🐧 Away Penguins 20-12-4 before this game

6–2

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 25-10-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	2	2	2	6
WSH	1	0	1	2

Penguins at Capitals

Penguins beat Capitals 6–2 at Capital One Arena on December 28, 1991.

🗓 Sat, Dec 28, 1991 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1991-92 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Mark Recchi

2 G

4 shots · -1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Phil Bourque

2 G

2 shots · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Larry Murphy

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Mark Recchi PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:57

Assists: Kevin Stevens, Larry Murphy

1–0

🐧 Phil Bourque 1st · 09:31

Assists: Jiri Hrdina, Jaromir Jagr

2–0

🦅 Dino Ciccarelli 1st · 11:59

Assists: Al Iafrate

2–1

2nd period

🐧 Phil Bourque SH 2nd · 10:36

Assists: Mario Lemieux

3–1

🐧 Mark Recchi PP 2nd · 11:54

Assists: Paul Coffey, Paul Stanton

4–1

3rd period

🐧 Larry Murphy SH 3rd · 00:29

Assists: Mario Lemieux, Bob Errey

5–1

🐧 Troy Loney 3rd · 03:20

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Jim Paek

6–1

🦅 Dino Ciccarelli PP 3rd · 10:08

Assists: Kevin Hatcher, Sylvain Cote

6–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT WSH🦅

28 Shots on goal 29

2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

48 Penalty minutes 42

PIT shooting 21.4% (6/28) WSH shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Wendell Young

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:51 TOI

🦅Capitals

Don Beaupre

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–1

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on December 28, 1991?

Penguins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 6, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mark Recchi (2), Phil Bourque (2), Larry Murphy, Troy Loney.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dino Ciccarelli (2).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Wendell Young made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Don Beaupre made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 26

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 26

Also on December 28, 1991

Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule