NHL · Monday 21 September · TD Garden
Boston Bruins – Washington Capitals 3:2 (after a shoot-out): NHL, 21/09/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 1
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Boston Bruins – Washington Capitals 3:2 (21 September). Boston Bruins won after a shoot-out. Venue: TD Garden.
By period: 0:1, 1:0, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0. Washington Capitals led after the first period (0:1), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: J. Brodzinski (Washington Capitals); J. Schmaltz (Boston Bruins); I. Miroshnichenko (Washington Capitals); C. McAvoy (Boston Bruins).
Table now: Boston Bruins — 2nd, 27 points from 18 matches; Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches.
Head to head (1): Boston Bruins — 0 wins, Washington Capitals — 1.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 06'pen.
Tripping
- 06'pen.
Tripping
- 08'
🏒 J. Brodzinski0:1
assist: I. Miroshnichenko, J. Dunne
- 09'pen.
Illegal equipment
- 19'pen.
Interference
2nd period
- 13'pen.
Hooking
- 15'
🏒 J. Schmaltz1:1
assist: R. Duran · Power-play
- 16'pen.
Holding
- 18'pen.
Roughing
- 18'pen.
Roughing
3rd period
- 03'pen.
Holding
- 05'
🏒 I. Miroshnichenko1:2
- 06'pen.
Hooking
- 08'pen.
Tripping
- 13'pen.
Hooking
- 14'pen.
Interference
- 18'
🏒 C. McAvoy2:2
assist: F. Minten, M. Poitras
- 18'pen.
Delay of game
Overtime
- 01'pen.
Hooking
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 21
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. McAvoy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Schmaltz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Minten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Poitras | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Duran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Abate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Aspirot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Kuraly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Miroshnichenko | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Brodzinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Dunne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Jenner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. McIlrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Holl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Lakovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| V. Desharnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Boston Bruins
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. DiPietro(W) | 32 | 30 | 2 | 93.8% |
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson | 31 | 28 | 3 | 90.3% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 30Shots on goal32
- 30Saves28
- 93%Save %93%
- 26Faceoffs won24
- 16Penalty minutes14
- 8Penalties7
- 1Power-play goals0
- 14%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %85%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | LWWWW | |
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
Boston Bruins 0 : 1 Washington Capitals
- 26.09.Full time · OTWashington Capitals
3:2
Boston Bruins