Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Tue, Mar 1, 2016 · Verizon Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at Verizon Center. Braden Holtby made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	1	0	2	30
WSH	0	2	1	3	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:14	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (24) · wrist	Carl Hagelin (16), Brian Dumoulin (13)	1–0
2nd	03:45	PIT	EV	Patric Hornqvist (16) · backhand	Olli Maatta (12), Sidney Crosby (35)	2–0
2nd	04:24	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (6) · tip-in	Mike Richards (1), Nate Schmidt (13)	2–1
2nd	16:03	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (20) · wrist	Justin Williams (25), Andre Burakovsky (18)	2–2
3rd	13:38	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (18) · tip-in	Matt Niskanen (23), Nicklas Backstrom (41)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:55	PIT	Chris Kunitz	tripping	2
1st	16:30	WSH	Karl Alzner	cross checking	2
1st	17:01	PIT	Phil Kessel	slashing	2
2nd	05:23	WSH	Jason Chimera	embellishment	2
2nd	05:23	PIT	Kris Letang	holding	2
2nd	06:52	PIT	Ian Cole	hooking	2
2nd	06:52	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	embellishment	2
2nd	11:50	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	tripping	2
3rd	12:45	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 2.55 · WSH 3.40 · xG% PIT 42.9

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		22:27	32
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	100.0	21:25	32
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1	45.0	20:17	26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	27.3	19:17	25
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	2		19:01	27
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		15:32	24
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2		25:57	34
6	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		20:48	31
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100.0	17:26	25
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	4	1		17:19	26
34	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:35	20
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		13:53	18
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1		13:53	19
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	60.0	13:12	18
51	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		12:47	18
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	50.0	10:42	16
23	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		8:34	12
11	Kevin Porter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		7:03	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	L	37	34	3	.919	58:59

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	4	0		24:26	27
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	55.0	18:25	26
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0	100.0	17:27	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	2	60.0	17:16	21
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	4		16:45	22
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1		15:27	18
14	Justin Williams	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		14:59	18
10	Mike Richards	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1	54.5	13:39	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	50.0	12:23	19
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2		22:42	28
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		21:22	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	2		19:02	29
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	1		18:37	25
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	42.9	15:44	19
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	33.3	12:57	17
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0		12:56	20
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	5		12:24	18
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		7:31	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	30	28	2	.933	59:58