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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 2, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Wes McCauley, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Scott Cherrey
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1001
Washington 0112
Periods:
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1
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:12  
Kris Letang blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 0:41  
Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:04  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 1:05  
  1:09 Alex Ovechkin blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  1:54 Giveaway by Madison Bowey.
Jamie Oleksiak hits Andre Burakovsky. 2:02  
Jamie Oleksiak penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Christian Djoos. 2:17  
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 2:17  
  2:30 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  2:39 John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  2:57 Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
  3:04 Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
  3:23 Shot by Brett Connolly misses the net
  4:15 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  4:17 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  4:26 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Dominik Simon hits Matt Niskanen. 4:33  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Travis Boyd. 4:34  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 4:46  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 4:47  
Brian Dumoulin hits Dmitrij Jaskin. 5:00  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 5:17  
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 5:21  
Takeaway by Olli Maatta. 5:29  
  5:31 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  6:00 Madison Bowey shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  6:56 Travis Boyd blocks shot from Matt Cullen.
Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net 7:01  
  7:12 Devante Smith-Pelly blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 7:45  
  7:54 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Jamie Oleksiak hits Lars Eller. 8:21  
  8:25 Christian Djoos hits Phil Kessel.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 8:29  
  8:53 Takeaway by Matt Niskanen.
Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Matt Niskanen. 9:04  
Dominik Simon hits Dmitry Orlov. 9:15  
  9:21 Nicklas Backstrom hits Brian Dumoulin.
  9:48 Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin. 9:52  
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 9:55  
  10:03 John Carlson blocks shot from Carl Hagelin.
  10:14 Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Zach Aston-Reese hits Michal Kempny. 10:32  
  10:38 Shot by Travis Boyd misses the net
  11:33 Jakub Vrana penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brian Dumoulin.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 11:33  
  12:14 Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov.
Sidney Crosby scores a power play goal. Assisted by Jack Johnson. 12:16  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:16  
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:57  
Garrett Wilson hits Michal Kempny. 13:17  
Garrett Wilson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:21  
  13:22 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Zach Aston-Reese.
Takeaway by Sidney Crosby. 14:12  
  14:18 Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov.
  14:20 Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Jack Johnson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:26  
Jack Johnson hits Travis Boyd. 14:32  
  15:02 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Carl Hagelin.
  15:07 Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel.
Carl Hagelin penalty for goaltender interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Braden Holtby. 15:09  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:09  
Riley Sheahan blocks shot from John Carlson. 15:27  
  15:27 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 15:30  
  15:49 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Giveaway by Jack Johnson. 16:24  
  17:02 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 17:07  
  17:11 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  17:12 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 17:13  
Jamie Oleksiak hits Chandler Stephenson. 17:23  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:37  
  17:37 Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
  17:42 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Olli Maatta.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 18:06  
Phil Kessel blocks shot from John Carlson. 18:14  
  18:15 Alex Ovechkin hits Patric Hornqvist.
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 18:26  
Jack Johnson hits Michal Kempny. 18:27  
Patric Hornqvist hits Dmitrij Jaskin. 18:38  
Evgeni Malkin hits Dmitrij Jaskin. 18:44  
Brian Dumoulin hits Brett Connolly. 19:13  
Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net 19:32  
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 19:34  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Travis Boyd. 19:35  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:40  
Jamie Oleksiak hits Nicklas Backstrom. 19:58  
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:19  
  0:28 T.J. Oshie hits Bryan Rust.
  0:55 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  1:10 Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  1:27 Dmitrij Jaskin hits Patric Hornqvist.
  1:33 Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  1:41 Dmitrij Jaskin blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:41  
Shot by Carl Hagelin misses the net 1:42  
Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net 1:43  
  1:45 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:54  
Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:55  
  1:56 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Jamie Oleksiak hits Lars Eller. 2:11  
  2:15 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  2:25 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:33  
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:34  
  2:35 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  3:08 Takeaway by Matt Niskanen.
  3:23 Matt Niskanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Devante Smith-Pelly. 3:26  
  3:39 Jakub Vrana hits Olli Maatta.
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Devante Smith-Pelly. 3:58  
  4:17 John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  4:22 Shot by Travis Boyd misses the net
  4:26 Devante Smith-Pelly shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  4:32 John Carlson hits Garrett Wilson.
  4:43 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  4:46 Matt Niskanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 5:06  
Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net 5:18  
Patric Hornqvist hits Evgeny Kuznetsov. 5:20  
  5:27 Alex Ovechkin blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel.
Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net 5:50  
  6:07 Giveaway by Madison Bowey.
Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:14  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:15  
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 6:24  
Sidney Crosby penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nicklas Backstrom. 6:33  
  6:33 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  6:45 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  7:02 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 7:03  
  7:09 Alex Ovechkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom.
  7:09 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  7:22 Alex Ovechkin hits Patric Hornqvist.
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 7:33  
Jamie Oleksiak hits Alex Ovechkin. 7:35  
  7:40 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  8:02 Giveaway by John Carlson.
  8:13 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Jack Johnson.
Giveaway by Dominik Simon. 8:45  
  8:56 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 8:59  
Jack Johnson hits Brett Connolly. 9:05  
  9:35 Michal Kempny penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Garrett Wilson.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 9:35  
Giveaway by Phil Kessel. 9:53  
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 10:27  
  10:41 Giveaway by Lars Eller.
  10:54 Madison Bowey hits Jake Guentzel.
Zach Aston-Reese hits Lars Eller. 11:16  
Jake Guentzel penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Chandler Stephenson. 11:27  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 11:27  
Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:36  
  12:46 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:01  
  13:24 Giveaway by Matt Niskanen.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:32  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 13:33  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:39  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 13:47  
  13:58 T.J. Oshie hits Kris Letang.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 14:06  
  14:07 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 14:15  
Giveaway by Carl Hagelin. 14:29  
Giveaway by Chad Ruhwedel. 14:45  
  14:57 Dmitry Orlov hits Patric Hornqvist.
Takeaway by Olli Maatta. 14:59  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:03  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:04  
Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by John Carlson. 15:05  
  15:05 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  15:09 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  15:25 Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
  15:34 John Carlson blocks shot from Carl Hagelin.
  15:42 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
  16:08 Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net
Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:23  
  16:39 Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  17:31 Brett Connolly hits Brian Dumoulin.
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:39  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:41  
Chad Ruhwedel hits Travis Boyd. 17:48  
Garrett Wilson hits Matt Niskanen. 18:08  
Garrett Wilson hits Matt Niskanen. 18:22  
  18:27 Michal Kempny blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Madison Bowey. 19:22  
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 19:35  
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:41  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 19:46  
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 0:20  
Shot by Dominik Simon misses the net 0:28  
  0:52 Dmitrij Jaskin hits Chad Ruhwedel.
  1:00 Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov.
Giveaway by Casey DeSmith. 1:06  
Brian Dumoulin hits Dmitrij Jaskin. 1:11  
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:28  
  1:29 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Carl Hagelin.
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:30  
  1:31 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Jamie Oleksiak hits Andre Burakovsky. 1:43  
Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:56  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 1:57  
  2:10 Michal Kempny hits Jake Guentzel.
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 2:23  
Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Devante Smith-Pelly. 2:23  
  2:29 Travis Boyd wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
  2:31 Giveaway by Travis Boyd.
Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:34  
Shot by Garrett Wilson misses the net 2:35  
  2:36 Travis Boyd penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Garrett Wilson.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 2:36  
  2:40 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  2:51 Giveaway by Lars Eller.
Giveaway by Phil Kessel. 3:09  
Evgeni Malkin penalty for kneeing - 5 mins (Major). Drawn by T.J. Oshie. Served by Patric Hornqvist. 3:27  
Evgeni Malkin penalty for game misconduct - 10 mins (Game Misconduct). 3:27  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Chandler Stephenson. 3:27  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:59  
  4:07 Chandler Stephenson hits Brian Dumoulin.
  4:26 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  4:27 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Takeaway by Matt Cullen. 5:49  
  6:29 Giveaway by Andre Burakovsky.
Takeaway by Zach Aston-Reese. 6:50  
  7:11 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  7:12 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Riley Sheahan blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 7:26  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 7:33  
Jack Johnson hits Nicklas Backstrom. 7:53  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:33  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:35  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:43  
  8:44 Dmitry Orlov hits Patric Hornqvist.
Jake Guentzel hits Lars Eller. 8:52  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:10  
  9:31 Travis Boyd blocks shot from Carl Hagelin.
Garrett Wilson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:03  
  10:13 Dmitrij Jaskin hits Jack Johnson.
  10:15 Dmitrij Jaskin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
  10:23 John Carlson blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese.
  10:57 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Bryan Rust.
Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:05  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 11:06  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:18  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:19  
  12:47 Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith.
Shot by Matt Cullen misses the net 13:00  
Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Devante Smith-Pelly. 13:38  
Shot by Phil Kessel misses the net 13:59  
Shot by Dominik Simon misses the net 14:13  
Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:17  
  14:18 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
Brian Dumoulin hits Dmitrij Jaskin. 14:34  
  14:42 Dmitrij Jaskin hits Matt Cullen.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 14:57  
Shot by Jack Johnson misses the net 15:08  
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 15:23  
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:33  
  15:34 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Dominik Simon.
  15:47 Jakub Vrana blocks shot from Jamie Oleksiak.
  16:01 Madison Bowey blocks shot from Dominik Simon.
  16:03 Madison Bowey hits Bryan Rust.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 16:25  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 16:29  
  16:54 John Carlson hits Phil Kessel.
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 17:02  
  17:04 T.J. Oshie hits Kris Letang.
  17:08 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen.
Patric Hornqvist wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 17:19  
Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:25  
  17:34 Matt Niskanen hits Carl Hagelin.
Carl Hagelin hits Matt Niskanen. 17:40  
Giveaway by Matt Cullen. 17:47  
  18:10 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 18:19  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 18:26  
  18:46 T.J. Oshie scores. Assisted by John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  18:46 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Giveaway by Jack Johnson. 18:58  
  19:46 Takeaway by John Carlson.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:49  
  19:52 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 19:55  
  19:58 John Carlson blocks shot from Kris Letang.