Capitals 3-2 Penguins (2 Mar, 2016) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

32-22-8, 13-13-4 away

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

Washington Capitals

46-12-4, 25-5-2 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Nick BoninoN. Bonino#13
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Tom KuhnhacklT. Kuhnhackl#34
Chris KunitzC. Kunitz#14
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Kevin PorterK. Porter#11
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Scott WilsonS. Wilson#23
defensemen
Ian ColeI. Cole#28
Trevor DaleyT. Daley#6
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
Derrick PouliotD. Pouliot#51

											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	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	10:42	0:05	2:19	8:18	5	5	50.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	26	20:17	2:15	0:00	18:02	9	11	45.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:12	0:00	0:57	12:15	6	4	60.0
0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	15:32	0:00	1:05	14:27	0	2	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	27	19:01	2:15	0:00	16:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	25	17:26	2:26	0:00	15:00	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	14:35	0:00	2:19	12:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	26	17:19	0:16	0:00	17:03	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	25	19:17	2:15	0:08	16:54	3	8	27.3
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	7:03	0:00	0:00	7:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:53	0:00	0:00	13:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	8:34	0:16	0:00	8:18	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	19	13:53	0:00	0:57	12:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	31	20:48	0:16	0:08	20:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	32	21:25	0:00	1:05	20:20	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	3	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	34	25:57	2:26	2:19	21:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	32	22:27	0:00	2:19	20:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	12:47	0:05	0:00	12:42	0	0	0.0

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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
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Mike RichardsM. Richards#10
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88
Mike WeberM. Weber#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	26	18:25	2:13	0:00	16:12	11	9	55.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:57	0:00	1:38	11:19	1	2	33.3
0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	18	15:27	0:05	0:00	15:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	1	2	3	0	1	20	12:56	1:06	0:00	11:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	7:31	0:00	0:00	7:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	19	15:44	2:13	0:00	13:31	3	4	42.9
1	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:16	1:11	0:00	16:05	6	4	60.0
1	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	17:27	2:13	1:54	13:20	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	25	18:37	3:09	0:00	15:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:39	0:00	0:53	12:46	6	5	54.5
0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:59	1:06	0:00	13:53	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	19	12:23	0:00	0:37	11:46	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	28	22:42	0:05	1:49	20:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	27	24:26	2:18	2:18	19:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	4	0	3	29	19:02	1:21	0:00	17:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	30	21:22	0:00	0:42	20:40	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	22	16:45	0:00	0:11	16:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	1	18	12:24	0:00	0:02	12:22	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	0	0	0	0	0	59:58	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	1	1	0	2
	Capitals	0	2	1	3

1st Period			PIT	WSH
6:14		Evgeni Malkin (24) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Carl Hagelin (16), Brian Dumoulin (13)	1	0

2nd Period		PIT	WSH
3:45	Patric Hornqvist (16) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Olli Maatta (12), Sidney Crosby (35)	2	0
4:24	Tom Wilson (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mike Richards (1), Nate Schmidt (13)	2	1
16:03	Evgeny Kuznetsov (20) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Justin Williams (25), Andre Burakovsky (18)	2	2

3rd Period			PIT	WSH
13:38		T.J. Oshie (18) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (23), Nicklas Backstrom (41)	2	3

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-1

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

Capital One Arena

12:30 AM, 2 March 2016

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Evgeny Romasko

Linesmen:
Brian Mach

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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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WSH leads 2-1

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