Pittsburgh‘s Evgeni Malkin (71) beats Capitals goalie Philipp Grubauer for his third goal of the second period during the Penguins’ 8-7 win. [Sunday’s game: Capitals score four goals early in third period to beat Flyers]Washington was up 3-0 before the Penguins tied the game with three goals in 2:27. Malkin then scored his second goal 50 seconds later, triggering the benching of Holtby. “The second goal is a great play by them, then three weird goals after that while I was in there. But then with 2:41 left in the second period, Malkin scored his third goal, on the power play, to restore a Pittsburgh lead and cap a wild nine-goal second period.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 03:21 UTC