Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 7, 2016 · Verizon Center
SN360 · CSN-DC · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35-30.
Matt Cullen scored twice and Marcus Johansson scored twice. Conor Sheary, Andre Burakovsky and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Matt Murray made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cullen (15)Tom Kuhnhackl (10)1–000:44 PIT
2nd period
- Matt Cullen (16)Unassisted2–000:28 PIT · SHG
Conor Sheary (7)Oskar Sundqvist (3), Tom Sestito (1)3–009:03 PIT
Marcus Johansson (16)John Carlson (29), Andre Burakovsky (21)3–117:19 WSH
3rd period
- Marcus Johansson (17)Matt Niskanen (27), Evgeny Kuznetsov (56)3–210:05 WSH
Andre Burakovsky (17)John Carlson (30), Justin Williams (30)3–313:26 WSH
OT period
Sidney Crosby (36)Kris Letang (51)4–304:00 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
35Shots on goal30
54%Faceoff %46%
0/4Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes13
19Hits26
12Blocked shots10
10Giveaways18
12Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 03:41
Ian Cole · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 19:02Kris Letang · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:27
Tom Wilson · boarding5 min - 2nd 11:10Ian Cole · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 13:27Justin Williams · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:52Trevor Daley · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:00Kris Letang · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:00Alex Ovechkin · embellishment2 min
- 3rd 03:14Daniel Winnik · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:49Matt Niskanen · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Matt CullenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:38 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 40Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:13 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:20 |
| 47Tom SestitoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:52 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 22:49 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 30:44 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:52 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:51 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 21:45 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:48 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 63:48 |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 13:53 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 25:20 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 27:37 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22:03 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 26Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:50 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:31 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:41 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | O | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 64:00 |