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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Evgeny Romasko, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Brian Mach
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1102
Washington 0213
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  0:17 Tom Wilson wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
Olli Maatta shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:01  
  1:02 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Bryan Rust shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:01  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 2:16  
Derrick Pouliot shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:39  
  4:58 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
Bryan Rust shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:15  
  5:51 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Carl Hagelin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 5:54  
Evgeni Malkin scores. Assisted by Carl Hagelin. Assisted by Brian Dumoulin. 6:14
(1-0)
 
  6:14 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 7:32  
Tom Kuhnhackl shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:41  
Bryan Rust shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:52  
Phil Kessel wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 7:53  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 8:12  
  8:52 Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 8:53  
Kevin Porter shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:15  
  10:24 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Bryan Rust shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:13  
  11:33 Tom Wilson shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Chris Kunitz penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 11:55  
  11:55 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  12:25 Nicklas Backstrom shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  12:30 Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  13:23 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  13:54 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 13:55  
Ian Cole shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:48  
  14:49 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  15:02 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  15:57 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:58  
  16:30 Karl Alzner penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 16:30  
Kris Letang shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:50  
  17:00 Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Phil Kessel penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 17:01  
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 17:01  
Bryan Rust shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:47  
Carl Hagelin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 18:34  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 18:45  
  19:26 Nate Schmidt shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  0:10 T.J. Oshie shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Carl Hagelin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:59  
  1:14 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Matt Cullen shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:48  
Derrick Pouliot shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:01  
  3:35 Stanislav Galiev shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Patric Hornqvist scores. Assisted by Olli Maatta. Assisted by Sidney Crosby. 3:45
(2-0)
 
  3:45 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  4:24
(2-1)
Mike Richards scores. Assisted by Nate Schmidt. Assisted by Jason Chimera.
Brian Dumoulin wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 4:24  
  5:23 Jason Chimera penalty for Embellishment - 2 mins.
Kris Letang penalty for Holding - 2 mins. 5:23  
  5:23 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  5:59 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Evgeni Malkin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:06  
Brian Dumoulin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:15  
Ian Cole penalty for Hooking - 2 mins. 6:52  
  6:52 Dmitry Orlov penalty for Embellishment - 2 mins.
  6:52 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  7:04 Nate Schmidt shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  7:28 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Carl Hagelin.
  8:23 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  8:24 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Scott Wilson shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:34  
  8:35 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Derrick Pouliot shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:38  
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 11:39  
  11:50 Dmitry Orlov penalty for Tripping - 2 mins.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 11:50  
  12:16 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Bryan Rust shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:49  
Tom Kuhnhackl shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:50  
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 14:51  
  15:04 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  15:23 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:35  
  16:02 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  16:03
(2-2)
Evgeny Kuznetsov scores. Assisted by Justin Williams. Assisted by Andre Burakovsky.
  16:03 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  16:32 Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  16:34 Mike Richards shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 16:35  
  16:44 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  16:46 Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  16:48 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  17:46 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  18:09 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  18:10 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  18:33 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  1:23 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Kris Letang shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:57  
  3:07 Nicklas Backstrom shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  3:14 Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Phil Kessel shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:13  
  4:32 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  4:35 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 4:36  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 4:49  
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:24  
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 5:25  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:39  
Kris Letang shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:03  
  7:10 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:50  
  10:52 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin penalty for High sticking - 2 mins. 12:45  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 12:45  
Tom Kuhnhackl shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:56  
  13:29 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  13:38
(2-3)
Matt Niskanen scores a power play goal. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom. Assisted by Alex Ovechkin.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 13:38  
  14:20 Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  14:21 Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Tom Wilson. 14:28  
  14:56 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  14:57 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  15:30 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  16:31 Marcus Johansson wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  17:45 Dmitry Orlov shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 17:46  
  18:53 Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Carl Hagelin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:26  
  19:27 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.