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NHL Sunday, 20 September 2026

Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals 3-2 – NHL, 20 Sep 2026

Boston Bruins 8th place · GP 82 · W 45 · PTS 100
32 Final
Washington Capitals 12th place · GP 82 · W 43 · PTS 95
VenueTD Garden CountryUnited States Kick-off20 Sep · 22:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match
Boston Bruins 48% Boston Bruins Home
Our pick Washington Capitals 52% Washington Capitals Away

Our pick Washington Capitals Low confidence Missed

  • Boston is 8th on 100 points, Washington 12th on 95 points, so the table gap is small.
  • Boston form is LLLWW, including a 1-6 home loss to Buffalo on 2026-04-26.
  • Washington form is LWWWW with recent road wins of 4-0 and 6-3.

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL
Boston BruinsWashington Capitals
30Shots on goal32
52%Face-off %48%
1/6Power play0/7
17%Power play %0%
16Penalty minutes14
23Hits36
17Blocked shots16
8Giveaways15
3Takeaways4

Skaters

NHL

Boston Bruins

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
M. PoitrasC0111416:42
F. MintenC0111321:40
C. McAvoyD1010328:35
J. SchmaltzL101-1109:46
R. DuranC011-1011:24
M. KhusnutdinovC0001418:17
J. HagensC0001320:04
M. KastelicC0000315:06

Washington Capitals

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
I. MiroshnichenkoL1122613:52
J. BrodzinskiC1012212:43
J. DunneC0111009:49
M. RoyD000-1421:10
B. JennerC0000318:56
T. WilsonR000-1323:17
B. TrineyevR0000313:03
A. BeauvillierR0000216:34

Scoring summary

NHL
TimeTeamScorerAssistsScore
P1 08:48WSHJ. BrodzinskiI. Miroshnichenko, J. Dunne0–1
P2 15:32BOSJ. Schmaltz (PP)R. Duran1–1
P3 05:34WSHI. Miroshnichenkounassisted1–2
P3 18:17BOSC. McAvoyF. Minten, M. Poitras2–2
SO 00:00BOSJ. Hagensunassisted3–2

Goaltenders

NHL
GoalieTeamSavesSV%TOI
M. DiPietroBoston Bruins30/320.93864:19
L. ThompsonWashington Capitals28/300.93364:37

Three stars

NHL
#PlayerTeamPosLine
1M. DiPietroBOSGSV% 0.938
2C. McAvoyBOSD1G 0A
3L. ThompsonWSHGSV% 0.933

Form and recent results