Capitals Fall to Bruins 3-2 in A Shootout; John Carlson Scores in 1,000th Game


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The Washington Capitals fell to the Boston Bruins 3-2 Saturday night in a shootout at Capital One Arena in the District. The loss pushed the Capitals’ record to 36-27-10 (82 points) on the season.
SUMMARY: The Caps and B’s played a tightly-contested game, with the x-x ultimately ending in a shootout. Mike Sgarbossa and John Carlson scored for the Capitals in regulation, while Hampus Lindholm and John Beecher lit the lamp for Boston. A four-minute power play in overtime proved fruitless and former Caps defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk scored the shootout winner. Charlie Lindgren made 27 stops on 29 shots (.931) and the Bruins led the Caps in SOG 29-20; Washington held the advantage in faceoff win percentage 50.9% to 49.1%.

LINEUP

Charlie Lindgren (21-13-5, 2.74 GAA, .911 sv%) got the start in goal for the Capitals. Jeremy Swayman (23-8-8, 2.58 GAA, 916 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the visiting Bruins. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Connor McMichael — T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome —Ivan Miroshnichenko
Max Pacioretty — Hendrix Lapierre — Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Mike Sgarbossa

Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Alex Alexeyev — Nick Jensen
Trevor van Riemsdyk — Vincent Iorio

Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper

Scratches: Defenseman Rasmus Sandin (lower-body injury), forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel, defenseman Ethan Bear (players assistance program), right-wing Tom Wilson (six-game suspension), forward Matthew Phillips, Center Nicklas Backstrom (hip injury).

1ST PERIOD

The opening frame remained scoreless for the first 19 minutes, with neither team able to crack the other’s stifling defense.

Boston’s Hampus Lindholm put the visitors on the board first with 1:13 left in the period, assisted by Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak.

The first ended with the B’s up by one, and leading the Capitals in shots, 9-6.

2ND PERIOD

The Capitals would waste no time in responding to start the second, with Mike Sgarbossa putting the Caps even at the 1:20 mark of the period; assists were credited to Nick Jensen and Nic Dowd.

John Beecher put the Bruins ahead just a minute and two seconds later, unassisted.

On the night of his 1,000th NHL/Capitals game, John Carlson notched his eighth goal of the season on the power play to knot the score at 2-2; Max Pacioretty and Dylan Strome recorded the assists on the goal.

The goal tied Carlson with Kevin Hatcher for the most goals by a defenseman in franchise history at 149.

The two teams would trade chances through the remainder of the period but remained tied at the end of 40 minutes. Boston continued to hold a slight advantage in SOG, 17-11 on the game and 8-5 on the period.

3RD PERIOD

The final 20 minutes of play was rather uneventful, save for a huge penalty killing effort by Washington with just over five minutes left in regulation.

With neither club able to beat the opposing netminder, the game proceeded to overtime.

OVERTIME

Despite a four-minute power play in extra time, Jeremy Swayman and the Bruins stonewalled the Caps, sending the game to a shootout.

SHOOTOUT

The skills competition went five rounds, with Jake DeBrusk, David Pastrnak, and Kevin Shattenkirk scoring for the visiting Bruins and Dylan Strome and Sonny Milano scoring for Washington.

Swayman stopped Connor McMichael to secure the B’s 3-2 victory

SHAVINGS (via Capitals PR)

  • John Carlson became the 60th player and ninth blueliner to score a goal in his 1,000th career game
  • Dylan Strome’s secondary assist on Carlson’s power play marker was his team-leading 15th power play assist and 33rd point in his last 28 games.

About Jon Sorensen

Jon has been a Caps fan since day one, attending his first game at the Capital Centre in 1974. His interest in the Caps has grown over the decades and included time as a season ticket holder. He has been a journalist covering the team for 10+ years, primarily focusing on analysis, analytics and prospect development.





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