Game 70: 89-41-21-7 (PTS-W-L-OT) Streak - W7
Tue Mar 12, 2019 Washington Capitals @ Pittsburgh Penguins
Place: PPG Paints Arena
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSWA, NBCSN, SNE, SNO, SNP, TVAS, ATTSN-PT
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7
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Last Game: Fri March 8 Capitals won 3-1 against Jets
Next Game: Thu Mar 14, 7:00 pm ET Capitals @ Flyers
 8-Ovechkin | 92-Kuznetsov | 43-Wilson |
| 13-Vrana | 19-Bäckström | 77-Oshie |
| 62-Hagelin | 20-Eller | 10-Connolly |
| 65-Burakovsky | 26-Dowd | 72-Boyd |
| 6-Kempny | 74-Carlson |
| 9-Orlov | 2-Niskanen |
| 44-Orpik | 3-Jensen |
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| 70-Holtby (starter) |
| 1-Copley |
-- SCRATCH -- | 23-Jaskin |
| 18-Stephenson |
| 29-Djoos |
-- INJURED RESERVE -- -- 1st Powerplay Unit -- | 92-Kuznetsov | 19-Bäckström | 77-Oshie |
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit -- | 13-Vrana | 20-Eller | 43-Wilson |
Referees: Jon Mclsaac (#2), Brad Meier (#34)
Linesmen: Ryan Daisy (#81), Ryan Gibbons (#58)
PENGUINS LINEUP Jared McCann - Sidney Crosby - Jake Guentzel
Teddy Blueger -Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel
Dominik Simon - Nick Bjugstad - Patric Hornqvist
Joseph Blandisi - Matt Cullen- Garrett Wilson
Brian Dumoulin - Zach Trotman
Jack Johnson - Justin Schultz
Marcus Pettersson - Erik Gudbranson
Matt Murray (starter)
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Juuso Riikola (healthy)
Injured: Olli Maatta (upper body), Bryan Rust (lower body), Kris Letang (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (upper body), Zach Aston-Reese (lower body)
Injured Reserve: Olli Maatta (upper body)
1st Period19:27 GOAL 13-Vrana, assists 19-Bäckström & 77-Oshie 1-0 WSH
2nd Period10:24 GOAL 13-Vrana, assists 9-Orlov & 77-Oshie 2-0 WSH
12:34 BRAIN FART 92-Kuznetsov, unassisted -3 GOALS12:37 Penguins GOAL Guentzel, assist McCann 2-1 WSH
13:24 Penguins GOAL Crosby, assist Schultz 2-2 TIE
14:25 Penguins PP GOAL Crosby, assists Kessel & Malkin 3-2 PIT
3rd Period11:56 Penguins PP GOAL Kessel, assists Schultz & Malkin 4-2 PIT
14:02 GOAL 74-Carlson, assists 8-Ovechkin & 19-Bäckström 4-3 PIT
19:04 Penguins EN GOAL McCann, unassisted 5-3 PIT
FINAL: 5-3 PIT
By Brennin Weiswerda March 11, 2019 8:41 pm
Capitals’ Carl Hagelin returns to Pittsburgh as a rival. Sidney Crosby says it will be ‘Weird. Really weird.’
Headline photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images North America
Carl Hagelin may have made a short detour through LA on his way to Washington, DC, but before that, he spent nearly three years in Pittsburgh and helped them raise the Stanley Cup twice.
He was a ‘Caps-killer’ to his new team until recently, but to the Penguins he was “a guy who played [a] lot of important roles for us over the years,” said Hagelin’s former captain Sidney Crosby. “He had a great attitude every day. He was someone who always raised his level of play in the playoffs.”
Hagelin has faced off against the Capitals in six different playoff series, scoring six goals over 35 playoff games. His team has eliminated the Capitals in the playoffs five different times.
He’ll make his first return to PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday rocking the red. Crosby said it will be “Weird. Really weird.”
Hagelin said he imagines it will be weirder for his former teammates and the friends he’s still in touch with than it will be for him. “It definitely will be different because I play for one of their biggest rivals now,” Hagelin said of his return. “It would be similar if I was with the (Philadelphia) Flyers.”
Hagelin spent 16 games with Pittsburgh this season and 22 with the LA Kings. He scored one goal with each–a total he’s already matched in just eight games with the Capitals.
A video tribute is expected to play for Hagelin during the first intermission. Since the Penguins video team probably haven’t had time to include this highlight-reel goal Hagelin scored against the Jets on Sunday, we’ll go ahead and put it here.
As Tom Wilson said, “His skating is elite and we’re happy to have him on our side.”
