Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, February 25, 2015 · Verizon Center

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4–3

Final

SOG 26–24

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NBCSN · SN1 · TVAS

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 26-24.

Goals came from Patric Hornqvist, Brandon Sutter, John Carlson, Sidney Crosby, Troy Brouwer, Chris Kunitz and Alex Ovechkin.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	1	1	4	26
WSH	1	0	2	3	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Patric Hornqvist (19)Evgeni Malkin (35), David Perron (20)1–007:04 PIT
Brandon Sutter (13)Unassisted2–018:33 PIT · SHG
John Carlson (10)Jason Chimera (8), Eric Fehr (10)2–119:51 WSH

2nd period

Sidney Crosby (20)Evgeni Malkin (36), Chris Kunitz (21)3–103:16 PIT · PPG

3rd period

Troy Brouwer (18)Jason Chimera (9), Karl Alzner (13)3–204:09 WSH
Chris Kunitz (16)Blake Comeau (12), Evgeni Malkin (37)4–207:12 PIT
Alex Ovechkin (39)John Carlson (33), Troy Brouwer (14)4–316:26 WSH · PPG

Team stats

PITWSH

26Shots on goal24

40%Faceoff %60%

1/6Power play1/6

18Penalty minutes18

18Hits30

14Blocked shots13

12Giveaways9

8Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 08:13Michael Latta · roughing2 min
1st 08:13Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
1st 08:13Steve Downie · roughing2 min
1st 08:13Blake Comeau · roughing2 min
1st 11:47Chris Kunitz · hooking2 min
1st 14:02Kris Letang · hooking2 min
1st 16:52Sidney Crosby · holding2 min
2nd 00:34Joel Ward · slashing2 min
2nd 02:44Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
2nd 03:25Cameron Schilling · interference2 min
2nd 07:12Jason Chimera · holding2 min
2nd 09:29Paul Martin · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:42Tom Wilson · cross checking2 min
2nd 12:42Rob Scuderi · roughing2 min
2nd 12:42Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
2nd 15:55Cameron Schilling · hooking2 min
2nd 19:02Blake Comeau · slashing2 min
3rd 16:22Marc-Andre Fleury · roughing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	8	15:55
14Chris KunitzL	1	1	2	0	3	3	2	2	–	14:38
16Brandon SutterC	1	0	1	+1	5	1	1	0	50	17:12
17Blake ComeauL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	4	–	14:59
39David PerronL	0	1	1	-1	4	2	0	0	–	17:22
72Patric HornqvistR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	17:52
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	56	20:05
13Nick SpalingC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	13:34
19Beau BennettR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:47
23Steve DownieR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	11:28
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	50	12:04
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	38	11:55
4Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	16:47
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	20:34
10Christian EhrhoffD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:34
47Simon DespresD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:42
51Derrick PouliotD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	15:35
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	–	29:53

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Thomas GreissG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Troy BrouwerR	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	64	20:27
25Jason ChimeraL	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2	–	09:33
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	-2	3	0	2	0	–	22:06
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-1	5	8	0	0	–	23:35
16Eric FehrC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	54	16:37
27Karl AlznerD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	14:21
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	60	24:16
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	50	15:06
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	100	18:54
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	6	–	07:09
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	60	04:21
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	12:32
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	18:13
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	70	11:59
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	19:36
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	1	6	0	0	–	20:38
45Cameron SchillingD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4	–	10:36
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	0	–	21:54

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Justin PetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	26	22	4	.846	57:35