The Washington Capitals dropped their first meeting of the season with the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 4-3. The annoying bird team with ugly colors is creeping closer to the Caps division lead.
The Pens out-shot the Caps 33 to 32, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 60 to 26.
Dmitry Orlov is playing in his 500th career and his 399th consecutive game today. Only two other players, a former teammate of Orlov's and a current teammate, have played in more consecutive games with one team within their first 500 games. pic.twitter.com/BYkqLr7rWJ
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) February 2, 2020
Numbers thanks to Hockey-reference.com and NaturalStatTrick.com.
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