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2015-16 regular season

Penguins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Capitals 3–1 at Capital One Arena on October 28, 2015.

PIT – WSH
25–34
Shots on goal
24–37
Hits
19–16
Blocked shots
2–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Nick Bonino
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 18:03 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Beau Bennett
1 G
3 shots · 13:03 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
3rd period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Go-ahead 3rd · 01:28
Assists: Karl Alzner · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
🐧 Beau Bennett Tying 3rd · 01:52
Assists: Nick Bonino, Olli Maatta · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
🐧 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 3rd · 03:49
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, David Perron · beat Braden Holtby
2–1
🐧 Nick Bonino Empty net 3rd · 18:17
Unassisted
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Bonino · Malkin 18:03
L2 Kessel · Dupuis · Hornqvist 16:35
L3 Perron · Kunitz · Bennett 13:19
L4 Porter · Cullen · Sprong 10:42
D1 Letang · Cole 22:51
D2 Lovejoy · Scuderi 18:38
D3 Maatta · Dumoulin 16:46
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 22:19
L2 Johansson · Kuznetsov · Williams 16:22
L3 Chimera · Beagle · Wilson 12:49
L4 Burakovsky · Laich · Stephenson 7:16
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 24:56
D2 Alzner · Orpik 18:36
D3 Orlov · Chorney 13:00

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
25 Shots on goal 34
24 Hits 37
19 Blocked shots 16
2 Takeaways 5
13 Giveaways 15
8 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 12.0% (3/25) WSH shooting 2.9% (1/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 58:52 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Evgeny Kuznetsov · 3rd 01:28 · 0–1 Beau Bennett · 3rd 01:52 · 1–1 Phil Kessel · 3rd 03:49 · 2–1 Nick Bonino · 3rd 18:17 · 3–1
PIT WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 252015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Feb 172015 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Jan 282015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 0–4 Dec 272014 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–0 Mar 112014 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 0–2
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on October 28, 2015?

Penguins won 3–1. The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Beau Bennett, Nick Bonino, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Capitals?

Evgeny Kuznetsov.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 24 🐧PIT @ 🐯NSH 2–1 AfterOct 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 23 🦅WSH @ 🛢️EDM 7–4 AfterOct 30 🧥CBJ @ 🦅WSH 1–2
Also on October 28
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