Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Wed, Oct 11, 2017 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at Capital One Arena. Patric Hornqvist led the way with 2 points. Matt Murray made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	1	1	3	36
WSH	0	1	1	2	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:22	PIT	PP	Kris Letang (1) · wrist	Bryan Rust (5), Patric Hornqvist (1)	1–0
2nd	08:20	PIT	PP	Patric Hornqvist (1) · wrist	Tom Kuhnhackl (1), Sidney Crosby (5)	2–0
2nd	19:07	WSH	EV	Christian Djoos (1) · slap	Lars Eller (2), Brett Connolly (1)	2–1
3rd	00:38	PIT	PP	Conor Sheary (2) · tip-in	Justin Schultz (1), Olli Maatta (2)	3–1
3rd	12:51	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (8) · wrist	Christian Djoos (1), Nicklas Backstrom (5)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:27	WSH	Matt Niskanen	slashing	2
1st	10:33	WSH	Braden Holtby	delaying game illegal play by goalie	2
1st	13:10	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	slashing	2
1st	17:43	WSH	John Carlson	tripping	2
2nd	01:57	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	slashing	2
2nd	06:26	WSH	Christian Djoos	tripping	2
2nd	11:20	WSH	Matt Niskanen	interference	2
2nd	19:55	WSH	Alex Chiasson	holding	2
3rd	01:38	PIT	Greg McKegg	slashing	2
3rd	05:56	PIT	Greg McKegg	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 3.90 · WSH 1.93 · xG% PIT 66.9

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	1	2	-1	2	2	1	0		15:23	26
58	Kris Letang	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	4	2		27:09	30
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	20:31	28
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	5		20:23	25
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1		16:18	22
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	2		16:13	28
43	Conor Sheary	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0		12:32	21
34	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		7:38	15
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		21:34	28
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	33.3	19:27	21
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		18:45	19
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	100.0	18:15	25
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		17:26	22
22	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		16:58	23
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	54.5	14:04	24
33	Greg McKegg	C	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	40.0	11:50	23
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	2		10:59	18
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6:35	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Christian Djoos	D	1	1	2	+2	2	2	1	1		13:20	18
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	50.0	21:04	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	7	1	0		19:36	18
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	64.3	11:48	16
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	100.0	11:12	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3		26:22	31
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2		22:13	27
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		21:27	26
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	4	2		21:04	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3		19:51	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	56.3	19:04	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		19:00	23
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0		15:09	20
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		12:03	16
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	66.7	11:56	18
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100.0	11:29	16
55	Aaron Ness	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8:21	13
91	Tyler Graovac	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5:58	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	36	33	3	.917	58:31