Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 19, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NBCSN · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 32-30.
Goals came from Lars Eller, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust.
Matt Murray made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 28 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Lars Eller (5)Tom Wilson (7)0–106:38 WSH
Sidney Crosby (16)Evgeni Malkin (26), Kris Letang (20)1–109:15 PIT · PPG
Bryan Rust (7)Jake Guentzel (16), Sidney Crosby (22)2–118:58 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
30Shots on goal32
61%Faceoff %39%
1/4Power play0/5
17Penalty minutes15
23Hits24
22Blocked shots18
4Giveaways15
7Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 00:55
Tom Wilson · fighting5 min - 1st 00:55
Jamie Oleksiak · fighting5 min - 1st 04:05Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 1st 04:05Kris Letang · roughing2 min
- 1st 06:54Jonas Siegenthaler · holding2 min
- 1st 14:10Michal Kempny · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 00:48Bryan Rust · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:58Marcus Pettersson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 08:06Michal Kempny · tripping2 min
- 2nd 12:12Jake Guentzel · holding2 min
- 2nd 20:00Brian Dumoulin · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 04:13Matt Niskanen · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:16Phil Kessel · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:29 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 32:22 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:14 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:56 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:09 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:09 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:14 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 12:23 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:39 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:43 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:19 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:59 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 57:43 |