Capitals 4-1 Penguins (15 Dec, 2015) Box Score

Washington Capitals

21-6-2, 10-3-1 away

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

15-11-3, 8-5-2 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Jason ChimeraJ. Chimera#25
Stanislav GalievS. Galiev#49
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Brooks LaichB. Laich#21
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Taylor ChorneyT. Chorney#4
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	20:22	4:31	0:22	15:29	14	13	51.9
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	23	18:16	0:10	1:59	16:07	11	7	61.1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:13	0:59	0:00	7:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	15:11	0:40	1:39	12:52	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	7:12	0:40	0:00	6:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	16:22	3:36	0:00	12:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:41	1:29	0:00	12:12	4	12	25.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	13	7:58	0:00	0:50	7:08	3	4	42.9
2	1	1	3	0	2	1	2	4	1	0	24	19:49	4:31	0:00	15:18	2	4	33.3
0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	25	20:21	4:25	0:00	15:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	15:26	1:14	1:39	12:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	22	17:57	0:59	1:31	15:27	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	30	23:00	0:10	2:01	20:49	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	8	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	31	24:51	4:31	1:59	18:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	0	17	10:39	0:49	0:00	9:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	30	24:13	1:17	2:01	20:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	12:19	0:49	0:00	11:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	28	20:10	0:00	1:59	18:11	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
45	1	44	.978	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Beau BennettB. Bennett#19
Nick BoninoN. Bonino#13
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Eric FehrE. Fehr#16
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Chris KunitzC. Kunitz#14
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
David PerronD. Perron#57
Sergei PlotnikovS. Plotnikov#61
Daniel SprongD. Sprong#41
defensemen
Adam ClendeningA. Clendening#2
Ian ColeI. Cole#28
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Ben LovejoyB. Lovejoy#12
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
David WarsofskyD. Warsofsky#5

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	5:46	0:25	0:00	5:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	3	0	1	20	15:59	1:54	2:44	11:21	14	7	66.7
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	28	20:25	2:06	1:11	17:08	12	12	50.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	23	14:20	0:00	3:03	11:17	8	3	72.7
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	13:49	0:00	2:44	11:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	22	16:22	1:54	0:21	14:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	17:01	2:06	0:47	14:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	25	19:03	2:06	0:00	16:57	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	25	19:05	2:17	0:57	15:51	7	13	35.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	24	15:48	1:54	0:16	13:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	16	10:55	0:00	1:16	9:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	8:58	0:00	0:00	8:58	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	10:01	0:00	0:01	10:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	29	18:40	0:00	2:49	15:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	36	26:11	1:18	2:04	22:49	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	29	21:40	0:00	3:59	17:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	30	19:11	1:32	1:19	16:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	20:47	2:28	1:07	17:12	0	0	0.0

goalies
Marc-Andre FleuryM. Fleury#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	4	30	.882	0	0	0	0	0	59:15	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
	Capitals	2	0	2	4
	Penguins	1	0	0	1

1st Period		WSH	PIT
3:53	Nicklas Backstrom (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (7), Karl Alzner (7)	1	0
7:04	John Carlson (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jason Chimera (8), Jay Beagle (5)	2	0
13:59	Evgeni Malkin (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ben Lovejoy (4), Phil Kessel (9)	2	1

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period			WSH	PIT
8:50		T.J. Oshie (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (16)	3	1
19:11		T.J. Oshie (10) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (17), John Carlson (18)	4	1

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Penguins
3
Capitals
1

Game 1

29/10

Capitals
4
Penguins
1

Game 2

15/12

Penguins
-
Capitals
-

Game 3

24/1

Penguins
2
Capitals
3

Game 3

2/3

Capitals
2
Penguins
6

Game 4

20/3

Penguins
4
Capitals
3

Game 5

8/4

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 15 December 2015

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,520

Referees:
Dave Jackson

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	11	4	18

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Washington Capitals

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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