- Final 2OT2OT0WSH
BOS2
12
1 - Final OTOT1OTT
NYR3
23
2 - Final2SJ
STL0
30
3 - Final OTOT3CHI
PHX4
34
3
Final 2OT
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bruins | 4 | Final |
| Capitals | 3 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, April 19th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bruins | 1 | Final |
| Capitals | 2 | |
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| Game 5: Saturday, April 21st | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 4 | Final |
| Bruins | 3 | |
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| Game 6: Sunday, April 22nd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bruins | 4 | Final OT |
| Capitals | 3 | |
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| Game 7: Wednesday, April 25th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 2 | Final OT |
| Bruins | 1 | |
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Coverage: NBC
3:00 PM ET, April 14, 2012
TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2OT | T | |
| WSH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | A Ovechkin 9 | A Ovechkin 5 | N Backstrom 6 |
| BOS | R Peverley 5 | R Peverley 3 | M Lucic 3 |
M. Johansson (Capitals - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 1

K. Alzner (Capitals - D): Goals: 0, Assists: 1


B. Pouliot (Bruins - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
1st Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Boston | Start of 1st period |
| 0:00 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against David Krejci in neutral zone |
| 0:10 | Boston | Milan Lucic credited with hit on Karl Alzner in offensive zone |
| 0:59 | Washington | Takeaway by Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 1:03 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in offensive zone |
| 1:09 | Boston | Zdeno Chara shot blocked by Brooks Laich |
| 1:13 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 1:13 | Boston | penalty to Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Holding Alex Ovechkin |
| 1:29 | Boston | Shorthanded - Patrice Bergeron shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin |
| 1:56 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 58 ft) |
| 1:56 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:56 | Washington | Power play - Marcus Johansson won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 2:14 | Washington | Power play - Shot missed by Troy Brouwer, Wide of Net(Tip-In 21 ft) |
| 2:19 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 2:19 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:19 | Washington | Power play - Brooks Laich won faceoff against Gregory Campbell in offensive zone |
| 2:37 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Brooks Laich saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 8 ft) |
| 2:37 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:37 | Washington | Power play - Brooks Laich won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 2:40 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 47 ft) |
| 2:44 | Washington | Power play - Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Dennis Seidenberg in offensive zone |
| 3:01 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 36 ft) |
| 3:02 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 3:02 | Washington | Power play - Joel Ward won faceoff against Chris Kelly in offensive zone |
| 3:31 | Boston | Shot on goal by Milan Lucic saved by Braden Holtby(Snap 51 ft) |
| 3:49 | Boston | Andrew Ference shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 3:56 | Boston | Shot on goal by Rich Peverley saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 44 ft) |
| 3:57 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 3:57 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Mathieu Perreault in offensive zone |
| 4:41 | Washington | Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin, Over Net(Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 4:49 | Boston | Brad Marchand shot blocked by John Carlson |
| 4:52 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:52 | Boston | Chris Kelly won faceoff against Brooks Laich in offensive zone |
| 4:56 | Boston | Shot on goal by Brian Rolston saved by Braden Holtby(Backhand 18 ft) |
| 5:01 | Boston | Shot on goal by Dennis Seidenberg saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 57 ft) |
| 5:01 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 5:01 | Washington | Brooks Laich won faceoff against Chris Kelly in defensive zone |
| 5:18 | Washington | Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin, Wide of Net(Wristshot 46 ft) |
| 5:51 | Washington | Marcus Johansson credited with hit on Milan Lucic in defensive zone |
| 6:05 | Boston | Johnny Boychuk credited with hit on Alexander Semin in defensive zone |
| 6:27 | Boston | Shot on goal by Andrew Ference saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 61 ft) |
| 6:36 | Boston | Joe Corvo shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom |
| 6:56 | Boston | Shot on goal by Shawn Thornton saved by Braden Holtby(Snap 75 ft) |
| 7:09 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jay Beagle saved by Tim Thomas(Backhand 18 ft) |
| 7:17 | Boston | Gregory Campbell credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone |
| 7:25 | Washington | Giveaway by Mike Green in defensive zone |
| 7:30 | Boston | Shawn Thornton credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone |
| 7:38 | Boston | Shot missed by Johnny Boychuk, Wide of Net(Slapshot 55 ft) |
| 8:34 | Washington | Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Dennis Seidenberg in offensive zone |
| 9:01 | Washington | John Carlson shot blocked by Johnny Boychuk |
| 9:38 | Boston | Greg Zanon credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 9:52 | Washington | penalty to Mike Green 2 minutes for Hooking Benoit Pouliot |
| 9:52 | Washington | Shorthanded - Jay Beagle won faceoff against David Krejci in defensive zone |
| 10:03 | Washington | Shorthanded - Takeaway by Jay Beagle in defensive zone |
| 10:05 | Washington | Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Jay Beagle saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 145 ft) |
| 10:21 | Boston | Power play - Brian Rolston credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in offensive zone |
| 10:25 | Boston | Power play - Shot missed by Joe Corvo, Wide of Net(Wristshot 49 ft) |
| 10:32 | Boston | Power play - Joe Corvo shot blocked by Karl Alzner |
| 10:37 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Braden Holtby(Snap 56 ft) |
| 10:37 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 10:37 | Washington | Shorthanded - Jay Beagle won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in defensive zone |
| 11:42 | Boston | Power play - Brian Rolston shot blocked by John Carlson |
| 11:52 | Boston | Stoppage - Offside |
| 11:52 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in neutral zone |
| 12:27 | Washington | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin in neutral zone |
| 12:35 | Boston | penalty to Chris Kelly 2 minutes for Hooking Nicklas Backstrom |
| 12:35 | Boston | Stoppage - ; TV timeout |
| 12:35 | Washington | Power play - Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against David Krejci in offensive zone |
| 13:40 | Boston | Shorthanded - Andrew Ference credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 13:51 | Boston | Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Brad Marchand saved by Braden Holtby(Snap 27 ft) |
| 13:51 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 13:51 | Washington | Power play - Marcus Johansson won faceoff against Rich Peverley in defensive zone |
| 14:11 | Boston | Shorthanded - David Krejci credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in defensive zone |
| 14:19 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Dennis Wideman saved by Tim Thomas(Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 15:19 | Boston | Takeaway by Chris Kelly in neutral zone |
| 15:54 | Boston | Giveaway by David Krejci in neutral zone |
| 15:59 | Boston | David Krejci credited with hit on Jay Beagle in defensive zone |
| 16:11 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Tim Thomas(Slapshot 50 ft) |
| 16:24 | Boston | Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout |
| 16:24 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 17:33 | Boston | Shot missed by Brian Rolston, Over Net(Slapshot 51 ft) |
| 18:02 | Boston | Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 18:02 | Boston | Rich Peverley won faceoff against Brooks Laich in offensive zone |
| 18:06 | Boston | Shot missed by Dennis Seidenberg, Wide of Net(Slapshot 61 ft) |
| 18:13 | Boston | Dennis Seidenberg credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 18:28 | Boston | Shot on goal by David Krejci saved by Braden Holtby(Wristshot 24 ft) |
| 18:48 | Washington | Roman Hamrlik credited with hit on Rich Peverley in neutral zone |
| 18:58 | Boston | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 18:58 | Boston | Chris Kelly won faceoff against Jay Beagle in defensive zone |
| 19:15 | Washington | Mike Green credited with hit on Daniel Paille in defensive zone |
| 19:18 | Boston | Shot on goal by Gregory Campbell saved by Braden Holtby(Wrap-around 7 ft) |
| 19:24 | Boston | Daniel Paille credited with hit on Mike Green in offensive zone |
| 19:25 | Boston | Stoppage - Icing |
| 19:25 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Jay Beagle in offensive zone |
| 19:31 | Boston | Andrew Ference shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 19:38 | Boston | Shot missed by Tyler Seguin, Wide of Net(Wristshot 53 ft) |
| 19:55 | Washington | Giveaway by Alexander Semin in neutral zone |
| 20:00 | Boston | End of 1st period |




