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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–6 in overtime on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Washington Capitals 6 48-26-8
at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 44-26-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 3 1 2 0 6
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 3 1 1 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 10 16 10 0 36
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 23 11 2 41

Three stars

  1. K. Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. J. Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  3. T. Oshie, Washington Capitals (2 goals, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Oleksiak (1) Evgeni Malkin (1), Phil Kessel (1) Even strength WSH 0, PIT 1
1st 03:30 Washington Capitals Jakub Vrana (1) Nicklas Backstrom (4), T.J. Oshie (2) Even strength WSH 1, PIT 1
1st 04:18 Washington Capitals Brooks Orpik (1) Unassisted Even strength WSH 2, PIT 1
1st 07:27 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (1) Daniel Sprong (1), Justin Schultz (1) Power play WSH 2, PIT 2
1st 08:00 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Christian Djoos (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) Even strength WSH 3, PIT 2
2nd 00:30 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (1) Sidney Crosby (1), Brian Dumoulin (1) Even strength WSH 3, PIT 3
2nd 03:54 Washington Capitals John Carlson (2) Brett Connolly (1) Even strength WSH 4, PIT 3
2nd 15:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (2) Justin Schultz (2), Patric Hornqvist (1) Even strength WSH 4, PIT 4
2nd 16:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Derick Brassard (1) Dominik Simon (1), Brian Dumoulin (2) Even strength WSH 4, PIT 5
3rd 02:45 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (1) Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (2) Even strength WSH 4, PIT 6
3rd 13:01 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Unassisted Even strength WSH 5, PIT 6
3rd 13:22 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (3) John Carlson (2) Even strength WSH 6, PIT 6
OT 01:20 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (2) Evgeni Malkin (2), Phil Kessel (2) Power play WSH 6, PIT 7

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

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 36 41
Power play 0 of 2 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 12 4
Hits 32 21
Blocked shots 18 12
Giveaways 6 16
Takeaways 5 6
Faceoffs won 33/70 (47.1%) 37/70 (52.9%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 3 0 0 20:07
10 B. Connolly R 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 18:24
13 J. Vrana L 1 0 1 +3 2 3 1 0 0 15:17
18 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 2 0 11:39
19 N. Backstrom C 0 1 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 56.5% 18:47
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 0 0 75% 12:19
25 D. Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 100% 09:37
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 30% 10:07
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 10:16
77 T. Oshie R 2 1 3 +2 0 3 4 3 0 18:31
79 N. Walker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 06:29
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 2 3 3 1 0 43.5% 24:12
2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 1 0 22:07
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 1 0 24:22
22 M. Bowey D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 11:11
29 C. Djoos D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 0 0 16:52
44 B. Orpik D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 5 2 0 16:01
74 J. Carlson D 1 1 2 +3 0 4 0 3 0 28:02
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 41 34 7 .829 61:20 OT loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 100% 09:43
12 D. Simon C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 0 0 09:51
15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 0 50% 12:41
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 14:40
19 D. Brassard C 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 50% 14:28
41 D. Sprong R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 06:47
59 J. Guentzel C 2 0 2 +1 0 5 1 0 1 18:48
62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 0 0 14:29
71 E. Malkin C 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 46.7% 21:43
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 0 0 19:42
81 P. Kessel R 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 21:36
87 S. Crosby C 0 2 2 +2 0 5 1 1 0 56% 22:01
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 0 19:09
4 J. Schultz D 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:38
6 J. Oleksiak D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:59
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 1 0 16:07
58 K. Letang D 2 1 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 25:41
73 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 21:58
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 M. Murray 36 30 6 .833 61:20 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:47 Washington Capitals Matt Niskanen Interference 2
1st 18:11 Pittsburgh Penguins Carl Hagelin Interference 2
2nd 04:13 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Slashing 2
2nd 07:24 Washington Capitals Lars Eller Hooking 2
3rd 00:39 Washington Capitals Brett Connolly Tripping 2
3rd 03:53 Washington Capitals Madison Bowey Hooking 2
3rd 08:40 Washington Capitals Jakub Vrana Slashing 2
OT 00:19 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov Hooking 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Todd Reirden
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Tim Nowak
Washington Capitals scratches
Dmitrij Jaskin, Tom Wilson, Jayson Megna
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Derek Grant, Chad Ruhwedel, Juuso Riikola

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Final/OT Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 1 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 4

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 4 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
New York Islanders 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final/OT Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at New York Rangers 2 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at Ottawa Senators 3 Final/OT Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final/OT Game page
Winnipeg Jets 5 at St. Louis Blues 1 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 0 at Dallas Stars 3 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page

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