Game

Bruins at Capitals

Bruins 3, Capitals 1 · first star Jeremy Swayman (0 GA, .972 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Boston Bruins 3 at Washington Capitals 1

Bruins BOS

3 FINAL 1

Capitals WSH

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 · 7:30 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington · TV TNT · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Bruins	0	1	2	3	22
Capitals	0	0	1	1	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Bruins attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BOS 22, WSH 36.

BOS in red WSH in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Bruins 22 shots on goal (3 goals, 21 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 36 shots on goal (1 goal, 19 missed, 26 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BOS SOG	BOS G	BOS ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	5	0	17	8	0	13
2nd	6	1	14	17	0	37
3rd	11	2	23	11	1	31
Total	22	3	54	36	1	81

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BOS SOG	BOS G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	19	2	25	1
Power play	1	1	11	0
Short-handed	2	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 60.0% of the shot attempts, and 52.9% of the 102 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Bruins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Bruins at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	43.3	50.0
2nd	72.5	71.0
3rd	57.4	44.4
Game	60.0	56.1

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

12:07 David Pastrnak (1) Nikita Zadorov (1), Morgan Geekie (1) · snap 1–0

3rd period

07:03 Tom Wilson (1) Jakob Chychrun (1), Aliaksei Protas (1) · snap 1–1
07:41 Elias Lindholm (1) PP David Pastrnak (1), Pavel Zacha (1) · backhand 2–1
19:02 Morgan Geekie (1) EN David Pastrnak (2), Elias Lindholm (1) · snap 3–1

Three stars

Jeremy Swayman BOS · G #1 · 0 GA, .972 SV%
David Pastrnak BOS · R #88 · 1 G, 2 A
Tom Wilson WSH · R #43 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:51	BOS	David Pastrnak	hooking	2	Tom Wilson
1st	06:46	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	interference	2	Mark Kastelic
1st	13:06	BOS	Sean Kuraly	interference	2	Nic Dowd
1st	19:13	BOS	Henri Jokiharju	cross checking	2	Brandon Duhaime
2nd	00:19	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	tripping	2	Alex Ovechkin
2nd	12:42	BOS	Mark Kastelic	tripping	2	Ryan Leonard
3rd	07:18	WSH	John Carlson	holding	2	Morgan Geekie

Boxscore

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
David Pastrnak #88	R	1	2	3	+2	3	2	0	2	0.0	18:18
Elias Lindholm #28	C	1	1	2	+2	3	5	1	0	68.4	18:07
Morgan Geekie #39	C	1	1	2	+2	1	2	1	0	0.0	17:07
Pavel Zacha #18	C	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	0	0.0	16:54
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	1	1	+2	1	3	3	0	0.0	21:59
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	42.9	12:06
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	47.1	14:36
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	10:49
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	40.0	12:08
Michael Eyssimont #81	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	10:55
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	44.4	14:34
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	13:52
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:50
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	18:59
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	0.0	22:31
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	20:01
Henri Jokiharju #20	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	0.0	18:40
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	16:34

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jeremy Swayman #1	W	36	35	1	.972	24/25	11/11	60:00

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	0	1	-1	3	5	0	0	0.0	22:15
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	19:17
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	24:46
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	54.8	18:12
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	20.0	10:56
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	10:58
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	50.0	12:22
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	27.3	18:05
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	18:16
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100.0	10:12
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	83.3	15:35
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:14
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	13:13
John Carlson #74	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	2	0.0	26:39
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	0	0.0	18:27
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0.0	17:35
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	16:36
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	12:32

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	L	21	19	2	.905	17/18	0/1	58:27

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.