National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Evgeny Romasko, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Brian Mach
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1102
Washington 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:14 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Carl Hagelin , Brian Dumoulin
Penalties
11:55 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (2) Tripping
 16:30 - Capitals Karl Alzner (2) Cross checking
 17:01 - Penguins Phil Kessel (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
3:45 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (EV) Assists: Olli Maatta , Sidney Crosby
4:24 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Mike Richards , Nate Schmidt
16:03 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Justin Williams , Andre Burakovsky
Penalties
5:23 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Holding
 5:23 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Embellishment
 6:52 - Penguins Ian Cole (2) Hooking
 6:52 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Embellishment
 11:50 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
13:38 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (PP) Assists: Matt Niskanen , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
12:45 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) High sticking
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matthew Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 58:59 53:04 2:31 3:24 0 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 E 0 1 32 22:27 20:08 0:00 2:19 0 0 1 - - - -
Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 31 20:48 20:24 0:16 0:08 0 0 2 3 - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:12 12:15 0:00 0:57 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 32 21:25 20:20 0:00 1:05 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10 7:03 7:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 10:42 8:18 0:05 2:19 0 0 - 1 5 5 50
Chris Kunitz LW 0 0 0 +1 2 0 26 17:19 17:03 0:16 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 E 0 6 18 13:53 13:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wilson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12 8:34 8:18 0:16 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 13:53 12:56 0:00 0:57 0 0 2 1 - - -
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 14:35 12:16 0:00 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 12:47 12:42 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 E 2 3 34 25:57 21:12 2:26 2:19 0 0 2 2 - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 15:32 14:27 0:00 1:05 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 E 2 3 25 19:17 16:54 2:15 0:08 0 0 - 1 3 8 27
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 27 19:01 16:46 2:15 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Phil Kessel RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 17:26 15:00 2:26 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 26 20:17 18:02 2:15 0:00 0 0 3 1 9 11 45
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:58 54:03 3:24 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 27 24:26 19:50 2:18 2:18 0 0 4 - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18 12:24 12:22 0:00 0:02 0 0 3 5 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 18:37 15:28 3:09 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 4 1 29 19:02 17:41 1:21 0:00 0 0 4 2 - - -
Mike Richards C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 13:39 12:46 0:00 0:53 0 0 2 1 6 5 55
Justin Williams RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 18 14:59 13:53 1:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 26 18:25 16:12 2:13 0:00 0 0 - 1 11 9 55
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 2 3 20 12:56 11:50 1:06 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 28 22:42 20:48 0:05 1:49 0 0 1 2 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 19 12:23 11:46 0:00 0:37 0 0 4 1 1 1 50
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 30 21:22 20:40 0:00 0:42 0 0 2 3 - - -
Stanislav Galiev RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 7:31 7:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 18 15:27 15:22 0:05 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 24 17:27 13:20 2:13 1:54 1 0 - - 2 0 100
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 17 12:57 11:19 0:00 1:38 0 0 2 - 1 2 33
Nate Schmidt D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 22 16:45 16:34 0:00 0:11 0 0 2 4 - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:44 13:31 2:13 0:00 0 0 - 1 3 4 43
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 17:16 16:05 1:11 0:00 0 0 - 2 6 4 60
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matthew Murray L (2-2-1) 37 34 3 .919 0 58:59
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (40-7-3) 30 28 2 .933 0 59:58