Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, October 28, 2015 · Verizon Center
NBCSN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 34-25.
Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Beau Bennett, Phil Kessel and Nick Bonino.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 22 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)Karl Alzner (1)0–101:28 WSH
Beau Bennett (2)Nick Bonino (1), Olli Maatta (1)1–101:52 PIT
Phil Kessel (4)Evgeni Malkin (5), David Perron (1)2–103:49 PIT
Nick Bonino (2)Unassisted3–118:17 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITWSH
25Shots on goal34
55%Faceoff %45%
0/3Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits37
19Blocked shots16
13Giveaways15
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 06:09
Chandler Stephenson · elbowing2 min - 1st 06:24Brooks Orpik · boarding2 min
- 1st 08:28Karl Alzner · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:21
Kris Letang · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:53David Perron · charging2 min
- 2nd 19:39Ian Cole · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:39Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:45Ian Cole · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 13Nick BoninoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:23 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 22:27 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:42 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:33 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:36 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 58:52 |