nick Foligno, Derek Forbort, Erik Haula, Tomas Nosek and Linus Ullmark (all as free agent signings).
9: Players on the Bruins current roster who played college hockey – Connor Clifton, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Trent Frederic, Matt Grzelcyk, Erik Haula, Charlie McAvoy, Mike Reilly, and Craig Smith.
13: Former first round draft picks on the current roster – Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Nick Foligno, Derek Forbert, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Curtis Lazar, Charlie McAvoy, John Moore, David Pastrnak, Tuukka Rask, Urho Vaakanainen, and Jakub Zboril.
Boston Bruins: Media Notes
17: Different Boston goal scorers of their 41 scorers overall in their last 10 games.
31: Out of 36 games this season with 30-or-more shots in a game, including 12 with 40-or-more in a game … The Bruins have been outshot in just 8 games.
359-21-20: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game ... That extends to 228-2-6 over that span when they have led by 3 goals
511: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season &playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden ... Their last non-sellout game was on 12/2/2009 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553
FUN FACTS
- The Bruins play 11 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 5-1-0 record in afternoon games so far.
- The Bruins play 12 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 4-1-1 in the 1st game of those sets and are 4-2-0 in the 2nd games so far.
- They will play 15 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season … They are 4-1-1 in game 1s, 4-2-0 in game 2s &6-0-0 in game 3s of those series thus far.
- The Bruins are playing a 16-game January schedule (10 hm/6 rd, 8-2-0) … They will play 4 in February pending Covid-related rescheduling (1 hm/3 rd), 15 in March (8 hm/7 rd) and 15 in April (7 hm/8 rd) … They played 7 games to October (4-3-0), 12 games in November (7-5-2) and 7 games in December (3-2-2 with 6 December games postponed to a later date).
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
January 1: Oskar Steen recalled from Providence to taxi squad.
January 2: Oskar Steen recalled from taxi squad.
January 6: Steven Fogarty, Troy Grosenick, and Urho Vaakanainen recalled from Providence to taxi squad.
January 8: Urho Vaakanainen recalled from Providence.
January 11: Tuukka Rask signed to a one-year contract.
January 12: Jeremy Swayman assigned to Providence.
January 12: Tyler Lewington recalled from Providence.
January 13: Jack Ahcan recalled from Providence.
January 14: Jack Ahcan returned to Providence.