Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, January 11, 2017 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 32-30.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Justin Williams, Evgeni Malkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Patric Hornqvist and Lars Eller also scored.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (20)Nicklas Backstrom (25), T.J. Oshie (8)0–100:35 WSH
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (21)John Carlson (18), Nicklas Backstrom (26)0–208:06 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Justin Williams (12)Evgeny Kuznetsov (23), Dmitry Orlov (17)0–304:31 WSH
Evgeni Malkin (17)Justin Schultz (19), Phil Kessel (27)1–307:46 PIT · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (11)T.J. Oshie (9), John Carlson (19)1–413:11 WSH · PPG
Patric Hornqvist (10)Sidney Crosby (19), Phil Kessel (28)2–417:24 PIT · PPG
Lars Eller (4)Nicklas Backstrom (27), T.J. Oshie (10)2–519:42 WSH · EN
Team stats
PITWSH
32Shots on goal30
38%Faceoff %62%
2/5Power play2/4
12Penalty minutes14
14Hits16
10Blocked shots19
5Giveaways14
10Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 03:24
T.J. Oshie · slashing2 min - 1st 07:18Brooks Orpik · slashing2 min
- 1st 07:18
Matt Cullen · tripping2 min - 1st 19:04Justin Williams · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:04Ian Cole · slashing2 min
- 2nd 03:41Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 07:35Carl Hagelin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:12Brett Connolly · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:06Steve Oleksy · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:28Dmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:13T.J. Oshie · holding2 min
- 3rd 12:29Steve Oleksy · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:24T.J. Oshie · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 18:32 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 17:27 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 22:50 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:06 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:24 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:48 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 26:19 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 58:37 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 16:52 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22:19 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 23:11 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |