National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Boston 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 17565
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1113
Boston 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
15:01 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Aaron Ness
Penalties
1:36 - Capitals Karl Alzner (2) Interference
 5:56 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Roughing
 9:13 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
12:40 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Matt Niskanen
15:26 - Bruins Loui Eriksson (EV) Assists: Brett Connolly , Patrice Bergeron
Penalties
6:52 - Bruins Joonas Kemppainen (2) Hooking
 7:40 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Interference
 11:36 - Bruins Zdeno Chara (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
10:41 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Nate Schmidt
11:52 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (PP) Assists: Ryan Spooner , Torey Krug
Penalties
11:13 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Holding
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:41 3:52 5:27 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 -1 2 3 32 27:19 21:28 3:09 2:42 0 0 1 3 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 15:46 13:04 0:00 2:42 0 0 - 3 - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 19:09 15:17 3:52 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 20:06 17:55 0:43 1:28 0 0 3 1 - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 19:50 17:18 0:43 1:49 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 18:08 13:25 3:09 1:34 0 0 1 - 8 12 40
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13 9:28 7:15 0:00 2:13 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 7:57 7:03 0:00 0:54 0 0 5 1 3 2 60
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 24 14:33 11:59 1:00 1:34 0 0 2 - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 32 21:23 19:41 0:00 1:42 0 0 2 3 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18 13:42 12:12 0:00 1:30 0 0 2 - 1 0 100
Stanislav Galiev RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 5:42 5:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Aaron Ness D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18 12:55 12:46 0:00 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 16:56 16:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 23 18:51 14:22 3:09 1:20 0 0 4 2 2 2 50
Nate Schmidt D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 29 18:43 16:32 0:00 2:11 0 0 1 2 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 12:12 10:24 1:48 0:00 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 22 20:41 18:54 1:47 0:00 1 0 - - 7 6 54
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tuukka Rask G 0 0 0 0 0 58:15 48:56 5:27 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
Jonas Gustavsson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jimmy Hayes RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 13:20 11:47 1:33 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Brett Connolly RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 16:58 15:21 1:37 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Loui Eriksson RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 25 20:09 14:25 3:32 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Maxime Talbot C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 8:36 6:56 0:00 1:40 0 0 3 - 3 6 33
Landon Ferraro C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 17:27 15:29 0:18 1:40 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 29 27:16 24:25 1:22 1:29 0 0 2 2 - - -
Zac Rinaldo C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 7:29 7:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Patrice Bergeron C 1 1 2 +1 2 2 25 20:22 15:47 3:32 1:03 1 0 1 - 14 6 70
Matt Beleskey LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 19:38 18:01 1:37 0:00 0 0 5 - 1 0 100
Joonas Kemppainen LW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 14:25 12:54 0:22 1:09 0 0 - 3 4 8 33
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 20:13 17:14 0:36 2:23 0 0 4 2 - - -
Torey Krug D 0 1 1 -1 0 6 25 25:24 20:51 4:33 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 17:01 12:38 4:23 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan Spooner C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 23 19:49 16:17 3:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 6 33
Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 8:49 8:08 0:00 0:41 0 0 3 1 - - -
Tyler Randell RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 5:48 5:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Frank Vatrano LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:40 12:22 0:18 0:00 0 0 2 4 - - -
Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 21:17 18:06 0:00 3:11 0 0 3 - - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (25-4-2) 27 25 2 .926 0 60:00
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tuukka Rask L (14-11-3) 29 26 3 .897 0 58:15