National Hockey League

FINAL
Washington Capitals 3
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Pittsburgh Penguins 1
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Match Report

Sheary, Vrana score as Capitals beat Penguins 3-1

— Conor Sheary and Jakub Vrana scored in the second period, and the Washington Capitals stopped a four-game slide by topping the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Tuesday night.

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Team Stats

WSH PIT
10
Blocked Shots
10
26
Hits
31
4
Takeaways
5
42
Shots
27
0
Power Play Goals
0
5
Power Play Opportunities
3
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
29
Faceoffs Won
29
50.0
Faceoff Win Percent
50.0
5
Giveaways
2
3
Total Penalties
5
6
Penalty Minutes
10

Top Performers

WSH

  • Vitek Vanecek G GA 1 · SA 27 · SOS 0
  • Lars Eller C BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Nic Dowd C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • T.J. Oshie RW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 1

PIT

  • Tristan Jarry G GA 3 · SA 42 · SOS 0
  • Sidney Crosby C BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Teddy Blueger C BS 1 · HT 4 · TK 0
  • Evgeni Malkin C BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 1

Head to Head

PIT leads series 3-1

Injuries

Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Justin Brazeau Out
  • Elmer Soderblom Injured Reserve
  • Ben Kindel Injured Reserve
  • Evgeni Malkin Day-To-Day
  • Egor Chinakhov Day-To-Day

Washington Capitals

  • Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
  • Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
  • Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Missed 19:04 3-1
    Evgeni Malkin 3rd
  2. Penalty 18:54 3-1
    Conor Sheary 3rd
  3. Missed 15:40 3-1
    John Carlson 3rd
  4. Goal 15:05 3-1
    Zachary Aston-Reese 3rd
  5. Missed 14:15 3-0
    Colton Sceviour 3rd
  6. Missed 7:40 3-0
    Jakub Vrana 3rd
  7. Penalty 6:57 3-0
    Pierre-Olivier Joseph 3rd
  8. Missed 6:39 3-0
    Brenden Dillon 3rd
  9. Missed 3:29 3-0
    T.J. Oshie 3rd
  10. Goal 1:09 3-0
    Lars Eller 3rd
  11. Penalty 18:16 2-0
    Mike Matheson 2nd
  12. Missed 16:26 2-0
    Kris Letang 2nd
  13. Missed 15:13 2-0
    Kasperi Kapanen 2nd
  14. Missed 15:03 2-0
    Teddy Blueger 2nd
  15. Goal 11:31 2-0
    Jakub Vrana 2nd
  16. Penalty 9:12 1-0
    Pierre-Olivier Joseph 2nd
  17. Missed 8:40 1-0
    Jake Guentzel 2nd
  18. Penalty 4:54 1-0
    Evgeni Malkin 2nd
  19. Goal 4:52 1-0
    Conor Sheary 2nd
  20. Missed 3:26 0-0
    Jake Guentzel 2nd
  21. Missed 1:43 0-0
    John Carlson 2nd
  22. Missed 1:06 0-0
    Alex Ovechkin 2nd
  23. Penalty 0:13 0-0
    Jake Guentzel 2nd
  24. Missed 10:48 0-0
    Kasperi Kapanen 1st
  25. Missed 9:18 0-0
    Jakub Vrana 1st
  26. Missed 4:26 0-0
    Sidney Crosby 1st
  27. Penalty 3:32 0-0
    Garnet Hathaway 1st
  28. Penalty 1:53 0-0
    Zdeno Chara 1st
  29. Missed 1:29 0-0
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 3-1
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 3-1
    3rd
  3. Blocked 19:58 3-1
    Tom Wilson 3rd
  4. Shot 19:53 3-1
    Evgeni Malkin 3rd
  5. Face Off 19:27 3-1
    Lars Eller 3rd
  6. Stoppage 19:27 3-1
    3rd
  7. Shot 19:21 3-1
    Evgeni Malkin 3rd
  8. Missed 19:04 3-1
    Evgeni Malkin 3rd
  9. Face Off 18:54 3-1
    Sidney Crosby 3rd
  10. Stoppage 18:54 3-1
    3rd
  11. Penalty 18:54 3-1
    Conor Sheary 3rd
  12. Shot 18:52 3-1
    Bryan Rust 3rd
  13. Face Off 18:01 3-1
    Lars Eller 3rd
  14. Stoppage 18:01 3-1
    3rd
  15. Hit 16:45 3-1
    Dmitry Orlov 3rd
  16. Hit 16:33 3-1
    Garnet Hathaway 3rd
  17. Hit 16:12 3-1
    Jake Guentzel 3rd
  18. Missed 15:40 3-1
    John Carlson 3rd
  19. Shot 15:35 3-1
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  20. Hit 15:26 3-1
    Brandon Tanev 3rd
  21. Blocked 15:14 3-1
    Jason Zucker 3rd
  22. Face Off 15:05 3-1
    Evgeni Malkin 3rd
  23. Goal 15:05 3-1
    Zachary Aston-Reese 3rd
  24. Missed 14:15 3-0
    Colton Sceviour 3rd
  25. Shot 13:57 3-0
    John Carlson 3rd
  26. Giveaway 13:21 3-0
    Dmitry Orlov 3rd
  27. Blocked 12:42 3-0
    Mike Matheson 3rd
  28. Hit 12:17 3-0
    Garnet Hathaway 3rd
  29. Hit 11:48 3-0
    Tom Wilson 3rd
  30. Shot 11:43 3-0
    Kasperi Kapanen 3rd
  31. Hit 11:18 3-0
    Pierre-Olivier Joseph 3rd
  32. Shot 11:11 3-0
    Bryan Rust 3rd
  33. Hit 10:59 3-0
    Bryan Rust 3rd
  34. Shot 9:48 3-0
    Sam Lafferty 3rd
  35. Hit 9:36 3-0
    Zdeno Chara 3rd
  36. Shot 9:28 3-0
    Justin Schultz 3rd
  37. Shot 9:19 3-0
    Justin Schultz 3rd
  38. Hit 9:03 3-0
    Marcus Pettersson 3rd
  39. Blocked 8:51 3-0
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd
  40. Takeaway 8:51 3-0
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 3rd

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