Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Tue, Feb 17, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 1

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center. Alex Ovechkin led the way with 2 points. Braden Holtby made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	2	3	33
PIT	0	1	0	1	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	18:36	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (37) · backhand	Joel Ward (11), Mike Green (30)	1–0
2nd	03:35	PIT	EV	Steve Downie (10) · wrist	Craig Adams (5), Kris Letang (35)	1–1
3rd	15:47	WSH	PP	Joel Ward (13) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (44), Alex Ovechkin (22)	2–1
3rd	19:48	WSH	SH EN	John Carlson (8) · wrist	Unassisted	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:07	PIT	Beau Bennett	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	16:07	WSH	Tom Wilson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	16:39	PIT	Blake Comeau	tripping	2
2nd	04:10	WSH	Matt Niskanen	holding	2
2nd	15:28	PIT	Robert Bortuzzo	fighting	5
2nd	15:28	WSH	Michael Latta	fighting	5
2nd	17:21	WSH	Troy Brouwer	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	00:58	PIT	Maxim Lapierre	cross checking	2
3rd	00:58	WSH	Eric Fehr	roughing	2
3rd	00:58	PIT	Steve Downie	roughing	2
3rd	03:47	WSH	Brooks Orpik	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	03:47	PIT	Blake Comeau	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	07:13	PIT	Craig Adams	misconduct	10
3rd	07:13	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10
3rd	07:13	PIT	Steve Downie	roughing	2
3rd	07:13	PIT	Steve Downie	misconduct	10
3rd	15:04	PIT	Chris Kunitz	boarding	2
3rd	15:15	PIT	Kris Letang	slashing	2
3rd	17:53	WSH	Brooks Laich	interference goalkeeper	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.06 · PIT 2.36 · xG% WSH 56.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	0	0	7	1	1		20:21	22
42	Joel Ward	R	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0		17:19	27
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	4		23:43	39
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	2	47.6	23:03	27
52	Mike Green	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	1		20:08	31
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	6	1		23:23	37
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1		18:23	27
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	5	0	33.3	17:32	23
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		17:17	20
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		16:58	24
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	57.9	14:17	27
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		13:55	27
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	66.7	13:40	18
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:05	20
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:55	16
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		10:48	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	12	2	5	0		7:30	13
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	-1	5	0	4	0	33.3	6:43	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	5	2		26:54	29
27	Craig Adams	R	0	1	1	+1	10	0	2	0		7:50	13
23	Steve Downie	R	1	0	1	+1	14	2	0	0		5:49	10
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4		21:43	29
4	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		21:42	26
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	50.0	20:30	26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	35.7	18:59	25
47	Simon Despres	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0		18:49	24
51	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		18:43	22
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	5	1		17:36	23
17	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	4	6	6	0		17:14	26
39	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	6	0		16:45	23
16	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	53.8	16:38	22
13	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:39	21
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:17	21
19	Beau Bennett	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0		12:28	18
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0		12:26	19
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	1	80.0	5:25	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	32	30	2	.938	58:52