🦅 Away Capitals 17-11-6
3–0
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 22-7-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1023
🐧 PIT 0000

Capitals at Penguins

Capitals beat Penguins 3–0 at PPG Paints Arena on December 27, 2014.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2014-15 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Eric Fehr
2 G
2 shots · 14:56 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Marcus Johansson
1 G
3 shots · 14:55 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Eric Fehr Go-ahead 1st · 17:47
Assists: Jay Beagle, Brooks Laich · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
3rd period
🦅 Marcus Johansson 3rd · 05:36
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Brooks Orpik · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–0
🦅 Eric Fehr 3rd · 10:16
Assists: Joel Ward, John Carlson · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–0

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Ward 23:24
L2 Johansson · Laich · Fehr 14:56
L3 Beagle · Kuznetsov · Brouwer 14:29
L4 Burakovsky · Latta · Wilson 8:14
D1 Carlson · Orpik 24:20
D2 Niskanen · Alzner 19:56
D3 Green · Hillen 12:33
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Malkin · Crosby 23:14
L2 Sutter · Spaling · Goc 16:28
L3 Megna · Rust · Farnham 10:53
L4 Klinkhammer · Ebbett · Hornqvist 7:53
D1 Letang · Scuderi 22:09
D2 Despres · Pouliot 19:00
D3 Harrington · Bortuzzo 17:30

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
34 Shots on goal 31
29 Hits 46
10 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 2
2 Giveaways 9
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:40 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 58:23 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Eric Fehr · 1st 17:47 · 1–0 Marcus Johansson · 3rd 05:36 · 2–0 Eric Fehr · 3rd 10:16 · 3–0
WSH PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-2-2 (33% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 10-1-2 (77% win rate, 13 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 112014 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 0–2 Mar 102014 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Jan 152014 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Nov 202013 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–0 Mar 192013 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 1–2
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❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on December 27, 2014?

Capitals won 3–0. The final score was Capitals 3, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Eric Fehr (2), Marcus Johansson.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Capitals vs Penguins season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 23 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 2–4 AfterDec 29 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 3–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 23 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 3–4 AfterDec 29 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 1–3
Also on December 27
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