Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sat, Dec 27, 2014 · CONSOL Energy Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 0

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 on Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at CONSOL Energy Center. Eric Fehr scored twice. Braden Holtby made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	2	3	34
PIT	0	0	0	0	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:47	WSH	EV	Eric Fehr (8) · wrist	Jay Beagle (5), Brooks Laich (3)	1–0
3rd	05:36	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (10) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (10), Brooks Orpik (8)	2–0
3rd	10:16	WSH	EV	Eric Fehr (9) · backhand	Joel Ward (8), John Carlson (23)	3–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:06	PIT	Brandon Sutter	hooking	2
1st	08:49	WSH	Troy Brouwer	high sticking	2
1st	15:17	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	tripping	2
2nd	04:05	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2
2nd	05:25	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	interference	2
2nd	15:42	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2
3rd	12:13	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	13:39	WSH	Troy Brouwer	tripping	2
3rd	19:13	PIT	Bobby Farnham	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 4.41 · PIT 2.08 · xG% WSH 67.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Eric Fehr	C	2	0	2	+3	0	2	0	0	38.9	14:56	19
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	5		24:37	32
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	7	1		24:04	30
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0		17:14	21
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0		15:47	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		14:55	18
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	50.0	14:45	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	77.8	13:16	17
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	2	10	5	1		23:34	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	66.7	23:24	24
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0		22:16	31
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		17:37	25
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		16:41	19
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	+1	4	1	2	1	71.4	14:29	21
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:43	14
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8:25	11
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:14	11
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		7:23	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	31	31	0	1.000	59:40

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Kris Letang	D	-1	4	3	6	1		23:56	30
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	-1	0	4	0	0	50.0	23:33	25
87	Sidney Crosby	C	-3	0	3	1	0	38.9	23:14	26
4	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	2	0	0		20:22	28
14	Chris Kunitz	L	-1	0	0	7	0		20:16	26
47	Simon Despres	D	-2	0	0	4	4		19:10	27
51	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	0	1	0	0		18:51	23
6	Scott Harrington	D	-3	0	1	4	2		18:18	28
16	Brandon Sutter	C	0	2	0	1	0	40.0	17:56	24
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	3	2	4		16:43	25
13	Nick Spaling	C	-1	0	2	3	2		16:28	27
57	Marcel Goc	C	0	0	1	3	0	56.3	15:29	23
36	Bryan Rust	R	-1	0	4	3	0		14:30	23
34	Bobby Farnham	R	0	2	3	5	0		10:53	16
59	Jayson Megna	C	0	0	0	6	0		10:48	17
20	Rob Klinkhammer	L	-1	0	0	1	0		8:04	12
25	Andrew Ebbett	C	0	0	1	0	1	75.0	7:53	14
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	-1	2	3	0	0	100.0	6:26	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	34	31	3	.912	58:23