Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, March 20, 2016 · CONSOL Energy Center

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2–6

Final

SOG 18–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 31-18.

Goals came from Bryan Rust, Trevor Daley, Jason Chimera, Andre Burakovsky, Tom Kuhnhackl, Matt Cullen, Chris Kunitz and Justin Schultz.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 21 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	0	2	18
PIT	2	1	3	6	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Bryan Rust (4)Tom Kuhnhackl (5), Ian Cole (10)0–108:33 PIT
Trevor Daley (6)Sidney Crosby (44), Patric Hornqvist (28)0–209:59 PIT

2nd period

Jason Chimera (18)Justin Williams (28), Dmitry Orlov (20)1–201:18 WSH
Andre Burakovsky (16)Jay Beagle (7)2–215:12 WSH
Tom Kuhnhackl (3)Matt Cullen (12), Trevor Daley (17)2–315:54 PIT

3rd period

Matt Cullen (12)Tom Kuhnhackl (6), Olli Maatta (13)2–403:46 PIT
Chris Kunitz (16)Sidney Crosby (45), Kris Letang (41)2–507:18 PIT
Justin Schultz (4)Trevor Daley (18), Bryan Rust (6)2–613:05 PIT · PPG

Team stats

WSHPIT

18Shots on goal31

55%Faceoff %45%

0/2Power play1/7

41Penalty minutes22

34Hits32

10Blocked shots15

2Giveaways11

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 11:56Daniel Winnik · interference2 min
1st 15:28T.J. Oshie · tripping2 min
2nd 05:55Ian Cole · holding the stick2 min
2nd 13:04Mike Weber · roughing2 min
2nd 13:04Mike Weber · roughing2 min
2nd 13:04Bryan Rust · roughing2 min
2nd 14:22T.J. Oshie · roughing2 min
2nd 14:22Karl Alzner · roughing2 min
2nd 14:22Patric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
2nd 14:22Patric Hornqvist · roughing2 min
2nd 18:08Justin Williams · high sticking2 min
3rd 10:39Mike Weber · boarding5 min
3rd 10:39Mike Weber · misconduct10 min
3rd 10:39Tom Kuhnhackl · roughing2 min
3rd 10:39Tom Kuhnhackl · misconduct10 min
3rd 17:07Carl Hagelin · interference2 min
3rd 19:25Daniel Winnik · elbowing2 min
3rd 19:25Daniel Winnik · misconduct10 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	2	–	13:34
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	50	14:09
65Andre BurakovskyL	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	0	–	10:42
83Jay BeagleC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50	15:56
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	-3	0	2	1	0	–	17:38
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	–	18:42
10Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	83	12:29
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	41	16:19
26Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	–	10:54
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	6	0	0	–	13:35
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	15:57
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44	14:12
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-4	1	0	0	0	70	13:49
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	–	28:00
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	-1	1	5	1	19	–	10:35
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	–	23:51
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0	–	19:38
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	16:25

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		5	4	1	.800	12:42
70Braden HoltbyG	L	26	21	5	.808	47:18

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

34Tom KuhnhacklR	1	2	3	+3	1	2	0	12	–	11:06
6Trevor DaleyD	1	2	3	+1	3	0	4	0	–	21:56
7Matt CullenC	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	0	58	14:51
17Bryan RustR	1	1	2	+3	1	0	1	2	–	13:07
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	+1	2	5	0	0	41	20:06
14Chris KunitzL	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	0	–	17:10
72Patric HornqvistR	0	1	1	+2	5	1	1	4	–	17:54
3Olli MaattaD	0	1	1	+2	1	3	3	0	–	20:56
4Justin SchultzD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	14:23
28Ian ColeD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	5	2	–	13:21
58Kris LetangD	0	1	1	+1	2	5	0	0	–	30:07
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	63	17:05
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	14:09
40Oskar SundqvistC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	25	12:53
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:37
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2	–	14:29
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	15:55
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:55

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	18	16	2	.889	60:00
30Matt MurrayG		0	0	0	–	00:00