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3/3/2018
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Washington Capitals 7 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 27 - 24
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:65/74=87 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
PP: 1 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:51/67=76 %, Challenges:59/61=95 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 965286 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:33 1-0
Erick Moran [15] (Keoni Texeira, Ilja Nikulin)
16:59 1-1
Filip Pyrochta [3] (Elias Lindholm)
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29:59 2-1
Erick Moran [16] (Tom Gilbert, Thatcher Demko)PP
32:02 2-2
Elias Lindholm [21] (Patric Hörnqvist, Scott Harrington)PP
33:52 3-2
Alex Ovechkin [31] (Nicklas Bäckström, Paul Martin)
34:56 4-2
Jakub Vrana [14] (Erick Moran, Nicklas Bäckström)
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40:59 4-3
Sidney Crosby [38] (Kris Letang)SH
44:03 5-3
Nicklas Bäckström [14] (Martin Jilecek, Alex Ovechkin)
51:24 6-3
Erick Moran [17] (Keoni Texeira, Ilja Nikulin)
58:04 7-3
Jakub Vrana [15] (Erick Moran, Stacy Chevaldae)
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Penalty summary:
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09:13
Dustin Penner (2 min for tripping)
12:27
Radim Vrbata (2 min for hooking)
16:07
Cameron Lizotte (2 min for roughing)
16:07
Ryan Murray (2 min for roughing)
16:43
Keoni Texeira (2 min for roughing)
16:43
Patric Hörnqvist (2 min for roughing)
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28:43
Radim Vrbata (2 min for roughing)
31:16
Marcus Johansson (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:25
Derrick Pouliot (2 min for slashing)
52:09
Elias Lindholm (5 min for fighting)
52:09
Keoni Texeira (5 min for fighting)
52:44
Derrick Pouliot (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R André Burakovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
R Cédric Paquette 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 14.10 8
R Stacy Chevaldae 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 15.40 8
R Alex Ovechkin 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Hunter Shinkaruk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
C Marcus Johansson 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 12.10 7
C Erick Moran 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 17.30 10
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.50 9
L Jake Virtanen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.40 6
C Carl Soderberg 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 14.10 6
L Jakub Vrana 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 15.40 7
L Martin Jilecek 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Ilja Nikulin 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 18.10 8
D Paul Martin 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 25.40 8
D Matt Donovan 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 28.00 6
D Keoni Texeira 0 2 0 0 1 0 7 3 14.40 7
D Cameron Lizotte 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 2 18.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Thatcher Demko 3 1 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Braden Holtby 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Shore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 14.00 5
R Patric Hörnqvist 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 -1 18.10 7
R Ty Rattie 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -3 17.50 7
C Jacob Josefson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
C Elias Lindholm 1 1 2 3 0 1 5 0 14.40 9
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -4 23.20 9
L Beau Bennett 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 7
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 13.10 8
L Dustin Penner 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12.00 5
L Josef Dousa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 18.00 5
D Scott Harrington 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 15.30 7
D Filip Pyrochta 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D Kris Letang 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -3 28.40 7
D Derrick Pouliot 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 13.40 8
D Olli Määttä 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 21.10 9
D Ryan Murray 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -4 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 7 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Tristan Jarry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erick Moran
2nd star: Nicklas Bäckström
3rd star: Alex Ovechkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Erick Moran scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jakub Vrana scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Patric Hörnqvist notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Filip Pyrochta finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Elias Lindholm fought Keoni Texeira in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 29) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 21)
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1-0
Shane Gersich (Dominic Franco)
2-0
Aleksi Saarela (Nathan Walker)
3-0
Zach Sanford (Brian Pinho, Markus Granlund)
3-1
J.T. Miller (Theodor Blueger)
4-1
Thomas Di Pauli (Kevin Elgestal, Kyle Capobianco)
Goalies: Vitek Vanecek - Roman Will