🐧 Away Penguins 15-12-6
2–1
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 20-9-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 0202
🦅 WSH 0101

Penguins at Capitals

Penguins beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on December 19, 2018.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2018-19 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 22:07 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
1 G
1 shots · 16:17 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Murray
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Lars Eller Go-ahead 2nd · 06:38
Assists: Tom Wilson · beat Matt Murray
0–1
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Tying 2nd · 09:15
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 2nd · 18:58
Assists: Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby · beat Braden Holtby
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 17:34
L2 Brassard · Kessel · Hornqvist 14:46
L3 Malkin · Sheahan · Aston-Reese 12:14
L4 Pearson · Wilson · Cullen 11:11
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 28:16
D2 Johnson · Maatta 21:04
D3 Pettersson · Oleksiak 8:32
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kuznetsov 23:13
L2 Eller · Oshie · Wilson 19:12
L3 Vrana · Connolly · Smith-Pelly 12:23
L4 Dowd · Boyd · Jaskin 6:44
D1 Carlson · Orlov 25:30
D2 Kempny · Niskanen 19:34
D3 Bowey · Siegenthaler 10:02

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 32
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
23 Hits 24
22 Blocked shots 18
7 Takeaways 10
4 Giveaways 15
17 Penalty minutes 15
PIT shooting 6.7% (2/30) WSH shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 57:43 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Lars Eller · 2nd 06:38 · 0–1 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 09:15 · 1–1 Bryan Rust · 2nd 18:58 · 2–1
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: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1-3 (20% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–1
Nov 72018 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Oct 42018 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–7 OT May 72018 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 2–1 OT May 52018 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–6 May 32018 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 1–3
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❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on December 19, 2018?

Penguins won 2–1. The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Capitals?

Lars Eller.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 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?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 17 🦆ANA @ 🐧PIT 4–2 AfterDec 20 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 15 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterDec 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–2
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