In Pittsburgh, the Penguins cannot find their old mojo. It come and goes these days.
On Saturday, the Pens lost to the visiting Washington Capitals, 5-2.
Braden Holtby made 26 saves in the win.
“Always a tough building to come into and play,” Washington coach Todd Reirden said. “For the most part, a really good team effort. A lot of contributions from everybody. Gladly take two points.”
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored for Pittsburgh.
“It just boils down to discipline, to details and making sure we pay attention,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. “We have an awareness on the ice. We make better decisions. We support one another.”
Nic Dowd struck twice for the Caps.
“We have everything to win,” Malkin said. “But again, we understand it’s not easy. It starts with the power play. It starts with my line. Every line. I’m not happy with my game right now too. We look at each other. We try to play easy. It’s not our game.”
Nicklas Backstrom, Richard Panik and T.J. Oshie added single markers for the Caps.
“This was a good game for us to kind of feel how it usually feels in this room with everyone working for each other, everyone working hard and playing hard,
Oshie said. “Holtby] obviously being great in the net there again. So this is something we can build on. We can use a lot of clips from today as positive reinforcement of what we have to do moving forward and how we have to play, and how many people we need involved on a shift to shift basis.”
Washington is tied for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division with the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Matt Murray made 23 saves in the loss.
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