Capitals 3-2 Penguins (2 Mar, 2016) Final 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

		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

PENGUINS

CAPITALS

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

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Matt NiskanenD - WSH

Mike RichardsC - WSH

Patric HornqvistRW - PIT

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-1

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