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2019-20 regular season

Capitals at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1

Capitals beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 7, 2020.

WSH – PIT
28–28
Shots on goal
0/1–1/5
Power play
45–26
Hits
17–10
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 🦅 WSH
Nic Dowd
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 14:26 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:34 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Richard Panik
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 10:03 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Nic Dowd Go-ahead 1st · 01:52
Assists: Garnet Hathaway, Richard Panik · beat Matt Murray
1–0
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom 1st · 16:15
Assists: Jakub Vrana, T.J. Oshie · beat Matt Murray
2–0
🦅 Richard Panik 1st · 18:38
Assists: Nick Jensen, Nic Dowd · beat Matt Murray
3–0
3rd period
🦅 Nic Dowd SH 3rd · 00:34
Assists: Carl Hagelin · beat Matt Murray
4–0
🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 05:09
Assists: Conor Sheary · beat Braden Holtby
4–1
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 3rd · 12:16
Assists: Jason Zucker, Sidney Crosby · beat Braden Holtby
4–2
🦅 T.J. Oshie 3rd · 13:12
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Matt Murray
5–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Eller · Wilson 16:34
L2 Backstrom · Kuznetsov · Oshie 15:34
L3 Hagelin · Kovalchuk · Dowd 14:26
L4 Vrana · Hathaway · Panik 10:26
D1 Carlson · Orlov 22:58
D2 Dillon · Jensen 20:24
D3 Kempny · Siegenthaler 15:42
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Rust 21:37
L2 Zucker · Marleau · Hornqvist 17:00
L3 McCann · Sheary · Blueger 12:42
L4 Tanev · Lafferty · Bjugstad 11:54
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 23:12
D2 Schultz · Marino 18:53
D3 Johnson · Pettersson 14:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
28 Shots on goal 28
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
45 Hits 26
17 Blocked shots 10
2 Takeaways 8
5 Giveaways 7
14 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 17.9% (5/28) PIT shooting 7.1% (2/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 56:20 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Nic Dowd · 1st 01:52 · 1–0 Nicklas Backstrom · 1st 16:15 · 2–0 Richard Panik · 1st 18:38 · 3–0 Nic Dowd · 3rd 00:34 · 4–0 Sidney Crosby · 3rd 05:09 · 4–1 Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 12:16 · 4–2 T.J. Oshie · 3rd 13:12 · 5–2
WSH PIT
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Feb 232020 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Feb 22020 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Mar 122019 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–5 Dec 192018 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Nov 72018 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 1–2
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Who won Capitals vs Penguins on March 7, 2020?

Capitals won 5–2. The final score was Capitals 5, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Nic Dowd (2), Nicklas Backstrom, Richard Panik, T.J. Oshie.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 5 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 5–6 AfterMar 9 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 5 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterMar 8 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 6–2
Also on March 7
🌪️CAR 3–2 🏝️NYI 🐯NSH 1–0 ⭐DAL 🌲MIN 3–7 👑LAK ⚔️BUF 1–3 🔔PHI 🏛️OTT 2–1 🦈SJS ⚡TBL 5–3 🐻BOS 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 🐆FLA 😈NJD 6–4 🗽NYR
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