Capitals vs. Penguins Recap: Washington Sunk in Shootout

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesA classic back-and-forth affair between the Capitals and Penguins ended up finishing Pittsburgh’s way in a 4 to 3 shootout win in.

Here’s Sunday afternoon’s Plus/Minus:

Plus: Alex Ovechkin tallied the 707th goal of his career to put himself one behind Mike Gartner (and 7th place) on the all time goal scoring list.

Minus: The Capitals were whistled for five minor penalties and a couple of them were egregious.

Eleven more notes on the game:

19 seconds into the contest Evan Rodrigues scored with a deft deflection off of his right skate that put the puck between Ilya Samsonov’s legs.

That’s the third goal the Capitals have allowed in the first…