Penguins 2-1 Capitals (20 Dec, 2018) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

16-12-6, 7-5-4 away

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

Washington Capitals

20-10-3, 10-5-2 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#46
Derick BrassardD. Brassard#19
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Tanner PearsonT. Pearson#14
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Riley SheahanR. Sheahan#15
Garrett WilsonG. Wilson#10
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#73
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
Jamie OleksiakJ. Oleksiak#6
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28

											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	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	11:58	0:00	3:49	8:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	18	14:46	2:09	0:00	12:37	11	6	64.7
1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	25	22:07	4:03	1:00	17:04	13	9	59.1
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	11:11	0:00	4:35	6:36	4	3	57.1
0	1	0	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	24	17:34	1:40	0:30	15:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:45	4:32	0:00	10:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	20	15:05	4:32	0:00	10:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:29	4:32	0:00	9:57	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:47	1:40	0:00	10:07	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	25	16:17	0:00	2:33	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	12:14	0:00	3:28	8:46	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	10:05	0:00	2:11	7:54	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	2	1	3	1	2	3	0	0	32	24:09	0:00	2:33	21:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	5	0	0	5	0	2	29	21:12	0:00	5:13	15:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	33	32:22	4:36	2:54	24:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	28	20:56	1:40	6:28	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	0:09	0:00	0:00	0:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	25	16:54	1:36	0:58	14:20	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt MurrayM. Murray#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	1	31	.969	25	0	6	0	0	60:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Travis BoydT. Boyd#72
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Dmitrij JaskinD. Jaskin#23
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Madison BoweyM. Bowey#22
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Jonas SiegenthalerJ. Siegenthaler#34

											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	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	21	23:13	6:49	0:12	16:12	12	7	63.2
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:42	0:00	1:30	5:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	13	12:23	3:27	0:00	8:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6:49	0:00	1:34	5:15	2	1	66.7
1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	21	19:12	2:14	3:14	13:44	3	11	21.4
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	6:44	0:00	1:27	5:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	21	21:43	7:21	0:00	14:22	4	9	30.8
0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	21	21:25	5:36	0:05	15:44	1	5	16.7
0	0	0	5	8	1	1	2	6	0	1	20	25:14	8:02	0:00	17:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	9:39	0:00	1:19	8:20	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:58	1:29	0:00	12:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	2	1	1	5	2	4	0	22	15:53	0:00	3:03	12:50	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	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	11:39	0:00	1:18	10:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	27	29:02	7:52	3:08	18:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	3	2	4	0	0	3	25	19:50	0:00	1:53	17:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	3	1	2	3	0	0	26	19:19	1:01	2:44	15:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	21:59	1:11	2:59	17:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	15	8:24	0:13	0:22	7:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	22	5	1	0	0	57:43	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	0	2
	Capitals	0	1	0	1

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		PIT	WSH
6:38	Lars Eller (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (7)	0	1
9:15	Sidney Crosby (16) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (26), Kris Letang (20)	1	1
18:58	Bryan Rust (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jake Guentzel (16), Sidney Crosby (22)	2	1

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-1

Capitals
6
Penguins
7

Game 1

5/10

Penguins
1
Capitals
2

Game 2

8/11

Penguins
2
Capitals
1

Game 3

20/12

Capitals
3
Penguins
5

Game 4

12/3

Capital One Arena

1:00 AM, 20 December 2018

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Kevin Pollock

Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Derek Nansen

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	10	4	18

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PIT leads 2-1

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