Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, December 14, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center
NHLN-US · SN · TVAS · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Monday, December 14, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 45-34.
T.J. Oshie scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson and Evgeni Malkin also scored.
Braden Holtby made 44 saves on 45 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (10)T.J. Oshie (7), Karl Alzner (7)1–003:53 WSH
John Carlson (5)Jason Chimera (8), Jay Beagle (5)2–007:04 WSH
Evgeni Malkin (14)Ben Lovejoy (4), Phil Kessel (9)2–113:59 PIT
3rd period
T.J. Oshie (9)Nicklas Backstrom (16)3–108:50 WSH- T.J. Oshie (10)Nicklas Backstrom (17), John Carlson (18)4–119:11 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHPIT
34Shots on goal45
46%Faceoff %54%
1/4Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes13
36Hits37
24Blocked shots13
5Giveaways7
6Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 16:04
T.J. Oshie · interference2 min - 1st 18:56
Brian Dumoulin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 2nd 07:53Ian Cole · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:25Taylor Chorney · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:25Nick Bonino · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:28Brooks Laich · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:50Olli Maatta · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:37Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 24:51 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:00 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 20:21 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:58 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 49Stanislav GalievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:12 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 24:13 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 45 | 44 | 1 | .978 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:05 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:46 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:58 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:48 |
| 61Sergei PlotnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:25 |
| 2Adam ClendeningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19:11 |
| 5David WarsofskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:11 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 59:15 |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |