Away against Pittsburgh in the PPG Paints Arena, the Washington Capitals took a long-awaited two-pointer.
3–1 victory.
- It is difficult when you lose a match, especially when it is the fourth loss.
It was a lot that I liked last match, we just needed to clean up a bit, says Washington coach Peter Laviolette.
The shooter opened in the middle period.
Capital's Conor Sheary cracked the zero, and a few minutes later the guests expanded.
A quick counter attack, Nicklas Bäckström went in with the puck in the offensive zone and left it to TJ Oshie - who found Jakub Vrana in front of the box.
And the Czech scored his fifth goal of the season.
Bäckström's assist was his twelfth so far this season, in the NHL he is split eight in the assist league.
At the beginning of the last period, Lars Eller increased to 3-0 before Zach Aston-Reese reduced to the final result 3-1.
The victory means that the Capitals get a two-point gap down to the Penguins in their division where Washington is fourth.