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The Penguins now have beaten the Capitals in
four of the five meetings this season. The two teams will face
off again Thursday night in Washington.
The winning play was set up by Teddy Blueger racing up the right
wing. Kapanen (one goal, one assist) came in on the left, took a
quick Blueger pass and fired a shot that beat Washington goalie
Vitek Vanecek just inside the left post.
Sidney Crosby played in career game No. 1,001 for Pittsburgh. He
helped create some dangerous scoring chances as the Penguins
outshot Washington 37-22, but Crosby did not get a point.
Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry started for the sixth time in
seven games and made the saves he needed, finishing with 20
stops.
Vanecek was back in the net for the 14th time in 15 games after
getting a break Sunday for Washington's 4-3 win over the New
Jersey Devils. Ilya Samsonov, trying to make his comeback from
COVID-19 issues, is working his way back into shape while
playing with the Hershey Bears, Washington's American Hockey
League affiliate.
The Penguins had scored just two power-play goals on the road
coming into this game, but Evgeni Malkin gave the visitors an
early 1-0 lead with an extra-man score at the 6:41 mark of the
first period.
Malkin deflected a Kris Letang shot from near the blue line
while standing just off to the side of Vanecek. In the first
period, the Penguins controlled play, outshooting the Capitals
12-6 and coming up with several scoring chances.
Washington did a better job in the second period, scoring twice.
The first goal came from Richard Panik at 4:38. The Capitals
then took a 2-1 lead with 6:42 left in the period. Evgeny
Kuznetsov helped create a turnover along the left wall, moved to
the middle and passed to former Penguin Conor Sheary, and he
scored from the right circle.
That lead, though, lasted just 22 seconds as Jake Guentzel
deflected a shot into the net to make it 2-2. Guentzel earlier
picked up an assist on Malkin's goal.
--Field Level Media
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