Game

Capitals at Bruins

Bruins 3, Capitals 1 · first star Jeremy Swayman (0 GA, .957 SV%).

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

Washington Capitals 1 at Boston Bruins 3

Capitals WSH

1 FINAL 3

Bruins BOS

Saturday, March 7, 2026 · 12:30 PM ET · TD Garden, Boston · TV ABC · SN1 · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	1	0	1	23
Bruins	0	1	2	3	30

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Bruins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 5 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: WSH 23, BOS 30.

WSH in red BOS in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 23 shots on goal (1 goal, 17 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Bruins 30 shots on goal (3 goals, 16 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	BOS SOG	BOS G	BOS ATT
1st	7	0	17	8	0	19
2nd	9	1	21	13	1	23
3rd	7	0	16	9	2	24
Total	23	1	54	30	3	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	BOS SOG	BOS G
Even strength	16	1	18	2
Power play	4	0	11	1
Short-handed	3	0	1	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Bruins took 55.0% of the shot attempts, and 53.1% of the 81 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 Bruins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Bruins
Period	BOS CF%	BOS FF%
1st	52.8	44.0
2nd	52.3	52.8
3rd	60.0	64.0
Game	55.0	53.5

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

04:07 Pavel Zacha (16) PP Charlie McAvoy (38), David Pastrnak (51) · bat 0–1
07:21 Aliaksei Protas (21) Jakob Chychrun (28), Ryan Leonard (21) · tip-in 1–1

3rd period

04:28 Viktor Arvidsson (18) Casey Mittelstadt (19), Hampus Lindholm (17) · snap 1–2
19:36 Elias Lindholm (12) EN David Pastrnak (52) · snap 1–3

Three stars

Jeremy Swayman BOS · G #1 · 0 GA, .957 SV%
Viktor Arvidsson BOS · L #71 · 1 G, 0 A
Charlie McAvoy BOS · D #73 · 0 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	00:43	WSH	Justin Sourdif	tripping	2	Hampus Lindholm
1st	07:49	BOS	Nikita Zadorov	interference	2	Pierre-Luc Dubois
1st	10:33	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	holding	2	Marat Khusnutdinov
2nd	01:17	BOS	Hampus Lindholm	holding	2	Aliaksei Protas
2nd	03:36	WSH	Justin Sourdif	tripping	2	Charlie McAvoy
2nd	07:43	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	slashing	2	Charlie McAvoy
2nd	13:24	WSH	Tom Wilson	slashing	2	Alex Steeves
2nd	17:54	BOS	David Pastrnak	interference	2	Brandon Duhaime
2nd	19:41	WSH	Ethen Frank	holding	2	Tanner Jeannot

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	2	0.0	18:19
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:18
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	1	1	-1	5	2	5	0	0.0	24:40
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	52.9	17:37
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.0	05:39
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	4	58.3	13:45
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	50.0	18:39
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	18:22
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	09:44
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50.0	17:19
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	66.7	14:25
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	09:36
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	2	0.0	21:34
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	11:38
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0.0	20:35
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	0.0	20:16
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	20:51
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	15:06

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	L	29	27	2	.931	16/17	10/11	58:06

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
David Pastrnak #88	R	0	2	2	+1	6	1	0	2	0.0	20:56
Elias Lindholm #28	C	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	50.0	21:36
Pavel Zacha #18	C	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	30.0	15:44
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	13:48
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:57
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	1	1	+1	3	1	2	0	0.0	25:52
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	0.0	18:02
Alex Steeves #21	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	10:31
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	41.7	15:34
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	14:13
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	50.0	12:37
Morgan Geekie #39	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	18:12
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	71.4	12:36
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	13:14
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	18:36
Jonathan Aspirot #45	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:52
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	15:54
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0.0	18:46

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jeremy Swayman #1	W	23	22	1	.957	15/16	4/4	60:00

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.