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2015-16 regular season

Capitals at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Penguins beat Capitals 6–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 20, 2016.

WSH – PIT
18–31
Shots on goal
0/2–1/7
Power play
34–32
Hits
10–15
Blocked shots
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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
Trevor Daley
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 21:56 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Tom Kuhnhackl
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 11:06 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Cullen
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 14:51 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 1st · 08:33
Assists: Tom Kuhnhackl, Ian Cole · beat Braden Holtby
0–1
🐧 Trevor Daley 1st · 09:59
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist · beat Braden Holtby
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Jason Chimera 2nd · 01:18
Assists: Justin Williams, Dmitry Orlov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
🦅 Andre Burakovsky Tying 2nd · 15:12
Assists: Jay Beagle · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
🐧 Tom Kuhnhackl Go-ahead 2nd · 15:54
Assists: Matt Cullen, Trevor Daley · beat Braden Holtby
2–3
3rd period
🐧 Matt Cullen 3rd · 03:46
Assists: Tom Kuhnhackl, Olli Maatta · beat Braden Holtby
2–4
🐧 Chris Kunitz 3rd · 07:18
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · beat Braden Holtby
2–5
🐧 Justin Schultz PP 3rd · 13:05
Assists: Trevor Daley, Bryan Rust · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 16:19
L2 Johansson · Chimera · Beagle 14:12
L3 Kuznetsov · Wilson · Williams 13:35
L4 Winnik · Burakovsky · Richards 10:54
D1 Niskanen · Alzner 25:56
D2 Orpik · Orlov 18:38
D3 Schmidt · Weber 13:30
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Crosby · Hornqvist 17:54
L2 Bonino · Cullen · Kessel 15:55
L3 Hagelin · Fehr · Rust 14:09
L4 Sheary · Sundqvist · Kuhnhackl 11:37
D1 Letang · Daley 26:02
D2 Maatta · Schultz 17:40
D3 Cole · Dumoulin 13:08

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
18 Shots on goal 31
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
34 Hits 32
10 Blocked shots 15
1 Takeaways 4
2 Giveaways 11
41 Penalty minutes 22
WSH shooting 11.1% (2/18) PIT shooting 19.4% (6/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 47:18 TOI
Philipp Grubauer
4/5
.800 SV% · 1 GA · 12:42 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Bryan Rust · 1st 08:33 · 0–1 Trevor Daley · 1st 09:59 · 0–2 Jason Chimera · 2nd 01:18 · 1–2 Andre Burakovsky · 2nd 15:12 · 2–2 Tom Kuhnhackl · 2nd 15:54 · 2–3 Matt Cullen · 3rd 03:46 · 2–4 Chris Kunitz · 3rd 07:18 · 2–5 Justin Schultz · 3rd 13:05 · 2–6
WSH PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-4-1 (17% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-1-2 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 14-0 (100% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Mar 12016 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Dec 142015 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–1 Oct 282015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–1 Feb 252015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Feb 172015 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–1
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WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on March 20, 2016?

Penguins won 6–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

Andre Burakovsky, Jason Chimera.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust, Chris Kunitz, Justin Schultz, Matt Cullen, Tom Kuhnhackl, Trevor Daley.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 18 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 1–4 AfterMar 22 🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT 4–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 19 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 4–1 AfterMar 24 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 3–0
Also on March 20
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