Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 1, 2016 · Verizon Center
SN · NBCSN · SN1 · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 37-30.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist, Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie.
Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 34 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (24)Carl Hagelin (16), Brian Dumoulin (13)1–006:14 PIT
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (16)Olli Maatta (12), Sidney Crosby (35)2–003:45 PIT
Tom Wilson (6)Mike Richards (1), Nate Schmidt (13)2–104:24 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (20)Justin Williams (25), Andre Burakovsky (18)2–216:03 WSH
3rd period
T.J. Oshie (18)Matt Niskanen (23), Nicklas Backstrom (41)2–313:38 WSH · PPG
Team stats
PITWSH
30Shots on goal37
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play1/3
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits32
14Blocked shots24
7Giveaways13
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 11:55
Chris Kunitz · tripping2 min - 1st 16:30
Karl Alzner · cross checking2 min - 1st 17:01Phil Kessel · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:23Jason Chimera · embellishment2 min
- 2nd 05:23Kris Letang · holding2 min
- 2nd 06:52Ian Cole · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:52Dmitry Orlov · embellishment2 min
- 2nd 11:50Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:45Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:03 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13:53 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:34 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:47 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 58:59 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:27 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 24:26 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:56 |
| 49Stanislav GalievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:57 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:42 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 59:58 |