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Bruins beat Capitals 4-1, hold Washington to season-low 11 shots.

Brad Marchand lights the lamp for Bruins

It was 1-1 when Charlie Coyle made a long clearing pass to Lindholm and he slid it over to Brad Marchand at the blue line to start a two-on-one. Marchand passed it back, Lindholm faked goalie Charlie Lindgren to the ice and then backhanded it into the net to make it 2-1.

Coyle made it 3-1 two minutes later, and Marchand added an empty-netter. Justin Brazeau also scored and Jeremy Swayman made 10 saves for the Bruins, who won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 11-4-1 since Joe Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery on the bench.

Jakub Vrana scored and Lindgren stopped 18 shots for the Capitals, who came into the day leading the Eastern Conference, and have lost three of their last six games.

Takeaways Capitals: Are 10-6 since Alexander Ovechkin broke his leg on Nov. 18.

Bruins: Forward and leading scorer David Pastrnak seemed to tweak something in the second period. He returned to the ice for a short time but then went to the locker room and was ruled out with an unspecified upper-body injury.

Key moment Ten seconds into the third period, Bruins forward Oliver Wahlstrom was sent off with a game misconduct and five-minute major when he pushed Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary head-first into the boards. Washington did not get a shot on goal during the power play.

Key stat The Capitals had a season-low 11 shots on goal.

Up Next The Capitals visit Toronto and Detroit on Saturday and Sunday before returning home to host the Bruins on New Year’s Eve.

The Bruins are in Columbus on Friday for the first leg of a home-and-home before heading to Washington.

Regular Season Series

BOS leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 19:12 Justin Brazeau Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Morgan Geekie (7), Mason Lohrei (14)
Goal 2nd Period 4:50 Jakub Vrana Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: Rasmus Sandin (10), Pierre-Luc Dubois (21)
Goal 3rd Period 13:41 Elias Lindholm Goal (6) Backhand, assists: Brad Marchand (14), Charlie Coyle (3)
Goal 3rd Period 15:59 Charlie Coyle Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Brad Marchand (15), Charlie McAvoy (11)
Goal 3rd Period 18:38 Brad Marchand Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Statistics

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11 Blocked Shots 17
18 Hits 19
6 Takeaways 4
11 Shots 22
1 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 4
33.3 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
17 Faceoffs Won 33
34.0 Faceoff Win Percent 66.0
14 Giveaways 12
6 Total Penalties 6
12 Penalty Minutes 23
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Pavel Zacha, C Out Apr 23
Johnny Beecher, C Day-To-Day Apr 23
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Aliaksei Protas, C Out Apr 25
Martin Fehervary, D Out Apr 22

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 17,850 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 52 26 108 4
Tampa Bay 47 27 102 8
Florida 47 31 98 4
Ottawa 45 30 97 7
Montreal 40 31 91 11
Detroit 39 35 86 8
Buffalo 36 39 79 7
Boston 33 39 76 10
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