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2015-16 regular season

Penguins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–2

Penguins beat Capitals 4–3 in overtime at Capital One Arena on April 7, 2016.

PIT – WSH
35–30
Shots on goal
19–26
Hits
12–10
Blocked shots
12–14
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Matt Cullen
2 G
4 shots · 16:38 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Marcus Johansson
2 G
4 shots · 13:53 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Andre Burakovsky
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 09:30 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Matt Cullen Go-ahead 1st · 00:44
Assists: Tom Kuhnhackl · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Matt Cullen SH 2nd · 00:28
Unassisted · beat Braden Holtby
2–0
🐧 Conor Sheary 2nd · 09:03
Assists: Oskar Sundqvist, Tom Sestito · beat Braden Holtby
3–0
🦅 Marcus Johansson 2nd · 17:19
Assists: John Carlson, Andre Burakovsky · beat Matt Murray
3–1
3rd period
🦅 Marcus Johansson 3rd · 10:05
Assists: Matt Niskanen, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Matt Murray
3–2
🦅 Andre Burakovsky Tying 3rd · 13:26
Assists: John Carlson, Justin Williams · beat Matt Murray
3–3
Overtime
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead OT · 04:00
Assists: Kris Letang · beat Braden Holtby
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Bonino · Kessel 21:45
L2 Hagelin · Cullen · Hornqvist 16:51
L3 Kunitz · Fehr · Kuhnhackl 15:33
L4 Sheary · Sestito · Sundqvist 5:52
D1 Letang · Daley 28:46
D2 Dumoulin · Lovejoy 19:35
D3 Cole · Schultz 13:58
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 22:03
L2 Johansson · Kuznetsov · Williams 16:45
L3 Chimera · Winnik · Richards 13:31
L4 Burakovsky · Beagle · Wilson 9:30
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 26:28
D2 Alzner · Orpik 23:06
D3 Orlov · Schmidt 10:09

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
35 Shots on goal 30
19 Hits 26
12 Blocked shots 10
12 Takeaways 14
10 Giveaways 18
10 Penalty minutes 13
PIT shooting 11.4% (4/35) WSH shooting 10.0% (3/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 63:48 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
31/35
.886 SV% · 4 GA · 64:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Matt Cullen · 1st 00:44 · 1–0 Matt Cullen · 2nd 00:28 · 2–0 Conor Sheary · 2nd 09:03 · 3–0 Marcus Johansson · 2nd 17:19 · 3–1 Marcus Johansson · 3rd 10:05 · 3–2 Andre Burakovsky · 3rd 13:26 · 3–3 Sidney Crosby · OT 04:00 · 4–3
PIT WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 12-2 (86% win rate, 14 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 11-4-1 (69% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 14-0 (100% win rate, 14 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–2
Mar 202016 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 2–6 Mar 12016 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Dec 142015 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–1 Oct 282015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–1 Feb 252015 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 7, 2016?

Penguins won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Penguins 4, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Matt Cullen (2), Conor Sheary, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Capitals?

Marcus Johansson (2), Andre Burakovsky.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 35 shots (.886 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 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeApr 5 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 5–3 AfterApr 9 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 1–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 5 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 4–3 AfterApr 9 🦅WSH @ 🎵STL 5–1
Also on April 7
🐙DET 2–5 🐻BOS ⚡TBL 4–2 😈NJD 🏝️NYI 4–1 🗽NYR 🍁TOR 4–3 🔔PHI 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 🌪️CAR 🐆FLA 1–3 🏛️OTT 🌵ARI 2–3 🐯NSH 🎵STL 2–1 🪶CHI
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