Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2020 · PPG Paints Arena
NHLN · SN1 · ATTSN-PT · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at PPG Paints Arena.
Nic Dowd scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, Richard Panik, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and T.J. Oshie also scored.
Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nic Dowd (6)Garnet Hathaway (7), Richard Panik (13)1–001:52 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (12)Jakub Vrana (27), T.J. Oshie (23)2–016:15 WSH
Richard Panik (9)Nick Jensen (8), Nic Dowd (8)3–018:38 WSH
3rd period
- Nic Dowd (7)Carl Hagelin (17)4–000:34 WSH ·
Sidney Crosby (16)Conor Sheary (12)4–105:09 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (22)Jason Zucker (21), Sidney Crosby (31)4–212:16 PIT · 
T.J. Oshie (26)Nicklas Backstrom (42)5–213:12 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
2828
47%53%
0/11/5
146
4526
1710
57
28
Penalties
- 2:03 into the first period
Sam Lafferty · roughing2 min - 2:03 into the first period
Jonas Siegenthaler · roughing2 min - 6:37 into the first periodBrenden Dillon · interference2 min
- 7:12 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:07 into the second periodCarl Hagelin · hooking2 min
- 15:43 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · holding2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodTom Wilson · holding the stick2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodKris Letang · roughing2 min
- 18:48 into the second periodJonas Siegenthaler · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
- 19:35 into the second periodBrenden Dillon · delaying game2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodDmitry Orlov · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 26Nic DowdC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 14:26 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 10:03 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:24 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 10:26 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:11 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:19 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 21:53 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:00 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 21:37 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:21 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 37Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:06 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 26:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |