Capitals 5-3 Penguins (23 Feb, 2020) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

37-18-6, 15-12-2 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	1	3
WSH	1	0	4	5

Washington Capitals

38-18-6, 17-9-5 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
A. Agozzino LW
A. Angello C
T. Blueger C
S. Crosby C
P. Hornqvist RW
S. Lafferty C
E. Malkin C
J. McCann LW
B. Rust RW
D. Simon C
B. Tanev LW
J. Zucker LW
defensemen
J. Johnson D
K. Letang D
M. Pettersson D
C. Ruhwedel D
J. Schultz D
Z. Trotman D

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	7:51	0:49	0:00	7:02	5	4	55.6
0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	13	7:27	0:00	0:00	7:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	21	16:10	0:07	0:48	15:15	5	9	35.7
1	0	-3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	20:58	5:04	0:00	15:54	9	10	47.4
1	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	23	17:57	4:57	0:00	13:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	12	7:54	0:00	0:50	7:04	2	2	50.0
1	1	1	3	1	0	2	4	3	3	1	23	19:05	3:41	0:00	15:24	12	5	70.6
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	16:08	2:04	0:22	13:42	1	1	50.0
0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	20:45	5:04	1:12	14:29	0	2	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	20	13:35	0:15	0:00	13:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	21	16:06	0:14	0:48	15:04	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	23	16:12	0:49	0:00	15:23	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	27	19:43	0:00	1:05	18:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	1	31	26:13	4:44	1:05	20:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	31	18:37	0:56	0:00	17:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	22	16:26	0:00	0:55	15:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	19:22	1:16	0:00	18:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:32	0:00	0:55	13:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
M. Murray G

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	4	18	.818	17	0	1	0	0	58:59	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
N. Backstrom C
N. Dowd RW
L. Eller C
C. Hagelin LW
G. Hathaway RW
E. Kuznetsov C
B. Leipsic LW
T.J. Oshie RW
A. Ovechkin LW
R. Panik RW
J. Vrana LW
T. Wilson RW
defensemen
J. Carlson D
B. Dillon D
R. Gudas D
N. Jensen D
M. Kempny D
D. Orlov D

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	17:04	0:50	0:00	16:14	9	8	52.9
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	14	11:42	0:00	4:57	6:45	7	9	43.8
0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	20	14:32	1:10	1:03	12:19	7	7	50.0
2	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	15:24	0:00	4:57	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	11	7:22	0:00	0:41	6:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	23	17:15	1:10	0:00	16:05	9	8	52.9
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6:20	0:00	0:00	6:20	1	0	100.0
1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	24	15:21	0:50	0:00	14:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	20	19:00	2:00	0:00	17:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	11:58	0:00	0:00	11:58	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	17:17	1:10	0:00	16:07	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	8	1	1	22	18:17	0:50	0:22	17:05	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	1	29	22:00	1:12	0:07	20:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	0	2	4	9	0	0	27	20:38	0:00	3:34	17:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	22	19:01	0:00	4:57	14:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	13:32	0:00	0:56	12:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	20:28	0:00	2:11	18:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	24	22:49	0:48	0:15	21:46	0	0	0.0

goalies
B. Holtby G

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	3	32	.914	27	0	5	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	0	2	1	3
	Capitals	1	0	4	5

1st Period			PIT	WSH
6:12		Jakub Vrana (24) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	0	1

2nd Period			PIT	WSH
14:47		Patric Hornqvist (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Kris Letang (27), Evgeni Malkin (41)	1	1
15:13		Sidney Crosby (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jason Zucker (17), Marcus Pettersson (18)	2	1

3rd Period		PIT	WSH
1:16	Tom Wilson (20) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (38)	2	2
4:41	Carl Hagelin (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (22), John Carlson (57)	2	3
8:50	Evgeni Malkin (21) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Bryan Rust (26)	3	3
10:40	T.J. Oshie (25) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	3	4
19:13	Carl Hagelin (7) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (39), T.J. Oshie (21)	3	5

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Penguins
4
Capitals
3

Game 1

2/2

Penguins
3
Capitals
5

Game 2

23/2

Capitals
5
Penguins
2

Game 3

7/3

Capital One Arena

5:00 PM, 23 February 2020

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
Chris Lee
Trevor Hanson

Linesmen:
Devin Berg
James Tobias

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Game Information

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