Junior Capitals Dominate, Tie, Junior Penguins

Coming off a demoralizing 7-2 loss to New Jersey, the Junior Capitals dominated the action but could only manage a tie with the Pittsburgh Junior Penguins on Day 6 of the preseason. Washington is now 2-1-1 in the exhibition schedule.

After killing off a three minute penalty, the Junior Penguins took advantage of their own power play to open the scoring at 9:13 of the first period. Pihlman was the scorer and there was no assist. The teams traded minors a couple minutes after the goal, but neither team managed to score for the rest of the period. Washington outshot Pittsburgh 11-5 in the period.

The Junior Capitals continued to outplay Pittsburgh in the second period, but they were not able to score on two power play opportunities despite firing 12 shots on net.

Washington finally tied the game with the man advantage at 6:40 of the third period. Sean Bergenheim scored the goal from Greg Mauldin and Zbynek Novak. Both teams had power play chances later in the period, but neither team was able to score.

Brad Topping stopped 18 shots for Washington, while Brian Finley made 29 saves for Pittsburgh.

The Junior Capitals are off on Day 7 before visiting Dallas on Day 8.