Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins

Preseason

0-2-0, 0-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	0	1	1	2
Bruins BOS	1	2	1	4

Boston BruinsBruinsBOS

1-1-0, 1-1-0 Home

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	0	1	1	2
	Bruins	1	2	1	4

1st Period			WSH	BOS
11:51		Riley Tufte (1) Assists: Jordan Oesterle (1)	0	1

2nd Period		WSH	BOS
2:59	Fabian Lysell (1) (Power Play) Assists: Michael Callahan (1), Brett Harrison (1)	0	2
9:46	Patrick Brown (1) Assists: Ian Mitchell (1)	0	3
11:00	Connor McMichael (1) Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Tom Wilson (1)	1	3

3rd Period			WSH	BOS
2:12		Justin Brazeau (1) Assists: Georgii Merkulov (2), Tyler Johnson (1)	1	4
19:16		Andrew Cristall (2) Assists: Henrik Rybinski (1), Pierrick Dube (1)	2	4

Trent Frederic hit Matt Roy
Jaxon Nelson hit Hardy Haman Aktell
Takeaway by Matthew Poitras
Jaxon Nelson hit Hardy Haman Aktell
Jaxon Nelson hit Michael Sgarbossa
Andrew Cristall shot blocked by Hampus Lindholm
Marc McLaughlin hit Hardy Haman Aktell
Ian Mitchell Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Marc McLaughlin Tip-In saved by Hunter Shepard
Billy Sweezey Snap Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Tyler Johnson hit Pierrick Dube
Billy Sweezey hit Pierrick Dube
Giveaway by Tyler Johnson
Giveaway by Marc McLaughlin
Georgii Merkulov hit Henrik Rybinski
Giveaway by Hampus Lindholm
Patrick Brown hit Andrew Cristall
Trent Frederic hit Hendrix Lapierre
Fabian Lysell Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Riley Tufte Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jordan Oesterle (1)
Ian Mitchell shot blocked by Justin Brazeau
Billy Sweezey hit Henrik Rybinski
Joey Abate Slashing against Chase Priskie
Matthew Poitras faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Connor McMichael shot blocked by Jordan Oesterle
Patrick Brown faceoff won against Michael Sgarbossa
Takeaway by Brandon Carlo
Fabian Lysell Wrist Shot Wide Right
Hendrix Lapierre shot blocked by Billy Sweezey
Matthew Poitras faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Trent Frederic hit Chase Priskie
Ivan Miroshnichenko shot blocked by Jordan Oesterle
Justin Brazeau hit Hardy Haman Aktell
Georgii Merkulov Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Hampus Lindholm Snap Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Trent Frederic Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Brett Harrison Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Trent Frederic faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Hampus Lindholm Snap Shot Wide Right
Hampus Lindholm Slap Shot Wide Right
Fabian Lysell Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Michael Callahan (1), Brett Harrison (1)
Patrick Brown hit Ethan Bear
Takeaway by Fabian Lysell
Fabian Lysell Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Trent Frederic faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Georgii Merkulov
Giveaway by Brandon Carlo
Giveaway by Jordan Oesterle
Georgii Merkulov faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Georgii Merkulov hit Connor McMichael
Matt Roy shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
Ivan Miroshnichenko shot blocked by Brandon Carlo
Patrick Brown Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Ian Mitchell (1)
Giveaway by Ian Mitchell
Giveaway by Hampus Lindholm
Giveaway by Justin Brazeau
Georgii Merkulov faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Georgii Merkulov faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Vincent Iorio shot blocked by Hampus Lindholm
Patrick Brown Tip-In saved by Hunter Shepard
Patrick Brown Interference against Ethan Bear
Jaxon Nelson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Jaxon Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Takeaway by Trent Frederic
Giveaway by Fabian Lysell
Jaxon Nelson hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
Ethen Frank shot blocked by Tyler Johnson
Tyler Johnson faceoff won against Michael Sgarbossa
Giveaway by Justin Brazeau
Justin Brazeau Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Georgii Merkulov (2), Tyler Johnson (1)
Joey Abate Tip-In Wide Left
Hampus Lindholm Wrist Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Hampus Lindholm
Jaxon Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Trent Frederic faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Hampus Lindholm shot blocked by Georgii Merkulov
Matthew Poitras Snap Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Fabian Lysell
Patrick Brown Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Joey Abate Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Billy Sweezey hit Martin Fehervary
Jaxon Nelson shot blocked by Riley Tufte
Takeaway by Fabian Lysell
Jaxon Nelson faceoff won against Henrik Rybinski
Brandon Carlo hit Henrik Rybinski
Pierrick Dube shot blocked by Riley Tufte
Hampus Lindholm Slashing against Henrik Rybinski
Matthew Poitras faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Tom Wilson shot blocked by Billy Sweezey
Ethan Bear shot blocked by Billy Sweezey
Giveaway by Matthew Poitras
Ivan Miroshnichenko shot blocked by Billy Sweezey
Takeaway by Jaxon Nelson
Joey Abate Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Tyler Johnson faceoff won against Henrik Rybinski
Matthew Poitras faceoff won against Michael Sgarbossa
Giveaway by Jaxon Nelson
Giveaway by Riley Tufte
Patrick Brown faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Giveaway by Matthew Poitras
Takeaway by Fabian Lysell
Riley Tufte Wrist Shot saved by Hunter Shepard
Riley Tufte Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jaxon Nelson faceoff won against Henrik Rybinski
Jaxon Nelson faceoff won against Henrik Rybinski
Patrick Brown faceoff won against Michael Sgarbossa
Tyler Johnson faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Matthew Poitras
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jaxon Nelson
Puck in Netting
Henrik Rybinski faceoff won against Georgii Merkulov
Pierrick Dube Wrist Shot Wide Right
Ilya Protas hit Billy Sweezey
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jaxon Nelson
Takeaway by Pierre-Luc Dubois
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Goalie Stopped
Henrik Rybinski faceoff won against Tyler Johnson
Vincent Iorio hit Justin Brazeau
Giveaway by Ilya Protas
Joey Abate shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Giveaway by Andrew Cristall
Aliaksei Protas hit Brett Harrison
Hampus Lindholm shot blocked by Ivan Miroshnichenko
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Martin Fehervary hit Fabian Lysell
Icing
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Georgii Merkulov
Henrik Rybinski Wrist Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Giveaway by Ethan Bear
Giveaway by Ethan Bear
Billy Sweezey shot blocked by Hendrix Lapierre
Giveaway by Andrew Cristall
Tyler Johnson shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Martin Fehervary hit Hampus Lindholm
Brandon Carlo shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Ivan Miroshnichenko Slap Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Ethen Frank Slap Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Icing
Off-side
TV Timeout
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Georgii Merkulov
Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Goalie Stopped
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Jaxon Nelson
Puck in Netting
TV Timeout
Ethan Bear Holding against Georgii Merkulov
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Trent Frederic
Goalie Stopped
Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Trent Frederic
Takeaway by Martin Fehervary
Hardy Haman Aktell Tripping against Fabian Lysell
Georgii Merkulov shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Martin Fehervary hit Tyler Johnson
Ivan Miroshnichenko Hooking against Jaxon Nelson
Georgii Merkulov shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Chase Priskie hit Patrick Brown
Andrew Cristall Wrist Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Off-side
TV Timeout
Ivan Miroshnichenko Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Aliaksei Protas Wrap-around Wide Left
Ivan Miroshnichenko Wrist Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
Andrew Cristall hit Fabian Lysell
Henrik Rybinski Wrist Shot Wide Right
Tom Wilson hit Brett Harrison
Tom Wilson hit Jordan Oesterle
Connor McMichael Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Tom Wilson (1)
Ivan Miroshnichenko hit Hampus Lindholm
Giveaway by Pierrick Dube
Henrik Rybinski Wrist Shot Wide Left
Puck in Netting
TV Timeout
Icing
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Vincent Iorio Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Giveaway by Ivan Miroshnichenko
Pierrick Dube hit Marc McLaughlin
Giveaway by Pierrick Dube
TV Timeout
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
Patrick Brown shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Pierre-Luc Dubois Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Puck in Crowd
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Georgii Merkulov
Georgii Merkulov shot blocked by Connor McMichael
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Puck in Netting
Michael Sgarbossa hit Billy Sweezey
Ilya Protas Backhand saved by Michael DiPietro
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Riley Tufte
Goalie Stopped
Henrik Rybinski faceoff won against Jaxon Nelson
Henrik Rybinski High-sticking against Riley Tufte
Hampus Lindholm shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Tom Wilson Backhand saved by Michael DiPietro
Matthew Poitras shot blocked by Hendrix Lapierre
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Michael Sgarbossa faceoff won against Brett Harrison
Puck in Netting
Michael Sgarbossa faceoff won against Tyler Johnson
Goalie Stopped
TV Timeout
Aliaksei Protas faceoff won against Patrick Brown
Icing
Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Patrick Brown
Ivan Miroshnichenko hit Billy Sweezey
Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
Icing
Takeaway by Ilya Protas
Ethen Frank Wrist Shot Wide Left
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Michael Sgarbossa Wrist Shot Wide Right
Marc McLaughlin shot blocked by Ilya Protas
Goalie Stopped
TV Timeout
Off-side
Tom Wilson hit Michael Callahan
Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Tom Wilson
Icing
Pierrick Dube Backhand saved by Michael DiPietro
Henrik Rybinski Backhand Wide Left
Pierrick Dube Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Michael Sgarbossa
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Goalie Stopped
TV Timeout
Icing
Takeaway by Chase Priskie
Ilya Protas Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Goalie Stopped
Michael Sgarbossa Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Henrik Rybinski faceoff won against Georgii Merkulov
Chase Priskie Slap Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Takeaway by Chase Priskie
Pierrick Dube Slap Shot saved by Michael DiPietro
Andrew Cristall Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Henrik Rybinski (1), Pierrick Dube (1)
Chase Priskie Wrist Shot saved by Michael DiPietro

CAPITALS

BRUINS

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins

Stars of the Game

Joonas KorpisaloG - BOS

Fabian LysellRW - BOS

Georgii MerkulovC - BOS

Game Information

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