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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 5, Pittsburgh 3
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 23, 2020
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Devin Berg, James Tobias
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0213
Washington 1045
Periods:
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1
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Dominik Simon hits T.J. Oshie. 0:18  
  0:20 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
  0:22 Brenden Dillon hits Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:42  
  0:56 Giveaway by Nick Jensen.
Shot by Zach Trotman misses the net 1:31  
Zach Trotman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:49  
Andrew Agozzino wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 1:50  
  2:00 Garnet Hathaway hits Kris Letang.
Andrew Agozzino hits Nic Dowd. 2:21  
  2:37 Radko Gudas shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  2:42 Nic Dowd hits Kris Letang.
  2:59 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  3:48 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Tom Wilson. 3:49  
Bryan Rust hits Nick Jensen. 4:02  
  4:11 Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  4:43 Radko Gudas hits Brandon Tanev.
Chad Ruhwedel hits Richard Panik. 4:49  
Andrew Agozzino wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 4:57  
Sam Lafferty wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 5:02  
  5:08 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty.
  5:24 Garnet Hathaway hits Marcus Pettersson.
  5:26 Radko Gudas hits Sam Lafferty.
  5:54 John Carlson blocks shot from Jason Zucker.
  5:57 Michal Kempny hits Jason Zucker.
Shot by Kris Letang misses the net 5:58  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:05  
  6:12 Jakub Vrana scores.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 6:12  
  6:23 Tom Wilson hits Jack Johnson.
  6:36 John Carlson hits Bryan Rust.
Jack Johnson hits Alex Ovechkin. 6:47  
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin. 6:51  
  6:52 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:53  
Brandon Tanev hits Nick Jensen. 7:03  
Teddy Blueger hits Richard Panik. 7:10  
  7:26 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  7:27 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Brendan Leipsic. 7:58  
  8:14 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net 8:33  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 8:43  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 9:09  
  9:12 Tom Wilson hits Jack Johnson.
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Tom Wilson. 9:20  
  9:31 Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 9:45  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:08  
Marcus Pettersson hits Carl Hagelin. 10:28  
  10:35 Carl Hagelin hits Teddy Blueger.
  10:39 Radko Gudas hits Brandon Tanev.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:47  
  10:57 Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:02  
Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:05  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:13  
  11:13 Brenden Dillon hits Sidney Crosby.
  11:54 Tom Wilson hits Kris Letang.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:02  
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 12:36  
Shot by Brandon Tanev misses the net 12:45  
  13:15 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Andrew Agozzino.
Andrew Agozzino wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 13:23  
  13:29 Brenden Dillon hits Anthony Angello.
Sam Lafferty hits John Carlson. 13:38  
  13:57 Garnet Hathaway hits Sam Lafferty.
  14:00 Nic Dowd hits Anthony Angello.
  14:40 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  14:53 Tom Wilson hits Marcus Pettersson.
Evgeni Malkin hits Tom Wilson. 14:54  
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:18  
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 15:22  
Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net 15:26  
  15:27 Tom Wilson penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Patric Hornqvist.
Andrew Agozzino wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 15:27  
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:42  
  16:18 Michal Kempny blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin.
  16:26 Michal Kempny blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin.
  17:05 Brenden Dillon hits Patric Hornqvist.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:21  
Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel. 17:53  
  17:57 Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov.
  18:24 T.J. Oshie hits Andrew Agozzino.
  18:40 T.J. Oshie hits Marcus Pettersson.
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Richard Panik. 19:05  
Giveaway by Dominik Simon. 19:12  
  19:20 Brenden Dillon hits Jason Zucker.
  19:29 Lars Eller blocks shot from Jack Johnson.
  19:38 John Carlson penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 19:38  
Evgeni Malkin hits Brenden Dillon. 19:54  
  19:58 Radko Gudas blocks shot from Sidney Crosby.
  20:00 Brenden Dillon penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin.
  20:00 Brenden Dillon penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brenden Dillon. 20:00  
Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brenden Dillon. 20:00  
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 0:00  
Shot by Jared McCann misses the net 0:31  
  0:55 Radko Gudas blocks shot from Patric Hornqvist.
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:11  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:12  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 1:13  
Andrew Agozzino wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:23  
  1:45 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Justin Schultz.
  1:53 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Dominik Simon.
Teddy Blueger shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:15  
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 2:16  
Takeaway by Brandon Tanev. 2:33  
Chad Ruhwedel hits Michal Kempny. 2:48  
  3:00 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  3:05 Alex Ovechkin hits Chad Ruhwedel.
Giveaway by Teddy Blueger. 3:20  
Marcus Pettersson penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tom Wilson. 3:56  
  3:56 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Bryan Rust.
  4:15 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  4:24 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Sam Lafferty blocks shot from John Carlson. 4:31  
  5:07 John Carlson blocks shot from Brandon Tanev.
  5:08 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  5:58 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Jared McCann.
  6:04 Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov.
  6:06 Lars Eller blocks shot from Justin Schultz.
  6:07 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  6:32 Alex Ovechkin hits Justin Schultz.
  6:40 Tom Wilson hits Evgeni Malkin.
  6:49 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  7:03 Brenden Dillon hits Patric Hornqvist.
  7:15 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  7:51 Shot by Dmitry Orlov misses the net
Dominik Simon hits Dmitry Orlov. 7:54  
  8:08 Radko Gudas hits Jason Zucker.
  8:10 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  8:19 Shot by Carl Hagelin misses the net
Jason Zucker hits Radko Gudas. 8:22  
  8:46 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  8:47 Brendan Leipsic wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty.
Anthony Angello blocks shot from Brenden Dillon. 8:50  
Andrew Agozzino hits John Carlson. 8:53  
  8:57 Nic Dowd hits Chad Ruhwedel.
Sam Lafferty hits Nic Dowd. 9:01  
  9:10 Shot by Garnet Hathaway misses the net
  9:16 Garnet Hathaway penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anthony Angello.
Anthony Angello penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Garnet Hathaway. 9:16  
  9:16 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Bryan Rust.
  9:32 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  9:34 Giveaway by Tom Wilson.
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 9:43  
Jason Zucker hits John Carlson. 10:18  
  10:32 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:42  
  10:59 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  11:11 Shot by Michal Kempny misses the net
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 11:36  
  11:51 Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov.
  12:31 Brenden Dillon shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 12:32  
Giveaway by Dominik Simon. 12:42  
  13:41 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Brandon Tanev hits John Carlson. 13:45  
  13:56 Richard Panik hits Zach Trotman.
Jared McCann hits Lars Eller. 14:14  
Sam Lafferty wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 14:14  
Zach Trotman hits Garnet Hathaway. 14:24  
Anthony Angello hits Michal Kempny. 14:30  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 14:32  
Patric Hornqvist hits Brendan Leipsic. 14:40  
Patric Hornqvist scores. Assisted by Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin. 14:47  
  14:47 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Jason Zucker hits John Carlson. 14:57  
  15:04 Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net
Sidney Crosby scores. Assisted by Jason Zucker and Marcus Pettersson. 15:13  
  15:13 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  15:21 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:31  
  15:32 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 15:44  
Brandon Tanev hits Dmitry Orlov. 15:59  
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:03  
  16:10 Giveaway by Lars Eller.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 16:21  
Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net 16:26  
  16:28 Alex Ovechkin penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Patric Hornqvist.
  16:28 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  16:41 Shot by Carl Hagelin misses the net
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 17:32  
Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net 17:46  
  17:59 Radko Gudas blocks shot from Kris Letang.
  18:12 Nic Dowd blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 18:19  
Jared McCann wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 18:21  
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 18:29  
  18:53 Alex Ovechkin hits Marcus Pettersson.
  19:03 Alex Ovechkin hits Brandon Tanev.
Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:17  
Jack Johnson hits Tom Wilson. 19:28  
  19:43 Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Jakub Vrana. 19:53  
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  0:12 Jakub Vrana hits Justin Schultz.
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 0:29  
Kris Letang blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 0:40  
Kris Letang hits Jakub Vrana. 0:46  
Kris Letang penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:57  
  0:57 Evgeny Kuznetsov penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kris Letang.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:57  
  1:16 Tom Wilson scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:16  
  1:38 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:44  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:47  
  2:11 Jakub Vrana hits Justin Schultz.
  2:24 Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov.
Brandon Tanev blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 2:28  
Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:54  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 2:55  
Shot by Kris Letang misses the net 3:08  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 3:09  
  3:14 John Carlson blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:20  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 3:21  
Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:24  
  3:33 Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:38  
  3:47 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jared McCann.
  4:03 Giveaway by Braden Holtby.
Giveaway by Chad Ruhwedel. 4:21  
  4:28 Shot by Richard Panik misses the net
  4:39 John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  4:40 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  4:41 Carl Hagelin scores. Assisted by Lars Eller and John Carlson.
  4:41 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Andrew Agozzino.
  5:10 Garnet Hathaway hits Andrew Agozzino.
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 5:25  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:39  
Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:46  
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:54  
  5:55 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Jack Johnson blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 6:06  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 6:12  
Anthony Angello hits Michal Kempny. 7:22  
  7:23 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Dominik Simon hits John Carlson. 7:28  
Takeaway by Sidney Crosby. 7:30  
Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:36  
Zach Trotman hits Jakub Vrana. 8:00  
  8:07 Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
  8:11 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  8:12 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 8:17  
  8:47 Tom Wilson hits Bryan Rust.
Evgeni Malkin scores. Assisted by Bryan Rust. 8:50  
  8:50 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Brandon Tanev hits Michal Kempny. 9:04  
Takeaway by Jared McCann. 9:13  
Giveaway by Teddy Blueger. 9:18  
Anthony Angello hits Lars Eller. 9:28  
  9:33 Radko Gudas shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  9:37 Richard Panik hits Anthony Angello.
Shot by Anthony Angello misses the net 9:47  
  10:00 Giveaway by Jakub Vrana.
  10:06 Brenden Dillon hits Andrew Agozzino.
Zach Trotman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:10  
  10:28 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Jack Johnson hits Nicklas Backstrom. 10:38  
  10:38 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  10:40 T.J. Oshie scores.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Tom Wilson. 10:40  
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 10:52  
  10:59 Tom Wilson hits Marcus Pettersson.
  11:09 Alex Ovechkin hits Marcus Pettersson.
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:14  
  11:15 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  11:51 Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net
  11:54 Carl Hagelin hits Brandon Tanev.
Takeaway by Dominik Simon. 12:23  
  12:25 Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
Kris Letang blocks shot from John Carlson. 12:49  
  13:26 Michal Kempny shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  13:39 Michal Kempny hits Marcus Pettersson.
  13:51 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Shot by Brandon Tanev misses the net 13:59  
  14:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Takeaway by Jason Zucker. 14:07  
  14:10 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Zach Trotman.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 14:11  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:22  
  14:23 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  14:32 Brenden Dillon hits Jason Zucker.
  14:38 Brenden Dillon hits Jason Zucker.
Zach Trotman hits T.J. Oshie. 14:52  
Evgeni Malkin hits Nick Jensen. 15:21  
Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:21  
  15:36 Tom Wilson hits Bryan Rust.
Brandon Tanev hits Tom Wilson. 15:45  
Brandon Tanev shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:56  
  16:58 Richard Panik shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:17  
  17:18 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  18:23 Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net
  18:40 Giveaway by John Carlson.
  19:06 Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Justin Schultz.
  19:13 Carl Hagelin scores on an empty net. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie.
  19:13 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Andrew Agozzino.
  19:27 Nic Dowd hits Andrew Agozzino.
Andrew Agozzino shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:29  
  19:40 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Andrew Agozzino.
Shot by Zach Trotman misses the net 19:47