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The Pittsburgh Penguins rallied with four unanswered goals to beat the Washington Capitals 5-3, Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. The loss drops the Capitals record to 41-22-7 (89 points) on the season, and ends a seven-game winning streak. The Capitals continue their four-game road trip with a stop in Philadelphia for a tilt with the Flyers on Thursday night. Puck drop is 7:00 PM.

SUMMARY
Jakub Vrana would wire one for the games first goal, to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead at the first intermission. Jakub Vrana would add his second goal of the game for a 2-0 Capitals lead early in the second period, but the Penguins would then respond with three goals in 1:48. Jake Guentzel and two goals from Sidney Crosby would give the Penguins a 3-2 lead at the second intermission. The Penguins added a power play goal in the final frame and the Capitals answered with their own power play goal to make it 4-3. The Penguins would add an empty net goal for the 5-3 win.

STARTERS
Braden Holtby (26-16-4, 2.88 GAA, .910 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the defending champs. Matt Murray (23-11-3, 2.77 GAA, .917 sv%) got the start in goal for the Penguins. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie
Hagelin-Eller-Connolly
Burakovsky-Dowd-Boyd

Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Jensen

Scratches: Christian Djoos, Dmitrij Jaskin and Chandler Stephenson

FIRST PERIOD
The Capitals would notch the game’s first tally with a dagger from Jakub Vrana at 19:27 of the first frame. Nicklas Backstrom (48) and T.J. Oshie (22) were credited with the helpers. After moderate to heavy sparring, but a scoreless first frame, Vrana wired one from the right circle for the 1-0 lead at the first intermission.

That would be the only score of the opening frame. The Capitals led in shot attempts 20-10 with shots on goal tied 9-9 after 20 minutes.

SECOND PERIOD
The Capitals would stretch their lead to 2-0 with Jakub Vrana’s second score of the game at 10:24 of the middle frame. Dmitry Orlov (21) and T.J. Oshie (23) were credited with the assists.

But the Penguins would respond. Jake Guentzel would cut the Capitals lead to one at 12:37 of the middle frame, making it 2-1.

47 second later Sidney Crosby would tie the game.

Then the Penguins would grab their first lead of the game with Crosby’s second of the game at 14:25 of the second period.

The second period would conclude with the Penguins leading 3-2. The Penguins were 1 for 3 and the Capitals 0 for 1 on the power play after 40 minutes.

THIRD PERIOD
The Penguins would add a power play goal from Phil Kessel midway through the final frame for a 4-2 lead. The Capitals would answer with a power play goal from John Carlson to make it 4-3. On the play, Alex Ovechkin recorded point number 1,200 in his NHL career.

The Penguins would add an empty net goal for the 5-3 win.

SHAVINGS

• The Capitals outshot the Penguins 63-37.
• Capitals were 1 for 3 and the Penguins 2 for 4 on the power play.
• The NHL box score is here.

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