Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals

26-22-6, 14-10-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Bruins BOS	1	1	1	3
Capitals WSH	2	1	2	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

34-11-6, 20-5-1 Home

		1	2	3	T
	Bruins	1	1	1	3
	Capitals	2	1	2	5

1st Period		BOS	WSH
3:06	T.J. Oshie (19) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (36)	0	1
13:34	Nicklas Backstrom (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (23), T.J. Oshie (15)	0	2
18:46	Brad Marchand (22) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Patrice Bergeron (14), David Pastrnak (19)	1	2

2nd Period			BOS	WSH
2:49		Brad Marchand (23) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Ryan Spooner (18), David Pastrnak (20)	2	2
19:45		Alex Ovechkin (25) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (24), Nicklas Backstrom (37)	2	3

3rd Period		BOS	WSH
3:29	Brett Connolly (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (22), Evgeny Kuznetsov (30)	2	4
15:53	Evgeny Kuznetsov (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (7)	2	5
18:29	David Krejci (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: David Pastrnak (21), Brad Marchand (31)	3	5

BRUINS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Bruins
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

8/12

Bruins
3
Capitals
5

Game 2

2/2

Capitals
3
Bruins
1

Game 3

9/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Brett ConnollyRW - WSH

Brad MarchandLW - BOS

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