Penguins 4-2 Capitals (11 Dec, 2021) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

13-8-5, 8-3-3 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	1	4
WSH	0	0	2	2

Washington Capitals

16-5-6, 9-2-4 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#12
Teddy BluegerT. Blueger#53
Brian BoyleB. Boyle#11
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Kasperi KapanenK. Kapanen#42
Brock McGinnB. McGinn#23
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#9
Dominik SimonD. Simon#49
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
John MarinoJ. Marino#6
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#5
Marcus PetterssonM. Pettersson#28
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	22	19:20	0:00	2:07	17:13	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	22	18:47	0:00	1:37	17:10	10	2	83.3
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	10:07	0:00	2:23	7:44	2	1	66.7
1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	23	17:33	0:59	0:45	15:49	9	6	60.0
0	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	18:52	1:18	0:00	17:34	14	9	60.9
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	14:12	0:42	0:00	13:30	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	17:32	1:01	0:00	16:31	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	3	1	0	22	17:16	0:00	1:08	16:08	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5:48	0:42	0:00	5:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:27	1:18	0:00	17:09	0	4	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	5:43	0:42	0:00	5:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:57	0:59	0:00	12:58	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	23:54	0:00	1:44	22:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	27:00	1:35	2:16	23:09	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25	18:22	0:25	1:44	16:13	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20	16:12	0:19	0:00	15:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	23	15:19	0:00	0:00	15:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	17:39	0:00	2:16	15:23	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	2	29	.935	25	0	4	0	0	60:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Brett LeasonB. Leason#49
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#47
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#59
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Daniel SprongD. Sprong#10
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Matt IrwinM. Irwin#52
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Justin SchultzJ. Schultz#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	21	18:32	0:00	0:00	18:32	12	11	52.2
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	11:57	0:00	1:02	10:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	23	24:26	3:37	0:37	20:12	8	13	38.1
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	9:42	0:00	0:00	9:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	9:28	0:00	0:44	8:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	8:58	0:00	0:00	8:58	1	3	25.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	23	20:27	2:45	0:39	17:03	1	3	25.0
0	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	22	25:21	4:00	0:00	21:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10:16	0:51	0:00	9:25	2	5	28.6
0	1	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:00	3:09	0:58	15:53	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	16	12:18	0:00	0:00	12:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	17	15:16	1:15	0:00	14:01	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	27:28	3:55	0:44	22:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	10:27	0:00	0:00	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	18	13:32	0:00	0:44	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	23	18:24	0:00	1:16	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	28	26:05	0:23	1:16	24:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	17:32	0:05	0:00	17:27	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ilya SamsonovI. Samsonov#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	3	29	.906	26	1	2	0	0	57:51	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	1	2	1	4
	Capitals	0	0	2	2

1st Period			PIT	WSH
16:16		Danton Heinen (8) Assists: John Marino (11), Mike Matheson (7)	1	0

2nd Period			PIT	WSH
8:37		Brock McGinn (6) Assists: Zachary Aston-Reese (6), Mike Matheson (8)	2	0
11:42		Kasperi Kapanen (6) Assists: Sidney Crosby (10), Evan Rodrigues (11)	3	0

3rd Period		PIT	WSH
7:33	Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) Assists: Daniel Sprong (4), Alex Ovechkin (22)	3	1
17:14	Lars Eller (3) Assists: Conor Sheary (5), Alex Ovechkin (23)	3	2
18:07	Jeff Carter (8) (Empty Net) Assists: Sidney Crosby (11), Tristan Jarry (2)	4	2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Penguins
1
Capitals
6

Game 1

15/11

Penguins
4
Capitals
2

Game 2

11/12

Capitals
4
Penguins
3

Game 3

2/2

Capitals
6
Penguins
3

Game 4

9/4

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 11 December 2021

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
Ghislain Hebert
Mitch Dunning

Linesmen:
Libor Suchanek
Tyson Baker

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

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Series tied 1-1

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