The Washington Capitals lost to the Boston Bruins by a score of 4-1 at TD Garden on Monday, the final night of NHL action before the league’s three-day holiday break, to fall to 23-9-2 (.706 points percentage) this season. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves in Washington’s third loss in five games since their nine-game point-streak (8-0-1) ended, all of which have come on the road.
Washington’s Lines
Andrew Mangiapane — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei Protas
Jakub Vrana — Taylor Raddysh — Dylan McIlrath
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched
- D Alexander Alexeyev
- C Henrik Rybinski
- C Hendrix Lapierre
Injured
- LW Alex Ovechkin (fractured fibula)
- LW Sonny Milano (upper-body)
- C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
- RW T.J. Oshie (back)
- C Lars Eller (illness)
Lapierre came out of the lineup for McIlrath in Washington’s lone line change from their 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.
Boston’s Lines
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Oliver Wahlstrom — Trent Frederic — Justin Brazeau
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke
Nikita Zadorov — Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Oesterle — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched
- D Parker Wotherspoon
- C Marc McLaughlin
Injured
- D Hampus Lindholm (lower-body)
First Period
Scoring
- 19:13, 1-0 Boston (PPG): After Lohrei fed Geekie in the right dot from the top, he wristed one into the pad of Lindgren but Brazeau was right there at the doorstep to bury one.