Penguins 3-2 Capitals (12 Oct, 2017) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

2-1-1, 1-1-0 away

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

Washington Capitals

2-1-1, 1-1-0 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Tom KuhnhacklT. Kuhnhackl#34
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Greg McKeggG. McKegg#33
Ryan ReavesR. Reaves#75
Carter RowneyC. Rowney#37
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Matt HunwickM. Hunwick#22
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#2
Justin SchultzJ. Schultz#4

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	28	20:31	6:41	0:25	13:25	14	14	50.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:26	5:46	0:00	11:40	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	18:15	0:00	3:52	14:23	1	0	100.0
1	1	-1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	26	15:23	4:51	0:04	10:28	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	18:45	6:16	0:00	12:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	7:38	0:15	3:18	4:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	21	19:27	6:13	0:00	13:14	4	8	33.3
0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	23	11:50	1:07	1:20	9:23	4	6	40.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	6:35	0:00	0:00	6:35	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	14:04	0:00	4:56	9:08	6	5	54.5
0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	28	16:13	2:44	2:05	11:24	0	2	0.0
1	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	12:32	3:56	0:00	8:36	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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	21:34	0:00	5:30	16:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	16:58	0:15	2:26	14:17	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0	4	2	1	30	27:09	5:28	5:18	16:23	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	16:18	3:59	2:38	9:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	18	10:59	0:00	0:04	10:55	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	25	20:23	5:09	0:04	15:10	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt MurrayM. Murray#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	2	20	.909	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Alex ChiassonA. Chiasson#39
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Tyler GraovacT. Graovac#91
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Aaron NessA. Ness#55
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	21:04	4:52	1:31	14:41	11	11	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	11:56	0:00	5:54	6:02	6	3	66.7
0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	23	19:00	3:08	0:00	15:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	16	11:29	0:00	3:12	8:17	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	15	11:12	3:08	0:00	8:04	2	0	100.0
0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	11:48	0:00	3:42	8:06	9	5	64.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	5:58	0:00	0:34	5:24	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	19:04	5:10	0:00	13:54	9	7	56.3
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	1	1	22	19:51	4:52	0:52	14:07	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	18	19:36	5:52	0:00	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:03	0:00	5:19	6:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	20	15:09	2:50	0:00	12:19	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	31	26:22	5:10	5:12	16:00	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	18	13:20	0:00	0:00	13:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	8:21	0:00	1:36	6:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	27	22:13	2:50	3:44	15:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	21:27	2:08	4:49	14:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	2	25	21:04	0:00	5:43	15:21	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	3	33	.917	0	0	0	0	0	58:31	2

* - 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	1	3
	Capitals	0	1	1	2

1st Period			PIT	WSH
5:22		Kris Letang (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Bryan Rust (5), Patric Hornqvist (1)	1	0

2nd Period			PIT	WSH
8:20		Patric Hornqvist (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Tom Kuhnhackl (1), Sidney Crosby (5)	2	0
19:07		Christian Djoos (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (2), Brett Connolly (1)	2	1

3rd Period			PIT	WSH
0:38		Conor Sheary (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Justin Schultz (1), Olli Maatta (2)	3	1
12:51		Alex Ovechkin (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Christian Djoos (1), Nicklas Backstrom (5)	3	2

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Penguins
3
Capitals
2

Game 1

12/10

Penguins
1
Capitals
4

Game 2

11/11

Capitals
4
Penguins
7

Game 3

3/2

Capitals
3
Penguins
1

Game 4

2/4

Capital One Arena

12:30 AM, 12 October 2017

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Kyle Rehman

Linesmen:
Darren Gibbs

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	32	10	5	69
Carolina	29	16	3	61
New Jersey	27	17	6	60
Columbus	23	18	7	53
NY Rangers	23	20	4	50
Philadelphia	22	20	6	50
Pittsburgh	20	21	8	48
NY Islanders	19	20	7	45

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