Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, October 11, 2017 · Capital One Arena
NBCSN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 36-22.
Goals came from Kris Letang, Patric Hornqvist, Christian Djoos, Conor Sheary and Alex Ovechkin.
Matt Murray made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kris Letang (1)Bryan Rust (5), Patric Hornqvist (1)1–005:22 PIT · PPG
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (1)Tom Kuhnhackl (1), Sidney Crosby (5)2–008:20 PIT · PPG
Christian Djoos (1)Lars Eller (2), Brett Connolly (1)2–119:07 WSH
3rd period
Conor Sheary (2)Justin Schultz (1), Olli Maatta (2)3–100:38 PIT · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (8)Christian Djoos (1), Nicklas Backstrom (5)3–212:51 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
36Shots on goal22
43%Faceoff %57%
3/6Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes12
16Hits26
17Blocked shots16
5Giveaways13
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 03:27
Matt Niskanen · slashing2 min - 1st 10:33Braden Holtby · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 1st 13:10
Chad Ruhwedel · slashing2 min - 1st 17:43John Carlson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:57Patric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
- 2nd 06:26Christian Djoos · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:20Matt Niskanen · interference2 min
- 2nd 19:55Alex Chiasson · holding2 min
- 3rd 01:38Greg McKegg · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:56Greg McKegg · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:13 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 12:32 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 27:09 |
| 33Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:26 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:27 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |
| 31Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 29Christian DjoosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 19:36 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:04 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 91Tyler GraovacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:58 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 55Aaron NessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 58:31 |