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All 15 goals from the Capitals’ 8-7 overtime loss to the Penguins (Video)

By Ian Oland

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January 17, 2017 12:55 am

Monday night at PPG Paints Arena, the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins played in a historic game likely never to be duplicated. The two rivals combined for 15 goals. Only one of tallies was scored by one of the team’s two future Hall of Famers (Sidney Crosby in the third period).

After jumping out to what seemed like an insurmountable 3-0 lead, the Capitals gave up five straight second-period goals to the Penguins.

“There were about four or five turning points,” Matt Niskanen said to the Capitals’ Mike Vogel. “The four-on-four in the second period, they get two goals in two minutes. That’s where things started to get a little crazy. Obviously they got a ton of momentum then. We couldn’t really stop them for a while.”

The Capitals would then mount comebacks two different times before eventually forcing overtime with the two teams tied 7-7.

After a controversial no call in the extra session, Conor Sheary scored the game-winning goal, ending a game that seemingly could have gone on forever.

The 15 goals were the most tallied scored in a Caps-Pens game since 1993, when the Penguins beat the Caps 7-5 on March 18, 1993.

All 15 goals in 87 seconds (Video)

Now let’s review every single goal.

FIRST PERIOD

1-0 Capitals – Andre Burakovsky goal

Goal by Andre Burakovsky (7) Assisted by Daniel Winnik (6).

2-0 Capitals – Nicklas Backstrom goal

Goal by Nicklas Backstrom (13) Assisted by TJ Oshie (12) and Alex Ovechkin (17)

SECOND PERIOD

3-0 Capitals – Justin Williams goal

Goal by Justin Williams (15). Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov (25) and Marcus Johansson (17).

Hornqvist injures Oshie

The Capitals appeared rattled after TJ Oshie was hit in the face by Patric Hornqvist and there was no call. The Penguins would score five unanswered goals in 8:06 of game-time.

3-1 Capitals – Evgeni Malkin goal

Goal by Evgeni Malkin (19). Assisted by Trevor Daley (10) and Justin Schultz (20).

3-2 Capitals – Conor Sheary goal

Goal by Conor Sheary (4). Assisted by Sidney Crosby (21) and Trevor Daley (11).

3-3 Tie – Nick Bonino goal

Goal by Nick Bonino (7). Assisted by Justin Schultz (21) and Phil Kessel (29).

4-3 Penguins – Bryan Rust goal

Goal by Bryan Rust (11). Assisted by Trevor Daley (12) and Olli Maatta (5).

5-3 Penguins – Evgeni Malkin goal (2)

Goal by Evgeni Malkin (20). Assisted by Jake Guentzel (2) and Justin Schultz (22).

Braden Holtby benched

After giving up five goals on 26 shots, Braden Holtby was pulled in favor of Philipp Grubauer.

5-4 Penguins – Brett Connolly goal

Goal by Brett Connolly (7). Assisted by Taylor Chorney (2) and Andre Burakovsky (12).

5-5 Tie – Lars Eller goal

Goal by Lars Eller (5). Assisted by Nate Schmidt (11) and TJ Oshie (13).

6-5 Penguins – Evgeni Malkin hat-trick goal (3)

Goal by Evgeni Malkin (21). Assisted by Patric Hornqvist (14) and Sidney Crosby (22).

THIRD PERIOD

7-5 Penguins – Sidney Crosby goal

Goal by Sidney Crosby (27). Assisted by Conor Sheary (15) and Bryan Rust (8).

7-6 Penguins – TJ Oshie goal

Goal by TJ Oshie (15). Assisted by Alex Ovechkin (18) and Matt Niskanen (17).

7-7 Tie – Lars Eller goal (2)

Goal by Lars Eller (6). Assisted by Dmitry Orlov (18) and Matt Niskanen (18).

OVERTIME

Crosby trips Ovechkin

In three-on-three overtime, Alex Ovechkin was tripped at the blue line by Sidney Crosby. There’d be no call. The Penguins would score on one of their next rushes down the ice.

8-7 (OT) – Conor Sheary goal (2)

Goal by Conor Sheary (5). Assisted by Sidney Crosby (23) and Justin Shultz (23).

The Penguins’ 8-7 victory would halt the Capitals’ third-longest win streak in franchise history at nine games.

“It was a strange game,” said Barry Trotz.

Let’s call it the Martin Luther King’s Day Classic.

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Headline photo: Joe Sargent

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