National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Kendrick Nicholson, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0202
Washington 0101
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
0:55 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 0:55 - Penguins Jamie Oleksiak (5) Fighting
 4:05 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Roughing
 4:05 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Roughing
 6:54 - Capitals Jonas Siegenthaler (2) Holding
 14:10 - Capitals Michal Kempny (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
6:38 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson
9:15 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Kris Letang
18:58 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
0:48 - Penguins Bryan Rust (2) Holding
 2:58 - Penguins Marcus Pettersson (2) High sticking
 8:06 - Capitals Michal Kempny (2) Tripping
 12:12 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (2) Holding
 20:00 - Penguins Brian Dumoulin (2) Holding the stick
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:13 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Tripping
 5:16 - Penguins Phil Kessel (2) Tripping
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:45 6:12 9:03 0 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 28 20:56 12:48 1:40 6:28 0 0 2 3 - - -
Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 E 5 0 1 0:09 0:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 11:11 6:36 0:00 4:35 0 0 - 1 4 3 57
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 E 2 2 32 24:09 21:36 0:00 2:33 0 0 3 3 - - -
Garrett Wilson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 10:05 7:54 0:00 2:11 0 0 1 - - - -
Tanner Pearson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:47 10:07 1:40 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 12:14 8:46 0:00 3:28 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Bryan Rust RW 1 0 1 E 2 1 25 16:17 13:44 0:00 2:33 0 0 3 1 - - -
Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 14:46 12:37 2:09 0:00 0 0 1 1 11 6 65
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 25 16:54 14:20 1:36 0:58 0 0 - 1 - - -
Zach Aston-Reese LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 11:58 8:09 0:00 3:49 0 0 - 2 - - -
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 33 32:22 24:52 4:36 2:54 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 0 1 1 E 2 3 24 17:34 15:24 1:40 0:30 0 0 2 1 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 E 0 3 19 14:29 9:57 4:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 2 60
Patric Hornqvist RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 14:45 10:13 4:32 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 29 21:12 15:59 0:00 5:13 0 0 5 5 - - -
Phil Kessel RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 15:05 10:33 4:32 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 E 0 3 25 22:07 17:04 4:03 1:00 1 0 3 1 13 9 59
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 57:43 42:28 9:03 6:12 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 2 4 26 19:19 15:34 1:01 2:44 0 0 3 3 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 +1 4 1 25 19:50 17:57 0:00 1:53 0 0 - 3 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 E 2 5 20 25:14 17:12 8:02 0:00 0 0 6 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 21:59 17:49 1:11 2:59 0 0 1 - - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 13 12:23 8:56 3:27 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:58 12:29 1:29 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 23:13 16:12 6:49 0:12 0 0 3 1 12 7 63
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 E 0 3 21 19:12 13:44 2:14 3:14 0 0 2 1 3 11 21
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:39 10:21 0:00 1:18 0 0 2 - - - -
Dmitrij Jaskin RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 6:44 5:17 0:00 1:27 0 0 1 1 - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 9:39 8:20 0:00 1:19 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:49 5:15 0:00 1:34 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 E 2 0 15 8:24 7:49 0:13 0:22 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 5 0 22 15:53 12:50 0:00 3:03 0 0 2 1 - - -
Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 6:42 5:12 0:00 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 E 0 3 27 29:02 18:02 7:52 3:08 0 0 - 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 21:25 15:44 5:36 0:05 0 0 2 2 1 5 17
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 5 21 21:43 14:22 7:21 0:00 0 0 - 1 4 9 31
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray W (6-5-1) 32 31 1 .969 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby L (13-8-2) 30 28 2 .933 0 57:43