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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Boston 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 1, 2009
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Dave Jackson, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 17565
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1124
Boston 0011
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:15 - Capitals Brooks Laich (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alexander Ovechkin
Penalties
13:22 - Bruins Steve Begin (2) Hooking
 14:16 - Capitals Mike Green (2) Tripping
 17:00 - Bruins Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 18:29 - Capitals John Erskine (2) Holding the stick
2nd Period
Scoring
9:31 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Alexander Semin , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
9:47 - Capitals Milan Jurcina (2) Holding
 13:25 - Capitals Mike Knuble (2) High sticking
 20:00 - Bruins Zdeno Chara (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:16 - Capitals Brooks Laich (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alexander Semin
1:57 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Tom Poti , Brooks Laich
7:56 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (EV) Assists: Steve Begin , Mark Stuart
Penalties
5:56 - Bruins Marco Sturm (2) Holding
 9:43 - Bruins Shawn Thornton (5) Fighting
 9:43 - Capitals John Erskine (5) Fighting
 18:29 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Goaltender interference
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jose Theodore G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:10 3:25 8:25 0 0 - - - - -
Boyd Kane LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 9:12 9:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Pothier D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 16:15 15:08 0:13 0:54 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 30 21:20 15:18 0:11 5:51 0 0 - - - - -
John Erskine D 0 0 0 -1 7 2 24 17:42 15:24 0:13 2:05 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 2 1 3 +2 2 5 20 20:14 16:41 3:12 0:21 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Morrison C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 14:46 13:50 0:56 0:00 0 0 - - 8 3 73
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:55 8:46 0:00 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:47 8:40 0:00 4:07 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Chris Clark RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 11:04 10:20 0:13 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 +1 0 3 20 19:51 16:38 2:55 0:18 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Brooks Laich C 2 1 3 E 0 5 21 16:08 11:34 2:16 2:18 2 0 - - 3 2 60
Mike Knuble RW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 20 14:58 12:20 0:56 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Jurcina D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 26 17:46 14:04 0:00 3:42 0 0 - - - - -
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 E 0 1 28 19:52 17:01 0:00 2:51 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Semin LW 0 2 2 +1 0 4 20 18:42 16:18 2:16 0:08 0 0 - - - - -
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 14:10 9:01 0:30 4:39 0 0 - - 11 7 61
Mike Green D 0 0 0 +1 2 4 30 24:12 19:44 3:01 1:27 0 0 - - - - -
Quintin Laing LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 11:35 9:45 0:13 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tim Thomas G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:10 8:25 3:25 0 0 - - - - -
Tuukka Rask G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 31 26:31 21:10 4:12 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 14:59 14:06 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Sturm LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 16:24 11:17 5:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Lucic LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 15:12 14:16 0:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 E 0 1 29 22:06 17:09 3:51 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Shawn Thornton LW 0 0 0 E 5 2 12 7:35 7:20 0:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Blake Wheeler RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 14:02 13:06 0:00 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Begin C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 14 9:27 8:19 0:20 0:48 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Mark Recchi RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 15:30 12:17 2:06 1:07 0 0 - - - - -
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 26 22:30 16:12 4:34 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Bergeron C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 22 17:11 12:10 2:59 2:02 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Mark Stuart D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18 12:44 12:12 0:00 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
David Krejci C 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 17:24 13:42 2:54 0:48 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 15:23 14:48 0:00 0:35 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Morris D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26 20:46 14:49 4:13 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Byron Bitz RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 8:53 8:18 0:00 0:35 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 19:12 14:34 4:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marc Savard C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 19:40 13:59 5:07 0:34 0 0 - - 3 11 21
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jose Theodore W (30-7-7) 20 19 1 .950 0 60:00
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tim Thomas L (17-18-8) 34 30 4 .882 0 60:00