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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1113
Washington 0112
Periods:
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1
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  0:13 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Matt Niskanen. 0:34  
  0:39 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by Carl Hagelin. 0:57  
  1:17 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  1:18 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Greg McKegg.
  1:23 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  1:29 Lars Eller hits Patric Hornqvist.
Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:33  
Greg McKegg wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:34  
  1:47 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  2:02 Brett Connolly hits Olli Maatta.
  2:15 Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Greg McKegg.
  2:30 Jay Beagle hits Brian Dumoulin.
Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:48  
Ryan Reaves hits Jay Beagle. 2:52  
Carter Rowney shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:02  
  3:26 Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Justin Schultz.
  3:27 Matt Niskanen penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Bryan Rust.
  3:27 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  3:51 Giveaway by Brooks Orpik.
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin. 4:18  
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Jay Beagle. 4:24  
  4:29 Takeaway by Jay Beagle.
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:21  
Kris Letang scores a power play goal. Assisted by Bryan Rust and Patric Hornqvist. 5:22  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 5:22  
  5:34 Jakub Vrana hits Brian Dumoulin.
  5:52 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 5:53  
Matt Hunwick blocks shot from Andre Burakovsky. 6:04  
  6:05 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Matt Niskanen. 6:12  
  6:13 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  6:19 Shot by Dmitry Orlov misses the net
Giveaway by Justin Schultz. 6:35  
Matt Hunwick blocks shot from Andre Burakovsky. 6:38  
  6:39 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Carter Rowney.
  6:43 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  6:52 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  7:18 John Carlson blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  7:22 Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin.
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:25  
Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net 7:26  
  7:32 John Carlson hits Evgeni Malkin.
Chad Ruhwedel hits Evgeny Kuznetsov. 7:39  
Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Brooks Orpik. 7:48  
Patric Hornqvist hits Aaron Ness. 7:58  
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 8:25  
  9:01 Tyler Graovac hits Justin Schultz.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:37  
Bryan Rust hits Devante Smith-Pelly. 9:42  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 9:49  
Olli Maatta hits Andre Burakovsky. 10:04  
Phil Kessel blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 10:16  
  10:33 Braden Holtby penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Andre Burakovsky.
  10:33 Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  10:41 Giveaway by Brooks Orpik.
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:49  
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 12:02  
Kris Letang hits Jay Beagle. 12:13  
Brian Dumoulin hits Aaron Ness. 12:59  
  13:10 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Chad Ruhwedel penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Andre Burakovsky. 13:10  
Carter Rowney blocks shot from John Carlson. 13:30  
  14:39 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  15:46 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Chad Ruhwedel hits Evgeny Kuznetsov. 16:04  
  16:21 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 16:26  
  16:28 John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  16:30 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 16:41  
  17:02 Giveaway by Andre Burakovsky.
  17:18 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Greg McKegg.
  17:29 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  17:35 Brett Connolly hits Greg McKegg.
  17:43 John Carlson penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Patric Hornqvist.
  17:43 Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  18:41 Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
  18:55 Devante Smith-Pelly blocks shot from Kris Letang.
  18:55 Alex Chiasson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Giveaway by Phil Kessel. 19:14  
  19:42 Brooks Orpik blocks shot from Justin Schultz.
  19:43 Brooks Orpik hits Patric Hornqvist.
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:47  
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:00  
  0:16 Dmitry Orlov hits Bryan Rust.
Matt Hunwick shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:22  
  0:29 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
Kris Letang blocks shot from T.J. Oshie. 0:57  
  1:02 John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  1:26 Alex Ovechkin hits Kris Letang.
  1:27 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Greg McKegg.
Greg McKegg shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:50  
  1:55 Giveaway by Christian Djoos.
Patric Hornqvist penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Lars Eller. 1:57  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 1:57  
  2:23 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Greg McKegg wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 2:24  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Jakub Vrana. 3:13  
Kris Letang hits Andre Burakovsky. 3:29  
  3:43 Giveaway by Brett Connolly.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jay Beagle. 4:10  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Tyler Graovac. 4:11  
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:48  
Justin Schultz hits Tyler Graovac. 5:00  
Sidney Crosby hits Evgeny Kuznetsov. 5:10  
  5:14 Takeaway by Tyler Graovac.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 5:29  
  6:01 Brooks Orpik hits Brian Dumoulin.
  6:07 Brooks Orpik hits Carl Hagelin.
Greg McKegg wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:15  
Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:21  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:25  
  6:26 Christian Djoos penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Patric Hornqvist.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:26  
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 6:57  
  7:09 Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Jake Guentzel.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:45  
  7:51 Devante Smith-Pelly blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:04  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 8:05  
Patric Hornqvist scores a power play goal. Assisted by Tom Kuhnhackl and Sidney Crosby. 8:20  
  8:20 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Carter Rowney.
  8:42 Brooks Orpik hits Conor Sheary.
  8:50 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
  9:18 Andre Burakovsky shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  9:21 Takeaway by Andre Burakovsky.
  9:25 T.J. Oshie hits Justin Schultz.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 9:26  
  9:45 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  9:55 Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:59  
Carl Hagelin wins the faceoff against Jay Beagle. 10:00  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:23  
Kris Letang hits Alex Ovechkin. 10:32  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 10:40  
  11:16 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
  11:20 Matt Niskanen penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel.
  11:20 Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Patric Hornqvist.
  11:40 Devante Smith-Pelly hits Patric Hornqvist.
  12:31 T.J. Oshie hits Kris Letang.
  13:32 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from John Carlson. 13:36  
  13:43 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan Reaves.
  13:50 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Carter Rowney.
  14:24 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  14:36 Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net
Greg McKegg wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 14:36  
  14:51 T.J. Oshie hits Olli Maatta.
  15:13 Christian Djoos hits Patric Hornqvist.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:24  
  15:40 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:40  
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 16:00  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 16:39  
  16:46 John Carlson blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin.
  16:49 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Shot by Phil Kessel misses the net 16:52  
  17:01 Christian Djoos blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:45  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 17:45  
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:55  
  17:56 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  18:20 Matt Niskanen hits Bryan Rust.
Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 18:33  
  18:37 Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Bryan Rust.
  18:48 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  18:48 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Carter Rowney.
  18:56 Takeaway by Alex Chiasson.
  19:07 Christian Djoos scores. Assisted by Lars Eller and Brett Connolly.
  19:07 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:24  
Evgeni Malkin hits Brooks Orpik. 19:29  
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:54  
  19:55 Alex Chiasson penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brian Dumoulin.
  19:55 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jay Beagle. 0:00  
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:30  
  0:38 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Conor Sheary scores a power play goal. Assisted by Justin Schultz and Olli Maatta. 0:38  
  0:44 Giveaway by Andre Burakovsky.
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:48  
  0:49 T.J. Oshie hits Carl Hagelin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:50  
  0:55 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  1:01 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  1:16 Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
  1:17 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Greg McKegg.
  1:32 Takeaway by Jakub Vrana.
  1:36 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Greg McKegg penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jakub Vrana. 1:38  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 1:38  
  2:07 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov. 2:28  
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:54  
  3:27 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  3:44 Shot by Andre Burakovsky misses the net
  3:50 Matt Niskanen shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 3:57  
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:19  
  4:20 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  4:35 Giveaway by Brett Connolly.
  4:40 John Carlson blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
  4:41 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Carter Rowney.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:22  
Greg McKegg penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brooks Orpik. 5:56  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 5:56  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:02  
  6:10 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Bryan Rust.
  7:20 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  7:21 Brett Connolly wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  7:29 Brett Connolly wins the faceoff against Bryan Rust.
  9:16 Shot by Andre Burakovsky misses the net
Giveaway by Bryan Rust. 10:01  
Olli Maatta hits Aaron Ness. 10:48  
  11:44 Giveaway by Matt Niskanen.
  11:47 Matt Niskanen hits Conor Sheary.
  12:08 Shot by Andre Burakovsky misses the net
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 12:21  
  12:31 Christian Djoos shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  12:51 Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Christian Djoos and Nicklas Backstrom.
  12:51 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Greg McKegg.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 13:05  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 13:15  
  13:28 Brooks Orpik blocks shot from Jake Guentzel.
  13:29 Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  13:46 Devante Smith-Pelly blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:56  
  14:27 Shot by Nicklas Backstrom misses the net
  14:40 Shot by Brooks Orpik misses the net
  14:42 T.J. Oshie hits Evgeni Malkin.
Chad Ruhwedel hits T.J. Oshie. 14:49  
  14:56 T.J. Oshie hits Olli Maatta.
  15:24 Giveaway by John Carlson.
  15:27 Aaron Ness blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:32  
  15:32 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 15:47  
Takeaway by Carl Hagelin. 16:11  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 16:14  
  16:28 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  16:41 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  16:47 Jakub Vrana hits Brian Dumoulin.
  17:02 Dmitry Orlov hits Greg McKegg.
Shot by Greg McKegg misses the net 17:04  
  17:28 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Matt Niskanen. 17:34  
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:51  
  18:02 Lars Eller hits Matt Hunwick.
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 18:11  
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 18:12  
  18:40 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 18:53  
Kris Letang hits Nicklas Backstrom. 19:22  
  19:37 Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:41  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:51