Sam Lafferty gets into the game for the injured Evan Rodrigues but otherwise the Penguins look the same as last game, with Evgeni Malkin getting closer but still let on the shelf for this game.
The news isn’t any better for the Capitals, who don’t have the services of Alex Ovechkin or John Carlson again as well. Ilya Samsonov gets an opportunity in net.
First period
Just 2:56 in, the visitors strike. A Washington defenseman pinches and Garnet Hathaway has to cover for him. But Hathaway loses his balance and crashes into the boards at an inopportune moment, springing Bryan Rust on a clean breakaway.