🐧 Away Penguins 32-21-8
2–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 45-12-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 1102
🦅 WSH 0213

Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 3–2 at Capital One Arena on March 1, 2016.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
T.J. Oshie
1 G
2 shots · 17:27 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Tom Wilson
1 G
2 shots · 12:23 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G
2 shots · 17:16 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 1st · 06:14
Assists: Carl Hagelin, Brian Dumoulin · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Patric Hornqvist 2nd · 03:45
Assists: Olli Maatta, Sidney Crosby · beat Braden Holtby
2–0
🦅 Tom Wilson 2nd · 04:24
Assists: Mike Richards, Nate Schmidt · beat Matt Murray
2–1
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Tying 2nd · 16:03
Assists: Justin Williams, Andre Burakovsky · beat Matt Murray
2–2
3rd period
🦅 T.J. Oshie PP Go-ahead 3rd · 13:38
Assists: Matt Niskanen, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Matt Murray
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Hornqvist 19:17
L2 Kunitz · Hagelin · Kessel 17:19
L3 Cullen · Kuhnhackl · Rust 13:53
L4 Bonino · Wilson · Porter 8:34
D1 Letang · Maatta 24:12
D2 Dumoulin · Daley 21:06
D3 Cole · Pouliot 13:20
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 18:25
L2 Johansson · Burakovsky · Kuznetsov 15:44
L3 Richards · Beagle · Williams 13:39
L4 Chimera · Wilson · Galiev 12:23
D1 Niskanen · Alzner 23:34
D2 Orpik · Orlov 20:12
D3 Schmidt · Weber 14:34

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 37
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
19 Hits 32
14 Blocked shots 24
8 Takeaways 6
7 Giveaways 13
10 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 6.7% (2/30) WSH shooting 8.1% (3/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 58:59 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Evgeni Malkin · 1st 06:14 · 1–0 Patric Hornqvist · 2nd 03:45 · 2–0 Tom Wilson · 2nd 04:24 · 2–1 Evgeny Kuznetsov · 2nd 16:03 · 2–2 T.J. Oshie · 3rd 13:38 · 2–3
PIT WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-1 (91% win rate, 11 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 8-3-1 (67% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-3-4 (30% win rate, 10 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 7-4-1 (58% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Dec 142015 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–1 Oct 282015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–1 Feb 252015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Feb 172015 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Jan 282015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 0–4
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❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on March 1, 2016?

Capitals won 3–2. The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist.

Who scored for Capitals?

Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeFeb 29 🌵ARI @ 🐧PIT 0–6 AfterMar 3 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 1–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeFeb 28 🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI 2–3 AfterMar 2 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 2–3
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