Washington Capitals Game Notes Wed, Oct 11, 2017 NHL Game #47 Washington Capitals 2 - 0 - 1 (5 pts) Pittsburgh Penguins 1 - 1 - 1 (3 pts) Team Game: 4 1 - 0 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 4 1 - 0 - 1 (Home) Home Game: 2 1 - 0 - 1 (Road) Road Game: 2 0 - 1 - 0 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Philipp Grubauer 1 0 0 1 3.81 .900 30 Matthew Murray 3 1 0 1 3.84 .879 70 Braden Holtby 2 2 0 0 2.40 .930 31 Antti Niemi 1 0 1 0 26.6 .692 7 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Matt Niskanen 3 0 1 1 1 4 2 D Chad Ruhwedel - - - - - - 4 D Taylor Chorney 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 D Olli Maatta 3 2 1 3 -1 2 8 L Alex Ovechkin 3 7 0 7 4 0 4 D Justin Schultz 3 1 0 1 -1 2 9 D Dmitry Orlov 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 D Brian Dumoulin 3 0 0 0 -3 2 10 R Brett Connolly 3 1 0 1 -3 4 17 R Bryan Rust 3 0 4 4 -1 0 13 L Jakub Vrana 3 0 3 3 2 0 22 D Matt Hunwick 3 0 0 0 -2 0 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 3 1 4 5 2 0 23 L Scott Wilson 3 0 0 0 -2 0 20 C Lars Eller 3 0 1 1 -1 2 28 D Ian Cole 3 0 0 0 -1 0 25 R Devante Smith-Pelly 3 0 1 1 -2 0 33 C Greg McKegg 3 0 1 1 -2 0 29 D Christian Djoos - - - - - - 34 R Tom Kuhnhackl 3 0 0 0 0 2 39 R Alex Chiasson 3 0 0 0 -1 0 37 R Carter Rowney 3 0 1 1 -1 0 43 R Tom Wilson - - - - - - 43 L Conor Sheary 3 1 0 1 -4 0 44 D Brooks Orpik 3 0 0 0 -2 2 45 R Josh Archibald - - - - - - 55 D Aaron Ness 3 0 1 1 3 8 58 D Kris Letang 3 0 0 0 -5 2 65 L Andre Burakovsky 3 0 2 2 1 0 59 C Jake Guentzel 3 1 2 3 -2 4 74 D John Carlson 3 0 2 2 -1 2 62 L Carl Hagelin 3 0 1 1 0 4 77 R T.J. Oshie 3 3 1 4 3 0 71 C Evgeni Malkin 3 1 3 4 -2 4 79 L Nathan Walker 2 1 0 1 0 0 75 R Ryan Reaves 3 1 0 1 -1 34 83 C Jay Beagle 3 0 1 1 -2 2 81 R Phil Kessel 3 1 1 2 -1 12 91 C Tyler Graovac 1 0 0 0 -1 2 87 C Sidney Crosby 3 1 4 5 -3 8 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 3 0 8 8 4 2 Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan Executive VP and General Manager Jim Rutherford Head Coach Barry Trotz Assistant GMs Bill Guerin, Jason Karmanos Associate Coach/Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden/Blaine Forsythe, Head Coach Mike Sullivan Lane Lambert Assistant Coaches Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Goaltending Coach Scott Murray Martin, Mark Recchi Video Coach/Analyst Brett Leonhardt/Tim Ohashi Goaltending Coach / Video Coach Mike Buckley / Andy Saucier Tonight's Officials Referees Gord Dwyer (19), Kyle Rehman (10) Linesmen Darren Gibbs (66), Matt MacPherson (83) Supervisor Video Judge John Sheiry Ntl. Anthem Bob McDonald Today's Schedule NYI @ ANA : 7:00 BOS @ COL : 7:30 CGY @ LAK : 7:30 NJD @ TOR : 7:30 PIT @ WSH : 7:30 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Matt Niskanen D 6' 1" 203 Dec 6, 1986 Virginia, MN, USA 4 Taylor Chorney D 6' 0" 193 Apr 27, 1987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 235 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 212 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 10 Brett Connolly R 6' 3" 195 May 2, 1992 Campbell River, BC, CAN 13 Jakub Vrana L 6' 0" 197 Feb 28, 1996 Prague, CZE 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 210 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK 25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 6' 0" 223 Jun 14, 1992 Scarborough, ON, CAN 29 Christian Djoos D 6' 0" 169 Aug 6, 1994 Gothenburg, SWE 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 191 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 39 Alex Chiasson R 6' 4" 208 Oct 1, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 218 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 44 Brooks Orpik D 6' 3" 217 Sep 26, 1980 San Francisco, CA, USA 55 Aaron Ness D 5' 10" 184 May 18, 1990 Roseau, MN, USA 65 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 201 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT 70 Braden Holtby G 6' 2" 211 Sep 16, 1989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 218 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 195 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 79 Nathan Walker L 5' 9" 186 Feb 7, 1994 Cardiff, GBR 83 Jay Beagle C 6' 3" 218 Oct 16, 1985 Calgary, AB, CAN 91 Tyler Graovac C 6' 5" 208 Apr 27, 1993 Brampton, ON, CAN 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 2" 204 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 27.4 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks T.J. OSHIE (3 / 2 Games) JOHN CARLSON (2 / 2 Games) T.J. OSHIE (3-1-4 / 2 Games) ANDRE BURAKOVSKY (2 / 2 Games) JOHN CARLSON (0-2-2 / 2 Games) EVGENY KUZNETSOV (8 / 3 Games) EVGENY KUZNETSOV (0-8-8 / 3 Games) NICKLAS BACKSTROM (4 / 2 Games) ANDRE BURAKOVSKY (0-2-2 / 2 Games) NICKLAS BACKSTROM (1-4-5 / 2 Games) Pittsburgh Penguins: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Chad Ruhwedel D 5' 11" 191 May 7, 1990 San Diego, CA, USA 3 Olli Maatta D 6' 2" 206 Aug 22, 1994 Jyväskylä, FIN 4 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 193 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN 8 Brian Dumoulin D 6' 4" 207 Sep 6, 1991 Biddeford, ME, USA 17 Bryan Rust R 5' 11" 192 May 11, 1992 Pontiac, MI, USA 22 Matt Hunwick D 5' 11" 200 May 21, 1985 Warren, MI, USA 23 Scott Wilson L 5' 11" 183 Apr 24, 1992 Oakville, ON, CAN 28 Ian Cole D 6' 1" 219 Feb 21, 1989 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 30 Matthew Murray G 6' 4" 178 May 25, 1994 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 31 Antti Niemi G 6' 2" 215 Aug 29, 1983 Vantaa, FIN 33 Greg McKegg C 6' 0" 191 Jun 17, 1992 St. Thomas, ON, CAN 34 Tom Kuhnhackl R 6' 2" 196 Jan 21, 1992 Landshut, DEU 37 Carter Rowney R 6' 2" 200 May 10, 1989 Grand Prairie, AB, CAN 43 Conor Sheary L 5' 8" 175 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 45 Josh Archibald R 5' 10" 176 Oct 6, 1992 Regina, SK, CAN 58 Kris Letang D 6' 0" 201 Apr 24, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN 59 Jake Guentzel C 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1994 Omaha, NE, USA 62 Carl Hagelin L 5' 11" 186 Aug 23, 1988 Sodertalje, SWE 71 Evgeni Malkin C 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS 75 Ryan Reaves R 6' 1" 225 Jan 20, 1987 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 81 Phil Kessel R 6' 0" 202 Oct 2, 1987 Madison, WI, USA 87 Sidney Crosby C 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1987 Cole Harbour, NS, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 195 Age: 27.6 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 72 Patric Hornqvist R 5' 11" 189 Jan 1, 1987 Sollentuna, SWE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks SIDNEY CROSBY (4 / 3 Games) PHIL KESSEL (1-1-2 / 2 Games) EVGENI MALKIN (1-3-4 / 3 Games) SIDNEY CROSBY (1-4-5 / 3 Games) Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 3 0 8 8 4 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 18:23 45.94 4 3 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 3 7 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 18 38.9 18:01 100.00 4 2 C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 3 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 18:32 50.00 1 0 R 77 T.J. Oshie 3 3 1 4 3 0 2 0 1 8 37.5 17:38 50.00 6 2 L 13 Jakub Vrana 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 15:10 100.00 1 0 L 65 Andre Burakovsky 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 15:08 50.00 1 1 D 74 John Carlson 3 0 2 2 -1 2 0 0 0 10 0.0 25:42 0.00 4 4 R 10 Brett Connolly 3 1 0 1 -3 4 0 0 0 5 20.0 12:06 0.00 1 0 L 79 Nathan Walker 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 09:33 0.00 4 0 D 2 Matt Niskanen 3 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 3 0.0 23:44 0.00 5 3 C 20 Lars Eller 3 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 15:21 66.66 3 5 R 25 Devante Smith-Pelly 3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 13:07 0.00 2 2 D 55 Aaron Ness 3 0 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 1 0.0 11:30 0.00 0 3 C 83 Jay Beagle 3 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 13:31 58.97 1 1 D 4 Taylor Chorney 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 13:32 0.00 4 6 D 9 Dmitry Orlov 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 25:11 0.00 5 5 R 39 Alex Chiasson 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 13:18 40.00 2 1 D 44 Brooks Orpik 3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 22:21 0.00 11 8 C 91 Tyler Graovac 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 06:22 100.00 1 1 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Philipp Grubauer 1 63 3.81 0 0 1 0 4 36 .900 0 0 0 70 Braden Holtby 2 125 2.40 2 0 0 0 5 66 .930 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Penguins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 87 Sidney Crosby 3 1 4 5 -3 8 1 0 0 7 14.3 19:11 53.84 3 2 C 71 Evgeni Malkin 3 1 3 4 -2 4 0 0 1 10 10.0 17:05 37.50 3 2 R 17 Bryan Rust 3 0 4 4 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 15:55 50.00 6 3 D 3 Olli Maatta 3 2 1 3 -1 2 0 0 0 8 25.0 18:07 0.00 4 2 C 59 Jake Guentzel 3 1 2 3 -2 4 0 0 0 3 33.3 17:25 60.00 4 2 R 81 Phil Kessel 3 1 1 2 -1 12 1 0 0 13 7.7 17:18 0.00 1 0 D 4 Justin Schultz 3 1 0 1 -1 2 0 0 0 5 20.0 20:24 0.00 2 6 L 43 Conor Sheary 3 1 0 1 -4 0 0 0 0 5 20.0 13:18 0.00 2 0 R 75 Ryan Reaves 3 1 0 1 -1 34 0 0 0 3 33.3 06:49 100.00 12 3 C 33 Greg McKegg 3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 15:38 54.54 1 4 R 37 Carter Rowney 3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 12:00 47.22 9 3 L 62 Carl Hagelin 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 0.0 16:24 0.00 6 1 D 8 Brian Dumoulin 3 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 21:11 0.00 2 4 D 22 Matt Hunwick 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 18:19 0.00 4 6 L 23 Scott Wilson 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 10:27 40.00 13 0 D 28 Ian Cole 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 13:29 0.00 5 4 R 34 Tom Kuhnhackl 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.0 13:07 0.00 9 1 D 58 Kris Letang 3 0 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 12 0.0 25:15 0.00 4 5 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Matthew Murray 3 172 3.84 1 0 1 1 11 80 .879 0 0 0 31 Antti Niemi 1 9 26.67 0 1 0 0 4 9 .692 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals Team Records Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals Last game: Saturday VS NASHVILLE (4-0 W) Monday AT TAMPA BAY (4-3 O) Next game: Wednesday AT WASHINGTON Wednesday VS PITTSBURGH Overall record/streak: 1 - 1 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1 2 - 0 - 1 / OTL 1 Home record/streak: 1 - 0 - 1 / Win 1 / Undef 1 1 - 0 - 0 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Road record/streak: 0 - 1 - 0 / Lost 1 1 - 0 - 1 / OTL 1 Last 5 Games: 1 - 1 - 1 2 - 0 - 1 Last 10 Games: 1 - 1 - 1 2 - 0 - 1 1-Goal Games: 0 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 2-Goal Games 0 - 0 0 - 0 3-Goal Games 1 - 1 1 - 0 Scoring first 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 Opponent scoring first 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 Leading after 1 period 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 Trailing after 1 period 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 Tied after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 Leading after 2 periods 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 0 Tied after 2 periods 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 OT Record - This Season: 0 - 1 1 - 1 OT Record - Franchise: 200 - 158 - 176 185 - 167 - 185 Shootout Record - This Season: 0 - 0 1 - 0 Shootout Record - Franchise: 73 - 48 55 - 64 Outshooting opponent: 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 0 - 1 - 1 2 - 0 - 1 Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 vs.