Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Wed, Dec 19, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 1

Final

Washington Capitals

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Sidney Crosby led the way with 2 points. Matt Murray made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	2	0	2	30
WSH	0	1	0	1	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	06:38	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (5) · wrist	Tom Wilson (7)	0–1
2nd	09:15	PIT	PP	Sidney Crosby (16) · deflected	Evgeni Malkin (26), Kris Letang (20)	1–1
2nd	18:58	PIT	EV	Bryan Rust (7) · backhand	Jake Guentzel (16), Sidney Crosby (22)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:55	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
1st	00:55	PIT	Jamie Oleksiak	fighting	5
1st	04:05	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	roughing	2
1st	04:05	PIT	Kris Letang	roughing	2
1st	06:54	WSH	Jonas Siegenthaler	holding	2
1st	14:10	WSH	Michal Kempny	cross checking	2
2nd	00:48	PIT	Bryan Rust	holding	2
2nd	02:58	PIT	Marcus Pettersson	high sticking	2
2nd	08:06	WSH	Michal Kempny	tripping	2
2nd	12:12	PIT	Jake Guentzel	holding	2
2nd	20:00	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	holding the stick	2
3rd	04:13	WSH	Matt Niskanen	tripping	2
3rd	05:16	PIT	Phil Kessel	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 2.66 · WSH 2.92 · xG% PIT 47.7

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	1	59.1	22:07	25
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	1		32:22	33
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	1		17:34	24
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	1		16:17	25
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	60.0	14:29	19
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3		24:09	32
73	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	5		21:12	29
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	3		20:56	28
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		16:54	25
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		15:05	20
19	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	64.7	14:46	18
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:45	20
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	60.0	12:14	21
46	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		11:58	20
14	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:47	17
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	57.1	11:11	20
10	Garrett Wilson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:05	16
6	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0		0:09	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	21.4	19:12	21
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	5	0	2	1		15:53	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		29:02	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	1		25:14	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	63.2	23:13	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		21:59	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	30.8	21:43	21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16.7	21:25	21
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	3		19:50	25
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	3		19:19	26
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		13:58	19
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	0		12:23	13
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		11:39	17
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		9:39	14
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		8:24	15
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	6:49	9
23	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		6:44	10
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		6:42	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	30	28	2	.933	57:43