And so it’s set.
Capitals vs. Bruins. Red, white and blue vs. that other black and gold team. Two prior playoff meetings, deadlocked at one win apiece (with the B’s sweeping the Caps out of the Wales Conference Finals in 1990 and the Caps taking out the Bruins in the first round on their run to the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals). Pat Riggin for Pete Peeters, Al Iafrate for Joé Juneau. Jim Carey (thank the hockey gods), Anson Carter, Jason Allison and a 3rd for Bill Ranford and Rick Tocchet. Brian Bellows. Kolzig vs. Dafoe. An even dozen of Dale Hunter’s NHL fighting majors (that’s it?). Tim Thomas’s hatred of all things Washington…. the list goes on and on. There’s a bit of history and plenty of present-day tension .
There’ll be plenty of time to dive into those storylines and others in the days ahead, but first things first – the numbers. Below are the Caps team and individual stats (after the jump) from this season against the Bruins.
Head-to-Head:
| Game 1 | W, 5-3 |
| Game 2 | L, 1-4 |
| Game 3 | W, 4-3 |
| Game 4 | SOW, 3-2 |
| Record | 3-1-0 |
| GF/Game | 3.00 |
| GA/Game | 3.00 |
| Goal Diff/Game | 0.00 |
| Power-play Success | 16.7% |
| Power-play Opps. | 6 |
| PP Per Game |
1.5 |
| Penalty Kill Success |
87.5% |
| Times Shorthanded | 8 |
| Times SH/Game | 2.0 |
| Save Percentage | .902 |
| Save Pct. Against |
.893 |
Capitals Skaters vs. Boston
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | GWG | SOG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu Perreault | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Marcus Johansson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dennis Wideman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Alexander Semin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Jay Beagle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Joel Ward | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Troy Brouwer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dmitry Orlov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cody Eakin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Hendricks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brooks Laich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | 8 |
| Jeff Halpern | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Karl Alzner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Carlson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jason Chimera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mike Knuble | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Aucoin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff Schultz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Erskine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* Laich also had a shootout-deciding goal
Capitals Goalies vs. Boston
| GP | GS | MIN | W | L | O | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Vokoun | 4 | 4 | 198 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.73 | 101 | 92 | .911 | 0 |
| Michal Neuvirth |
1 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.58 | 21 | 19 | .905 | 0 |
Capitals Centers’ Face Offs vs. Boston (minimum five draws)
| GP | FOW | FOL | TOT | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Laich | 4 | 25 | 47 | 72 | 34.7 |
| Mathieu Perreault |
4 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 33.3 |
| Keith Aucoin | 3 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 46.4 |
| Jeff Halpern |
2 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 63.0 |
| Jay Beagle | 3 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 66.7 |
| Marcus Johansson | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 39.1 |
| Matt Hendricks | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 37.5 |
| Team Total* | 4 | 133 | 109 | 242 | 55.0 |
| Team Total (PP) | 4 |
13 |
7 |
20 |
65.0 |
| Team Total (PK) | 4 | 11 |
19 |
30 |
36.7 |
*Includes players who did not meet the minimum for inclusion in the table
And now, for getting through all those stats, your moment of zen:
