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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Washington Capitals 2 55-19-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 50-21-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 1 0 1 0 0 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 2 0 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 11 9 15 6 0 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 10 8 2 0 30

Three stars

  1. M. Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)
  2. E. Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. A. Burakovsky, Washington Capitals (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:59 Washington Capitals Andre Burakovsky (1) Nicklas Backstrom (1), Marcus Johansson (1) Even strength WSH 1, PIT 0
2nd 08:47 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist (1) Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (1) Power play WSH 1, PIT 1
2nd 18:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (1) Conor Sheary (1) Even strength WSH 1, PIT 2
3rd 06:13 Washington Capitals Andre Burakovsky (2) Nicklas Backstrom (2), Matt Niskanen (1) Even strength WSH 2, PIT 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bonino Saved
1 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie Goal
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Goal
2 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov Saved
3 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Goal
3 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom Goal
4 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Goal (winner)
4 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Saved

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 41 30
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 9 11
Hits 21 35
Blocked shots 15 15
Giveaways 5 10
Takeaways 4 9
Faceoffs won 41/69 (59.4%) 28/69 (40.6%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 0 0 22:28
14 J. Williams R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 100% 16:15
19 N. Backstrom C 0 2 2 +1 0 5 3 0 0 69.6% 20:37
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 37.5% 18:37
26 D. Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 07:32
43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 05:31
65 A. Burakovsky L 2 0 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 18:30
77 T. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 66.7% 20:02
82 Z. Sanford L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% 14:46
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 62.5% 07:37
90 M. Johansson L 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 100% 19:49
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 45.5% 20:02
2 M. Niskanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 2 0 24:46
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19:59
27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 3 2 0 20:46
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 15:41
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 24:34
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:55
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 30 28 2 .933 64:44 OT loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 18:58
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 54.2% 22:12
14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 7 0 0 15:42
16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 25% 13:11
23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 13:52
25 T. Sestito L 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 03:52
34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 0 0 07:45
43 C. Sheary L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 1 0 13:01
62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19:47
71 E. Malkin C 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 2 0 22.7% 21:45
72 P. Hornqvist R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 7 1 1 15:21
81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 20:18
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0 15:17
4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15:20
6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 0 19:52
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 25:46
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:21
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 5 4 0 30:40
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 41 39 2 .951 65:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Kuhnhackl Roughing 2
1st 08:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Sestito Fighting (major) 5
1st 08:54 Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Fighting (major) 5
1st 17:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz High sticking 2
2nd 07:58 Washington Capitals Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 19:56 Washington Capitals Justin Williams Roughing 2
3rd 01:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Dean Morton, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Pierre Racicot
Washington Capitals scratches
Taylor Chorney, Brett Connolly
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Sidney Crosby, Derrick Pouliot, Matt Murray

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final/SO Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Washington Capitals 7 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins 8 Final/OT Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 0 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 13

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
New York Islanders 3 at New York Rangers 5 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 6 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Florida Panthers 2 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Winnipeg Jets 5 Final/OT Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Dallas Stars 4 Final Game page

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