Capitals 5-2 Penguins (7 Mar, 2020) Box Score

Washington Capitals

41-20-7, 23-10-2 away

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

39-22-6, 23-7-4 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Ilya KovalchukI. Kovalchuk#17
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Richard PanikR. Panik#14
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Brenden DillonB. Dillon#4
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
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%
1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	15:34	1:16	0:09	14:09	6	7	46.2
2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	14:26	0:00	4:10	10:16	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	6	1	1	20	16:38	0:44	3:27	12:27	5	8	38.5
0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	14:44	0:00	3:09	11:35	0	1	0.0
0	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	10:26	0:00	0:50	9:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	14	12:57	1:41	0:00	11:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	17	14:58	0:44	0:00	14:14	5	5	50.0
1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	19	15:48	1:16	0:09	14:23	2	0	100.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	19	16:34	2:00	0:00	14:34	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:03	0:00	0:45	9:18	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	11:24	0:00	0:00	11:24	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	0	0	20	16:10	0:19	2:33	13:18	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	29	24:36	1:28	4:14	18:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	28	20:36	0:00	2:48	17:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	26	20:11	0:06	3:00	17:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:45	0:00	1:12	14:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	24	21:19	0:26	0:00	20:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	2	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	20	15:39	0:00	5:17	10:22	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	2	26	.929	23	0	3	0	0	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Nick BjugstadN. Bjugstad#27
Teddy BluegerT. Blueger#53
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Sam LaffertyS. Lafferty#37
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Patrick MarleauP. Marleau#12
Jared McCannJ. McCann#19
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
Brandon TanevB. Tanev#13
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#3
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
John MarinoJ. Marino#6
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	9:25	0:00	0:00	9:25	1	2	33.3
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	12:23	0:04	1:15	11:04	4	9	30.8
1	1	-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	21:53	6:42	0:06	15:05	16	9	64.0
0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	20	17:21	5:17	0:00	12:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	18	11:54	0:04	0:00	11:50	0	0	0.0
1	0	-3	5	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	24	21:37	6:13	0:00	15:24	5	4	55.6
0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:04	1:31	0:39	12:54	2	2	50.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:56	3:45	0:00	11:11	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	19:18	3:40	0:45	14:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:42	0:08	0:00	12:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	19	12:21	0:04	1:15	11:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	17:00	3:36	0:00	13:24	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	26	20:06	0:08	1:20	18:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:59	0:00	0:40	14:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	2	29	26:19	4:07	0:19	21:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	25	18:12	1:31	1:01	15:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	22	14:52	0:04	0:40	14:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	19:34	4:31	0:00	15:03	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt MurrayM. Murray#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	5	23	.821	20	2	1	0	0	56:20	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	3	0	2	5
	Penguins	0	0	2	2

1st Period		WSH
1:52	Nic Dowd (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Garnet Hathaway (7), Richard Panik (13)	1
16:15	Nicklas Backstrom (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jakub Vrana (27), T.J. Oshie (23)	2
18:38	Richard Panik (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nick Jensen (8), Nic Dowd (8)	3

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period		WSH	PIT
0:34	Nic Dowd (7) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Carl Hagelin (17)	4	0
5:09	Sidney Crosby (16) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Conor Sheary (12)	4	1
12:16	Evgeni Malkin (22) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Jason Zucker (21), Sidney Crosby (31)	4	2
13:12	T.J. Oshie (26) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (42)	5	2

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Penguins
4
Capitals
3

Game 1

2/2

Penguins
3
Capitals
5

Game 2

23/2

Capitals
5
Penguins
2

Game 3

7/3

PPG Paints Arena

6:00 PM, 7 March 2020

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,656

Referees:
Dan O'Halloran
Dean Morton

Linesmen:
Derek Amell

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

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