Washington Capitals @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on November 4, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 7:01, Capitals Tom Wilson scored, giving the Capitals a 1-0 lead. At 13:06, Capitals Alex Ovechkin scored, giving the Capitals a 2-0 lead.
In the second period, at 3:37, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 7th goal of the season, cutting the Capitals lead to 2-1. At 18:50, Capitals Tom Wilson scored, giving the Capitals a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 17:28, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal, cutting the Capitals lead to 3-2.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 2-4-2 with a 2.70 GAA and a .905 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage, shots 33-27 and hits 25-23. The Capitals led the game in blocked shots 13-8. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Capitals went 0-for-2.
David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 6 shots. Tim Schaller led the Bruins with 4 hits. Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots each.
David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Anton Khudobin were scratched for the Bruins. David Backes, Ryan Spooner and Noel Acciari are on the IR.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Danton Heinen
2) Bruins forward David Pastrnak
3) Capitals goalie Braden Holtby
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 5-4-3 with 13 points this season and are in 4th place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 4-3-3 in their last ten games and their home record is now 4-2-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday, when they host the Minnesota Wild, at 7pm ET.
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