Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsMar 7, 2026

FinalSaturday, Mar 7, 2026· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	7	9	7	23
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	8	13	9	30

: WSH 54BOS 66
: WSH 2.87BOS 4.11
PP goals: WSH 0BOS 1
Hits: WSH 18BOS 21
Blocks: WSH 20BOS 13
PIM: WSH 12BOS 6
: WSH 53%BOS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:49 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:56.Pastrnak
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:49 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
New line
New look for BOS: Geekie–Steeves–Minten skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Geekie Steeves Minten
New line
New look for WSH: Duhaime–Lapierre–Frank skated 4:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duhaime Lapierre Frank
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 2.86 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Elias Lindholm (BOS) played 21:36, +3:46 up on his 17:50 season average over 68 games.Lindholm
Usage
Hampus Lindholm (BOS) played 18:02, −3:39 down on his 21:41 season average over 66 games.Lindholm
Usage
Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) played 5:39, −3:14 down on his 8:53 season average over 73 games.Lapierre

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · BOS 66 · WSH 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 35% of the game, BOS 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BOS skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BOS side.

Matchup matrix

BOS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	BOS
	46	52
	2.39	1.84
	2.28	1.78
	7	8
	5	6
	24	17
	+0.016	−0.016
	35%	42%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
6:5841% CF
L2McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
4:3514% CF
L3Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
4:2150% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
4:1363% CF
D1Roy – Fehérváry
10:0841% CF
D2Chychrun – Sandin
8:1453% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
4:0340% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
3:0667% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael – Frank
1:50100% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
3:28
PK2FBeauvillier – Protas
2:51
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
6:20
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
2:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov
9:1733% CF
L2Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
9:0746% CF
L3Geekie – Steeves – Minten
7:0363% CF
L4Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
6:4655% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
13:4657% CF
D2Lindholm – Lohrei
10:5348% CF
D3McAvoy – Aspirot
10:3147% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
6:4979% CF
PP2Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Steeves – Minten
3:03
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
1:55
PK2FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
0:48
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
1:37
PK2DPeeke – Aspirot
1:37

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:07
BOSPavel ZachaPP (Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak)other0.38 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry, ProtasBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie
WSH 0 – 1 BOS
7:21
WSHAliaksei Protas (Jakob Chychrun, Ryan Leonard)tip-in0.16 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Protas, Sourdif, LeonardBOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Geekie, Lohrei, Steeves
WSH 1 – 1 BOS

3rd period

4:28
BOSViktor Arvidsson (Casey Mittelstadt, Hampus Lindholm)snap0.35 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, ProtasBOS: Lindholm, Arvidsson, Zacha, Mittelstadt, Lohrei
WSH 1 – 2 BOS
19:36
BOSElias LindholmEN (David Pastrnak)snap0.76 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun, Dubois, ProtasBOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Khusnutdinov
WSH 1 – 3 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.80	1	1	2	21:34	—	—	44	60
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	37	51
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.24	1	0	2	18:19	—	—	40	49
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	25	33
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	1	4	13:45	—	—	37	51
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:18	—	—	56	66
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	2	9:44	—	—	67	93
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:36	—	—	45	53
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:39	—	—	58	92
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.40	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	60	75
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	62	78
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	44	50
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	7	0	20:35	—	—	42	24
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	5	1	0	20:16	—	—	48	42
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.56	2	5	0	24:40	—	—	51	66
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	1	0	20:51	—	—	52	75
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	15:06	—	—	47	58
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:38	—	—	36	54

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	3.35	58:06

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	1.60	0	0	0	21:36	—	—	47	33
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.48	1	0	2	20:56	—	—	44	38
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:13	—	—	36	38
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:14	—	—	52	34
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	2	0	12:37	—	—	46	28
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:36	—	—	44	21
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	57	25
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	15:34	—	—	71	51
Alex Steeves C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	0	0	10:31	—	—	55	27
Pavel Zacha C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.68	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	46	64
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	63	68
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.58	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	65	83
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	2	18:46	—	—	61	37
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	53	45
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:02	—	—	53	38
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	50	46
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	1	2	0	25:52	—	—	52	61
Jonathan Aspirot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	48	64

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.87	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Pavel Zacha (BOS PP) 2nd 4:07 · assists Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak · Rush · passed in · 7.4 mph shot · 4.3 s from entry to goal.

Pavel Zacha · 2nd 4:07 · BOS PP

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 7.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 7:21 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 4:28 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Elias Lindholm · 3rd 19:36 · BOS EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.9 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.