- Final0NYR
OTT1
01
0 - Final1BOS
WSH4
34
3 - Final2STL
SJ4
34
3
Final
Washington won 4-3
| Game 1: Thursday, April 12th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 0 | Final OT |
| Bruins | 1 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, April 14th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 2 | Final 2OT |
| Bruins | 1 | |
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| Game 3: Monday, April 16th | ||
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| Bruins | 4 | Final |
| Capitals | 3 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, April 19th | ||
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| Bruins | 1 | Final |
| Capitals | 2 | |
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| Game 5: Saturday, April 21st | ||
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| Capitals | 4 | Final |
| Bruins | 3 | |
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| Game 6: Sunday, April 22nd | ||
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| Bruins | 4 | Final OT |
| Capitals | 3 | |
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| Game 7: Wednesday, April 25th | ||
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| Capitals | 2 | Final OT |
| Bruins | 1 | |
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Coverage: NBCSN
7:30 PM ET, April 16, 2012
Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| BOS | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| WSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | R Peverley 5 | R Peverley 3 | M Lucic 3 |
| WSH | A Ovechkin 9 | A Ovechkin 5 | N Backstrom 6 |
B. Laich (Capitals - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 2

Z. Chara (Bruins - D): Goals: 1, Assists: 2


A. Ovechkin (Capitals - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 1
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
3rd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Jay Beagle in neutral zone |
| 0:09 | Washington | Matt Hendricks credited with hit on Andrew Ference in neutral zone |
| 0:12 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 0:12 | Washington | Jay Beagle won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 0:17 | Washington | Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 54 ft) |
| 0:17 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:17 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Jay Beagle in defensive zone |
| 0:27 | Boston | Shot on goal by Patrice Bergeron saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 41 ft) |
| 0:27 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:27 | Washington | Brooks Laich won faceoff against Chris Kelly in defensive zone |
| 0:49 | Boston | Takeaway by Dennis Seidenberg in offensive zone |
| 0:57 | Boston | Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 63 ft) |
| 1:01 | Boston | Shot on goal by Brian Rolston saved by Braden Holtby(Tip-In 17 ft) |
| 1:02 | Boston | Goal scored by Brian Rolston(Wristshot 14 ft) assisted by Chris Kelly and Zdeno Chara |
| 1:02 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Gregory Campbell in neutral zone |
| 1:22 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 1:22 | Boston | Gregory Campbell won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 1:33 | Washington | Roman Hamrlik credited with hit on Shawn Thornton in defensive zone |
| 1:38 | Boston | Gregory Campbell credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 1:57 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom shot blocked by Johnny Boychuk |
| 2:03 | Washington | Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Greg Zanon in offensive zone |
| 2:32 | Boston | David Krejci credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone |
| 2:35 | Boston | Zdeno Chara credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 2:42 | Boston | Zdeno Chara credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone |
| 2:48 | Washington | Mike Green shot blocked by Zdeno Chara |
| 2:58 | Washington | Jason Chimera shot blocked by Zdeno Chara |
| 3:01 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Tim Thomas(Tip-In 13 ft) |
| 3:01 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 3:01 | Washington | penalty to Jason Chimera 2 minutes for Slashing Brad Marchand |
| 3:01 | Boston | Power play - Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Jay Beagle in offensive zone |
| 3:11 | Boston | Power play - Dennis Seidenberg credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 3:19 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Milan Lucic saved by Braden Holtby(Snap 34 ft) |
| 4:09 | Boston | Power play - Shot missed by Tyler Seguin, Wide of Net(Snap 21 ft) |
| 4:27 | Washington | Shorthanded - Takeaway by Karl Alzner in defensive zone |
| 5:39 | Boston | Gregory Campbell credited with hit on Dennis Wideman in offensive zone |
| 6:07 | Boston | Dennis Seidenberg shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 6:33 | Washington | Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 56 ft) |
| 6:35 | Washington | Takeaway by Roman Hamrlik in offensive zone |
| 6:52 | Washington | Roman Hamrlik shot blocked by Dennis Seidenberg |
| 7:31 | Boston | Brad Marchand credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 7:42 | Boston | Shot missed by Brad Marchand, Wide of Net(Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 7:52 | Washington | Matt Hendricks credited with hit on Zdeno Chara in defensive zone |
| 8:13 | Boston | Benoit Pouliot credited with hit on Dennis Wideman in offensive zone |
| 8:22 | Boston | Shot on goal by Andrew Ference saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 60 ft) |
| 8:22 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 8:22 | Boston | Chris Kelly won faceoff against Brooks Laich in offensive zone |
| 8:40 | Boston | Chris Kelly credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in offensive zone |
| 8:48 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside |
| 8:48 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 8:52 | Washington | Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Andrew Ference in offensive zone |
| 9:13 | Boston | Johnny Boychuk credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in defensive zone |
| 9:14 | Washington | Shot on goal by Marcus Johansson saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 32 ft) |
| 9:14 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 9:14 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 9:20 | Washington | Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Milan Lucic in offensive zone |
| 9:28 | Washington | Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Andrew Ference in offensive zone |
| 9:36 | Boston | Shot on goal by Milan Lucic saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 42 ft) |
| 9:45 | Boston | Takeaway by Dennis Seidenberg in defensive zone |
| 9:48 | Boston | Giveaway by Dennis Seidenberg in defensive zone |
| 9:54 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 14 ft) |
| 10:17 | Boston | penalty to Dennis Seidenberg 2 minutes for Roughing Nicklas Backstrom |
| 10:17 | Washington | Stoppage - ; TV timeout |
| 10:17 | Washington | Power play - Brooks Laich won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 10:24 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 10:24 | Boston | Shorthanded - Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 11:03 | Washington | Power play - Mike Green shot blocked by Johnny Boychuk |
| 11:21 | Washington | Power play - Mike Green shot blocked by Gregory Campbell |
| 11:28 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 55 ft) |
| 11:33 | Boston | Shorthanded - Takeaway by Gregory Campbell in defensive zone |
| 11:50 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside |
| 11:50 | Washington | Power play - Keith Aucoin won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in neutral zone |
| 11:58 | Washington | Power play - Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Brad Marchand in offensive zone |
| 12:35 | Boston | Shot missed by Rich Peverley, Wide of Net(Snap 27 ft) |
| 12:50 | Boston | Johnny Boychuk shot blocked by Jason Chimera |
| 12:53 | Boston | Milan Lucic credited with hit on Jason Chimera in neutral zone |
| 13:05 | Boston | Shot missed by Johnny Boychuk, Wide of Net(Snap 55 ft) |
| 13:09 | Washington | Takeaway by Roman Hamrlik in defensive zone |
| 13:31 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 13:31 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Chris Kelly in defensive zone |
| 13:37 | Boston | Benoit Pouliot credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone |
| 13:41 | Washington | Brooks Laich credited with hit on Chris Kelly in neutral zone |
| 14:00 | Washington | Goal scored by Brooks Laich(Wristshot 9 ft) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green |
| 14:00 | Boston | Gregory Campbell won faceoff against Marcus Johansson in neutral zone |
| 14:15 | Boston | Gregory Campbell credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone |
| 14:31 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout |
| 14:31 | Washington | Jay Beagle won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in neutral zone |
| 14:55 | Boston | Giveaway by Andrew Ference in defensive zone |
| 15:00 | Washington | Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 48 ft) |
| 15:01 | Boston | Milan Lucic credited with hit on John Carlson in defensive zone |
| 15:20 | Washington | Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Patrice Bergeron in defensive zone |
| 15:44 | Washington | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 15:48 | Boston | Shot missed by Chris Kelly, Wide of Net(Slapshot 38 ft) |
| 15:59 | Boston | Chris Kelly credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone |
| 16:13 | Boston | Shot missed by Brad Marchand, Wide of Net(Wristshot 33 ft) |
| 16:20 | Washington | Alexander Semin shot blocked by Andrew Ference |
| 16:22 | Boston | Johnny Boychuk credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 16:31 | Washington | Giveaway by Braden Holtby in defensive zone |
| 16:41 | Washington | Shot on goal by Marcus Johansson saved by Tim Thomas(Snap 36 ft) |
| 16:46 | Washington | penalty to Nicklas Backstrom 2 minutes for Cross checking Brad Marchand |
| 16:46 | Washington | Shorthanded - Jay Beagle won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in defensive zone |
| 17:00 | Boston | Power play - Zdeno Chara shot blocked by Karl Alzner |
| 17:34 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Braden Holtby(Slapshot 37 ft) |
| 17:34 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 17:34 | Boston | penalty to Milan Lucic 2 minutes for Roughing Karl Alzner(served by Shawn Thornton) |
| 17:34 | Boston | penalty to Milan Lucic 2 minutes for Roughing Matt Hendricks |
| 17:34 | Washington | penalty to Matt Hendricks 2 minutes for Roughing Milan Lucic |
| 17:34 | Washington | Marcus Johansson won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 17:39 | Washington | Shot on goal by Roman Hamrlik saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 43 ft) |
| 17:53 | Boston | Shot on goal by Chris Kelly saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 26 ft) |
| 17:56 | Washington | Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Patrice Bergeron in defensive zone |
| 17:59 | Boston | Shot missed by Zdeno Chara, Wide of Net(Slapshot 48 ft) |
| 18:04 | Boston | Shot missed by Dennis Seidenberg, Wide of Net(Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 18:07 | Boston | Goal scored by Zdeno Chara(Tip-In 11 ft) assisted by Patrice Bergeron and Dennis Seidenberg |
| 18:07 | Washington | Brooks Laich won faceoff against Brad Marchand in neutral zone |
| 18:37 | Washington | John Carlson credited with hit on Brad Marchand in defensive zone |
| 18:45 | Washington | Karl Alzner credited with hit on Brad Marchand in defensive zone |
| 18:45 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside |
| 18:45 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Marcus Johansson in neutral zone |
| 19:23 | Washington | Power play - Mike Green shot blocked by Dennis Seidenberg |
| 19:28 | Washington | Power play - Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 19:34 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 34 ft) |
| 19:34 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; Home Timeout |
| 19:34 | Washington | Jay Beagle won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 19:42 | Washington | Mike Green shot blocked by Rich Peverley |
| 20:00 | Washington | End of 3rd period |
| 20:00 | Washington | penalty to Nicklas Backstrom 10 minutes for Attempt to/Deliberate injury Rich Peverley |
| 20:00 | Washington | game-end |




