🦅 Away Capitals 1-0 in series
5–3
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 0-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Penguins — First Round Game 2

Capitals, First Round Game 2, beat Penguins 5–3 at PPG Paints Arena on April 19, 1996.

🗓 Fri, Apr 19, 1996 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs PIT · PIT leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
6–4
Final · WSH
Game 2
5–3
Final · WSH
Game 3
4–1
Final · PIT
Game 4
3–2
OT · PIT
Game 5
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 6
3–2
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Joe Juneau
3 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Pat Peake
2 G
6 shots · -1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Michal Pivonka
1 G, 1 A
3 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
34 Shots on goal 36
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
18 Penalty minutes 16
WSH shooting 14.7% (5/34) PIT shooting 8.3% (3/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:45 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 46-31-6 (55% win rate, 83 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 53-28-2 (64% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 46-31-6 (55% win rate, 83 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 53-28-2 (64% win rate, 83 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 17, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · Capitals won
Apr 4, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · Penguins won
Jan 1, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Nov 18, 1995
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · Penguins won
Nov 17, 1995
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–2 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on April 19, 1996?

Capitals won 5–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 5, Penguins 3.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 17
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 22
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 17
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 22
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · PIT won
Also on April 19, 1996
✈️WIN @ 🐙DET
0–4 final
🔥CGY @ 🪶CHI
0–3 final
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