Capitals 6-0 Penguins (8 Mar, 2024) Box Score

Washington Capitals

29-23-9, 13-13-4 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	4	1	6
PIT	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Penguins

28-25-8, 16-11-4 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicolas Aube-KubelN. Aube-Kubel#96
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#29
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#47
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
Ivan MiroshnichenkoI. Miroshnichenko#63
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Max PaciorettyM. Pacioretty#67
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Michael SgarbossaM. Sgarbossa#23
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
Ethan BearE. Bear#25
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
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	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	19	13:16	0:00	1:02	12:14	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	17	14:00	4:04	0:00	9:56	2	4	33.3
0	2	2	3	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	20	15:19	0:07	3:33	11:39	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	22	18:22	4:02	2:59	11:21	10	11	47.6
1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14:55	4:28	0:02	10:25	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	15	12:27	1:05	0:00	11:22	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	18:43	8:03	0:00	10:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	22	15:10	4:18	0:00	10:52	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:21	0:58	3:06	10:17	1	0	100.0
0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:14	1:57	0:23	11:54	8	5	61.5
0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:33	3:28	0:03	10:02	8	7	53.3
1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	15:41	1:21	4:50	9:30	2	1	66.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	21	15:14	1:07	2:33	11:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:43	0:00	0:03	12:40	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	27	22:30	3:17	5:22	13:51	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	21:33	0:10	5:23	16:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	25	21:06	4:03	0:06	16:57	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:59	0:37	2:35	15:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Charlie LindgrenC. Lindgren#79

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
39	0	39	1.000	24	11	4	0	0	59:54	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Emil BemstromE. Bemstrom#52
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Jonathan GrudenJ. Gruden#44
Jansen HarkinsJ. Harkins#43
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Jesse PuljujarviJ. Puljujarvi#18
Valtteri PuustinenV. Puustinen#48
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Reilly SmithR. Smith#19
defensemen
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Pierre-Olivier JosephP. Joseph#73
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
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	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	25	16:15	0:22	3:35	12:18	7	7	50.0
0	0	-2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	10:06	2:09	0:00	7:57	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	13:55	2:38	3:54	7:23	3	1	75.0
0	0	-3	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	18:46	5:24	0:00	13:22	9	10	47.4
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	24	21:13	4:53	2:48	13:32	5	9	35.7
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	10:09	0:00	2:57	7:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1	1	0	8	4:30	0:00	1:10	3:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	26	19:30	3:11	0:00	16:19	5	4	55.6
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	12	8:19	0:21	0:00	7:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	23	19:19	4:55	0:00	14:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	17:11	4:38	0:00	12:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	28	19:14	2:59	2:51	13:24	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	19	13:53	0:00	1:45	12:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	15:52	0:00	2:19	13:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	22	23:56	5:30	0:11	18:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	28	22:09	2:29	4:59	14:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	27	22:24	0:31	5:02	16:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	19	14:49	0:00	2:57	11:52	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex NedeljkovicA. Nedeljkovic#39
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
7	2	5	.714	5	0	0	0	0	31:10	0
22	4	18	.818	13	5	0	0	0	28:43	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	1	4	1	6
	Penguins	0	0	0	0

1st Period			WSH	PIT
1:51		Tom Wilson (14) (Shorthanded) Assists: Beck Malenstyn (11)	1	0

2nd Period		WSH
0:30	Alex Ovechkin (18) (Power Play) Assists: Dylan Strome (26), John Carlson (31)	2
3:16	Nick Jensen (1) Assists: Beck Malenstyn (12)	3
8:50	Hendrix Lapierre (6) Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk (9), Alex Ovechkin (29)	4
16:21	Ivan Miroshnichenko (1) Assists: Dylan Strome (27), Sonny Milano (6)	5

3rd Period			WSH	PIT
2:13		Sonny Milano (9) Assists: Alexander Alexeyev (1), Dylan Strome (28)	6	0

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-1

Penguins
4
Capitals
0

Game 1

14/10

Capitals
4
Penguins
3

Game 2

3/1

Capitals
6
Penguins
0

Game 3

8/3

Penguins
4
Capitals
1

Game 4

5/4

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 8 March 2024

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 17,093

Referees:
Trevor Hanson
Peter MacDougall

Linesmen:
Steve Barton
Julien Fournier

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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Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-1

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