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2017-18 regular season

Penguins at Capitals

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

Penguins beat Capitals 3–2 at Capital One Arena on October 11, 2017.

PIT – WSH
36–22
Shots on goal
3/6–0/4
Power play
16–26
Hits
17–16
Blocked shots
⚔️ 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
Patric Hornqvist
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:23 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Christian Djoos
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:20 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Kris Letang
1 G
3 shots · 27:09 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Kris Letang PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:22
Assists: Bryan Rust, Patric Hornqvist · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP 2nd · 08:20
Assists: Tom Kuhnhackl, Sidney Crosby · beat Braden Holtby
2–0
🦅 Christian Djoos 2nd · 19:07
Assists: Lars Eller, Brett Connolly · beat Matt Murray
2–1
3rd period
🐧 Conor Sheary PP 3rd · 00:38
Assists: Justin Schultz, Olli Maatta · beat Braden Holtby
3–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 12:51
Assists: Christian Djoos, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Matt Murray
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Kessel 19:27
L2 Hagelin · Guentzel · Rust 17:26
L3 Sheary · Rowney · Hornqvist 14:04
L4 McKegg · Kuhnhackl · Reaves 7:38
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:22
D2 Schultz · Hunwick 18:40
D3 Maatta · Ruhwedel 13:38
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 19:51
L2 Burakovsky · Vrana · Kuznetsov 19:00
L3 Beagle · Eller · Smith-Pelly 11:56
L4 Graovac · Chiasson · Connolly 11:12
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 24:18
D2 Orlov · Orpik 21:16
D3 Djoos · Ness 10:50

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
36 Shots on goal 22
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
16 Hits 26
17 Blocked shots 16
6 Takeaways 6
5 Giveaways 13
8 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 8.3% (3/36) WSH shooting 9.1% (2/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 58:31 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Kris Letang · 1st 05:22 · 1–0 Patric Hornqvist · 2nd 08:20 · 2–0 Christian Djoos · 2nd 19:07 · 2–1 Conor Sheary · 3rd 00:38 · 3–1 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 12:51 · 3–2
PIT WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
May 102017 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–0 May 82017 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 5–2 May 62017 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–4 May 32017 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 2–3 May 12017 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–2 OT
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on October 11, 2017?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Conor Sheary, Kris Letang, Patric Hornqvist.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Christian Djoos.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 36 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 7 🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT 0–4 AfterOct 12 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 4–5
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 9 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–4 AfterOct 13 🦅WSH @ 😈NJD 5–2
Also on October 11
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