Penguins beat Capitals 7–6 in overtime | HabsMetrics

Final/OT

WSH · Away

6

PIT · Home

7

Thursday, October 4, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Game analysis

Penguins beat Capitals 7–6 in overtime

K. Letang scored the game-winner on the power play at 1:20 in overtime.
A back-and-forth game: the lead changed hands 2 times.
M. Murray stopped 30 of 36 shots (.833) for the win.
Power play: PIT 2/6, WSH 0/2.
T. Oshie led all scorers with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Three stars

1st star
K. Letang
PIT · 2G 1A
2nd star
J. Guentzel
PIT · 2G 0A
3rd star
T. Oshie
WSH · 2G 1A

Scoring summary

1st

1:49PITJ. OleksiakAssists: E. Malkin, P. Kessel0–1
3:30WSHJ. VranaAssists: N. Backstrom, T. Oshie1–1
4:18WSHB. Orpik2–1
7:27PITJ. GuentzelPPAssists: D. Sprong, J. Schultz2–2
8:00WSHA. OvechkinAssists: C. Djoos, E. Kuznetsov3–2

2nd

0:30PITK. LetangAssists: S. Crosby, B. Dumoulin3–3
3:54WSHJ. CarlsonAssists: B. Connolly4–3
15:09PITJ. GuentzelAssists: J. Schultz, P. Hornqvist4–4
16:58PITD. BrassardAssists: D. Simon, B. Dumoulin4–5

3rd

2:45PITE. MalkinAssists: K. Letang, S. Crosby4–6
13:01WSHT. Oshie5–6
13:22WSHT. OshieAssists: J. Carlson6–6

OT

1:20PITK. LetangPPAssists: E. Malkin, P. Kessel6–7

Team stats

Team stats comparison
WSH	Stat	PIT
36	Shots	41
47.1%	Faceoff %	52.9%
0/2	Power Play	2/6
12	PIM	4
32	Hits	21
18	Blocked	12
6	Giveaways	16
5	Takeaways	6

Capitals at Penguins recap: final score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and key takeaways, from the NHL’s official data.

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