The Washington Capitals needed another big win against their arch nemesis and they got it.
The Washington Capitals escaped Pittsburgh with a 5-2 win over the Penguins in a game they needed to win badly. The win snapped a two game slide and also gave the Caps a two game edge in the season series over the Penguins. There’s one more matchup between the two.
Nic Dowd put the Caps up early on at 1:52 and Nicklas Backstrom (16:15) and Richard Panik (18:38) added to the lead to make it 3-0 after the first period.
🚨Backy hits the top corner after a beautiful passing play through center 👀#CapsPens pic.twitter.com/fUuHedktvK
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 7, 2020
Backstrom’s goal came at the top corner off a feed from the middle by Jakub Vrana. T.J. Oshie had the secondary helper. 3-0 was the score after 20 with the Caps having the edge in shots 12-6. The second period was scoreless with shots on goal even at seven apiece.
Dowd added his second goal of the game 34 seconds into the second period. The Penguins got on the board at 5:09 thanks to Sidney Crosby. Evgeny Malkin pulled them closer at 12:13 before T.J. Oshie put the game away at 13:12.
The Penguins outshot the Caps in the final period 15-9 and shots were even Steven at 28. Braden Holtby made 26 saves.
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