Final
WSH at BOS game report
Capitals
2–3
Bruins
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · 5:00 p.m. ET · TD Garden
Bruins beat the Capitals 3–2 in a shootout despite being out-chanced 5.2–3.7 in expected goals and 23–14 in high-danger chances. Michael DiPietro saved 3.2 goals more than expected.
Team comparison
BOSWSH
- 3Goals2
- 3.70Expected goals5.21
- 1.645-on-5 expected goals1.32
- 14High-danger chances23
- 30Shots on goal32
- 58Shot attempts75
- 315-on-5 shot attempts32
- 10:52Power-play time12:39
5-on-5 shares for BOS: 49.2% of shot attempts, 55.4% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
BruinsCapitalsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Capitals shooting ←→ Bruins shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| BOS at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 35:56 | 31–32 | 1.64–1.32 | 0–2 |
| Power play | 10:52 | 19–36 | 1.27–3.23 | 1–0 |
| Shorthanded | 12:39 | 3–2 | 0.22–0.07 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 5:33 | 5–5 | 0.58–0.59 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as BOS–WSH. “Power play” means BOS had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson WSH | 28/30 | .933 | 3.70 | +1.70 |
| Michael DiPietro BOS | 30/32 | .938 | 5.21 | +3.21 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Jenner WSH | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.85 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko WSH | 1 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0.81 |
| Fraser Minten BOS | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.74 |
| Tom Wilson WSH | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0.66 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois WSH | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0.65 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov BOS | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.57 |
| Matt Roy WSH | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0.49 |
| Anthony Beauvillier WSH | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.45 |
| Jonny Brodzinski WSH | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.44 |
| Matthew Poitras BOS | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.43 |
Three stars
- ★M. DiPietroBOS · .938 SV%
- ★★C. McAvoyBOS · 1G 0A
- ★★★L. ThompsonWSH · .933 SV%
Scoring
Period 1
- 08:48WSH J. Brodzinski (from I. Miroshnichenko, J. Dunne)1–0
Period 2
- 15:32BOS J. Schmaltz pp (from R. Duran)1–1
Period 3
- 05:34WSH I. Miroshnichenko2–1
- 18:17BOS C. McAvoy (from F. Minten, M. Poitras)2–2
Shootout
- 00:00BOS J. Hagens2–3