🐧 Away Penguins 34-19-5 before this game
3–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 27-29-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0213
WSH 1214

Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 4–3 at Capital One Arena on February 28, 1999.

🗓 Sun, Feb 28, 1999 · 14:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
German Titov
3 A
1 shots · 20:14 TOI · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jaroslav Svejkovsky
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:21 TOI · -2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
James Black
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:25 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Jaroslav Svejkovsky PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:48
Assists: Joe Juneau, Adam Oates
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Sergei Gonchar PP 2nd · 04:04
Assists: Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Adam Oates
0–2
🦅 James Black 2nd · 08:02
Assists: Andrei Nikolishin, Ken Klee
0–3
🐧 Maxim Galanov 2nd · 10:48
Assists: German Titov, Alex Kovalev
1–3
🐧 Rob Brown PP 2nd · 16:48
Assists: German Titov, Kevin Hatcher
2–3
3rd period
🐧 Martin Straka Tying 3rd · 07:42
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, German Titov
3–3
🦅 Andrei Nikolishin Go-ahead 3rd · 12:31
Assists: Steve Konowalchuk, James Black
3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
25 Shots on goal 26
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
25 Hits 39
10 Blocked shots 7
9 Takeaways 5
25 Giveaways 23
6 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 12.0% (3/25) WSH shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 58:40 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Miller · Straka · Jagr 22:49
L2 Hrdina · Titov · Kovalev 21:26
L3 Barnes · Lang · Morozov 11:55
L4 Sonnenberg · Brown · Kesa 4:06
D1 Hatcher · Slegr 23:20
D2 Werenka · Moran 18:30
D3 Galanov · Dollas 14:40
🦅Capitals
L1 Konowalchuk · Black · Nikolishin 23:26
L2 Oates · Bondra · Svejkovsky 19:02
L3 Bulis · Juneau · Zednik 11:59
L4 Miller · Pivonka · Hunter 5:51
D1 Klee · Johansson 27:42
D2 Gonchar · Reekie 26:02
D3 Ciccone · Poapst 5:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Feb 15, 1999
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–7 · Penguins won
Dec 19, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · Penguins won
Nov 25, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–5 · Capitals won
Feb 4, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–2 (OT) · Capitals won
Jan 28, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–2 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on February 28, 1999?

Capitals won 4–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Martin Straka, Maxim Galanov, Rob Brown.

Who scored for Capitals?

Andrei Nikolishin, James Black, Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 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?

Season series tied 2–2 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 · Feb 26
🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL
4–6 · DAL won
Next game · Mar 3
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
4–4 · MTL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Feb 27
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
Next game · Mar 2
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
8–2 · WSH won
Also on February 28, 1999
🌵PHX @ 😈NJD
1–4 final
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
5–6 final
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
0–1 final
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
3–1 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
2–0 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule