Washington at Boston — NHL September 20, 2026

WAS

Washington

BOS

Boston

2 – 3

Final SO

TD Garden, Boston, MA

	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
WAS	1	0	1	0	(0)	2
BOS	0	1	1	0	(1)	3

WAS 32 shots on goal 30 BOS

Three stars

1st star

M. DiPietro

30 saves

2nd star

C. McAvoy

1 goal

3rd star

L. Thompson

28 saves

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	WAS	-140	-152
money	BOS	+120	+127
totals	WAS	O 6 (-100)	O 6 (+113)
totals	BOS	U 6 (-116)	U 6 (-134)

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Scoring

	1st Per	WAS	BOS
8:48	Jonny Brodzinski 1 (Assists: Ivan Miroshnichenko 1, Josh Dunne 1)	1	0

	2nd Per	WAS	BOS
15:32	Jake Schmaltz 1 (power-play) (Assists: Riley Duran 1)	1	1

	3rd Per	WAS	BOS
5:34	Ivan Miroshnichenko 1 (Unassisted)	2	1
18:17	Charlie McAvoy 1 (Assists: Fraser Minten 1, Matthew Poitras 1)	2	2

Shootout

Alex Tuch shootout saved (Michael DiPietro goalie) ✗
James Hagens shootout goal (Logan Thompson goalie) ✓
Pierre-Luc Dubois shootout miss (Michael DiPietro goalie) ✗
Lukas Reichel shootout saved (Logan Thompson goalie) ✗
Anthony Beauvillier shootout saved (Michael DiPietro goalie) ✗

Penalties

1st Per

6:44 Jordan Harris (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Ivan Miroshnichenko
6:44 Joseph Abate (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Ivan Miroshnichenko
9:59 Lynden Lakovic (Illegal Equipment - 2 min)
19:46 Vincent Desharnais (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Charlie McAvoy

2nd Per

13:32 Jonny Brodzinski (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Mark Kastelic
16:14 Sean Kuraly (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Jakob Chychrun
18:48 Matt Roy (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Sean Kuraly
18:48 Sean Kuraly (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Matt Roy

3rd Per

3:30 Charlie McAvoy (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Jonny Brodzinski
5:34 Dylan McIlrath (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Marat Khusnutdinov
5:34 Charlie McAvoy (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Josh Dunne
6:58 Justin Holl (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Mark Kastelic
8:07 Boone Jenner (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Charlie McAvoy
18:48 Jonathan Aspirot (Delay of Game (Puck Over the Glass) - 2 min)

1:44 Matthew Poitras (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Cole Hutson

Highlights

Capitals vs. Bruins | NHL Preseason Highlights | Sep 20, 2026

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