Penguins 4-3 Capitals (26 Mar, 2023) Box Score

Washington Capitals

34-32-8, 17-18-3 away

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

36-27-10, 20-11-5 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicolas Aube-KubelN. Aube-Kubel#96
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#59
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Craig SmithC. Smith#16
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											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	0	2	0	1	2	4	0	1	14	11:26	0:00	0:00	11:26	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	22	17:52	2:25	0:00	15:27	5	7	41.7
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	19	13:37	0:00	3:18	10:19	9	4	69.2
0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:57	0:17	2:55	12:45	9	3	75.0
0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	15	12:00	0:00	0:00	12:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	2	4	2	1	23	18:06	2:23	0:00	15:43	3	2	60.0
1	0	-2	4	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	25	21:04	2:42	0:00	18:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	14	12:11	0:00	0:00	12:11	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:50	0:17	2:48	10:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4:54	0:00	0:00	4:54	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	17:16	2:25	0:00	14:51	7	8	46.7
1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	26	19:56	0:19	3:25	16:12	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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:42	0:00	0:00	11:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	7	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	30	26:53	2:22	2:16	22:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	27	20:30	0:00	2:19	18:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	27	20:50	0:00	3:54	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	22	18:53	0:20	0:00	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	24	16:36	0:00	3:57	12:39	0	0	0.0

goalies
Darcy KuemperD. Kuemper#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
40	4	36	.900	27	9	0	0	0	58:52	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Josh ArchibaldJ. Archibald#15
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Ryan PoehlingR. Poehling#25
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Taylor FedunT. Fedun#4
Mark FriedmanM. Friedman#52
Pierre-Olivier JosephP. Joseph#73
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
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	0	0	1	0	2	1	5	2	0	0	9	6:31	0:00	1:02	5:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:12	1:54	0:23	6:55	5	4	55.6
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	27	22:37	4:37	0:00	18:00	13	16	44.8
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	17:03	2:05	1:00	13:58	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	27	20:48	4:08	0:00	16:40	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	19	12:18	0:00	0:00	12:18	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	23	18:26	4:08	0:00	14:18	2	3	40.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	7:57	0:00	0:21	7:36	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	21	14:09	0:00	1:19	12:50	5	10	33.3
0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	17:07	3:53	0:00	13:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	26	20:32	2:05	1:20	17:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	20	15:17	2:02	0:00	13:15	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	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	27	20:36	0:00	1:37	18:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	11:10	0:00	0:00	11:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	12:19	0:00	0:46	11:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	29	24:11	1:54	0:58	21:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	29	27:49	4:19	0:17	23:13	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	24	17:54	0:00	1:45	16:09	0	0	0.0

goalies
Casey DeSmithC. DeSmith#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	3	31	.912	25	2	4	0	0	60:00	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
	Capitals	0	0	3	3
	Penguins	0	2	2	4

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			WSH	PIT
10:10		Ryan Poehling (6) Assists: Danton Heinen (14)	0	1
12:17		Chad Ruhwedel (1) Assists: Jason Zucker (20), Mikael Granlund (29)	0	2

3rd Period		WSH	PIT
0:27	Jake Guentzel (32) (Power Play) Assists: Rickard Rakell (26)	0	3
5:19	Tom Wilson (9) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)	1	3
13:18	Alex Ovechkin (42) (Power Play) Assists: John Carlson (15), Dylan Strome (39)	2	3
17:16	Dylan Strome (18) Assists: Conor Sheary (20), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (8)	3	3
18:40	Evgeni Malkin (25) Unassisted	3	4

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-1

Penguins
4
Capitals
1

Game 1

10/11

Penguins
2
Capitals
3

Game 2

27/1

Capitals
3
Penguins
4

Game 3

26/3

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 26 March 2023

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,456

Referees:
Gord Dwyer
Steve Kozari

Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway
Shandor Alphonso

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	15	7	2	32
Carolina	15	5	1	31
Washington	14	6	1	29
NY Rangers	12	7	1	25
NY Islanders	8	9	5	21
Philadelphia	9	10	3	21
Columbus	9	9	2	20
Pittsburgh	7	12	4	18

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Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-1

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