Finishing their four-game road trip, the Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Washington D.C. to play the Capitals. Pittsburgh started the game with a bang. A faceoff win collected by Reilly Smith allowed the PEnguins to control the play. Smith dished the puck back to Ryan Shea on the left point. Wasting no time, Shea picked his head up and threw a perfect shot on net to score his first NHL goal. Later in the period, Drew O’Connor cycled the puck up to P.O Joseph. Joseph walked the line and passed to Kris Letang to finish going across the ice and draw the defenders to him. Letang passed back to Joseph and shot and scored the second goal for the Penguins. Both of those goals were the Penguin’s first two shots on net for the game. Heading into the 2nd period with a 2-0 lead, Pittsburgh continued adding to it. Midway through the period, Michael Bunting rushed the puck up ice after a breakout pass from Valtteri Puustinen and blasted it on net from the top of the left circle with a slap shot. Not wanting to be left off the score sheet, Alex Ovechkin scored a powerplay goal to get Washington on the board. The Penguins were able to defend against the Capitals to keep the lead. Lars Eller added a final tally for the Penguins with a late empty net goal. Pittsburgh won 4-1.
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36 Comments
So glad they spent all that money on Jarry.
The Penguins looked really good tonight I was at the game first ever NHL game keep it up penguins
Ned is just off the chain sometimes! Way better than jarry IMO!
Pittsburgh MASTERPIECE 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Geno has wingman… Crosby has line… the net has goalie with moves.. Go Penguins toward playoffs…. Feed them good fish!
Heck yeah we finally got three straight wins, let's keep it going pens:-)
Capital's goalie played like Jarry
Bunting has been playing good
Wear. Them. DAHN.
bro if rust scored that goal…
Go Pens!!
PLEASE PENS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS PLEASE
HUGE WIN! 🔥 Let’s go Pens keep it going🐧
This is what it looks like when this team TRIES. Drives me nuts that they couldn’t find this gear sooner, but hope, it is alive
Looking very good for 3 games… About time!
Great work!
Wow! This is not the same team from two weeks ago! LET'S GO PENS!
We control our own destiny still somehow…LETS GO PENS!!!
Man, NICE WIN!!!!! Keep going boys!!!
Net. Front. Presence.
SO UR SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE!
Can we all just acknowledge how weird it is that we thought they were down for the count before Easter and then this team has new life starting around the time of Easter weekend?
Lol where was this team 90% of the season?
Has Graves been injured the last 3 games? I haven't seen his usual liabilities. Keep it up boys. Tampa Bay is another team that haven't been playing well.
That's what I'm talking about! Great game boys! Keep it going!
The way you present step-by-step guides is incredibly helpful. I appreciate the attention to detail.
Flatline Penguin resuscitated?
Incredibly impressive game
Great win, but that damn Letang again…
Why nobody on their best player, Ovechkin?! More D breakdown. But a fine win, nonetheless.
Youth movement 💪 finally sully is seeing this. That retirement home he was putting out there was ridiculous
Oh my God. Thanx u all guys. U reall come back with nice playing Hocey. Thanx u all again.
Ned plays another Stellar game
Ice
Wow…great victory.
Like a 1993 rip for Bunting
Any time they beat the Caps, I'm happy.