Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, March 12, 2019 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at PPG Paints Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 41–30.
Jakub Vrana scored twice and Sidney Crosby scored twice. Jake Guentzel, Phil Kessel, John Carlson and Jared McCann also scored.
Matt Murray made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jakub Vrana (20)Nicklas Backstrom (48), T.J. Oshie (22)1–019:27 WSH
2nd period
- Jakub Vrana (21)Dmitry Orlov (21), T.J. Oshie (23)2–010:24 WSH
Jake Guentzel (35)Jared McCann (14)2–112:37 PIT
Sidney Crosby (32)Justin Schultz (11)2–213:24 PIT- Sidney Crosby (33)Phil Kessel (47), Evgeni Malkin (48)2–314:25 PIT ·
3rd period
Phil Kessel (23)Justin Schultz (12), Evgeni Malkin (49)2–411:56 PIT · 
John Carlson (11)Alex Ovechkin (32), Nicklas Backstrom (49)3–414:02 WSH · 
Jared McCann (17)Unassisted3–519:04 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
4130
46%54%
1/22/4
106
3442
621
914
77
Penalties
- 0:50 into the first period
Jake Guentzel · holding2 min - 2:33 into the first period
Lars Eller · kneeing2 min - 1:37 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodErik Gudbranson · roughing2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodTom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:52 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 19:01 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 25:32 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 13:07 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:47 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:17 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Jared McCannC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:40 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:13 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 16:51 |
| 36Joseph BlandisiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:50 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 5Zach TrotmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:17 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 41 | 3 | .927 |