Ovechkin adds to record goal total, Crosby dazzles as Penguins top Capitals 5-2 in season finale

— Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.
Apr 18, 2025, 02:58 am - AP
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Capitals1102
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1st PeriodWSHPIT
4:08Connor McMichael (26)
Assists: Tom Wilson (32)
10
4:54Bryan Rust (30)
Assists: Ville Koivunen (6), Matt Grzelcyk (38)
11
2nd PeriodWSHPIT
7:19Bryan Rust (31) (Power Play)
Assists: Sidney Crosby (58), Ville Koivunen (7)
12
11:56Sidney Crosby (33)
Assists: Philip Tomasino (13), Connor Dewar (6)
13
16:56Alex Ovechkin (44) (Power Play)
Assists: Dylan Strome (53), Pierre-Luc Dubois (46)
23
3rd PeriodWSHPIT
8:46Danton Heinen (9) (Shorthanded)
Unassisted
24
9:01Philip Tomasino (11)
Assists: Rickard Rakell (35), Matt Grzelcyk (39)
25

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Ryan Shea Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Vladislav Kolyachonok hit Connor McMichael
  • Sam Poulin Deflected saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Bryan Rust Tip-In Wide Right
  • Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Giveaway by Conor Timmins
  • Ville Koivunen Tip-In saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Bryan Rust Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Ville Koivunen (6), Matt Grzelcyk (38)
  • Joona Koppanen hit Dylan Strome
  • Connor Dewar hit Jakob Chychrun
  • Vasily Ponomarev Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Giveaway by Valtteri Puustinen
  • Valtteri Puustinen Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Tom Wilson shot blocked by Ryan Shea
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Joona Koppanen hit Ryan Leonard
  • Connor Dewar Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Vasily Ponomarev faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  • Sam Poulin hit Dylan McIlrath
  • Ville Koivunen Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  • Conor Timmins Slap Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  • Conor Timmins Slap Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Ville Koivunen Tip-In Wide Right
  • Takeaway by Rickard Rakell
  • Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Ryan Shea Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
  • Connor McMichael shot blocked by Matt Grzelcyk
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Joona Koppanen
  • Philip Tomasino Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Joona Koppanen hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Matt Grzelcyk hit Ryan Leonard
  • Ville Koivunen hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Bryan Rust
  • Philip Tomasino Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Connor Dewar hit Alex Alexeyev
  • Joona Koppanen faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  • Giveaway by Connor Dewar
  • Takeaway by Philip Tomasino
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Alex Ovechkin
  • Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  • Sam Poulin hit Dylan McIlrath
  • Vasily Ponomarev faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Bryan Rust Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (58), Ville Koivunen (7)
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Rickard Rakell Tip-In saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Brandon Duhaime
  • Philip Tomasino Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  • Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  • Connor Dewar Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Vasily Ponomarev faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  • Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Ryan Graves
  • Joona Koppanen faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Sidney Crosby Goal (33) Snap Shot, assists: Philip Tomasino (13), Connor Dewar (6)
  • Conor Timmins Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Danton Heinen Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Danton Heinen
  • Vladislav Kolyachonok hit Dylan Strome
  • Vasily Ponomarev hit Dylan McIlrath
  • Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Ryan Shea hit Brandon Duhaime
  • Sidney Crosby Hooking against Nic Dowd
  • Danton Heinen shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  • Philip Tomasino hit Alex Alexeyev
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Lars Eller shot blocked by Ville Koivunen
  • Takeaway by Sidney Crosby
  • Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  • Matt Grzelcyk hit Connor McMichael
  • Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Ville Koivunen
  • Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Ryan Graves hit Lars Eller
  • Ryan Graves Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Philip Tomasino Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  • Valtteri Puustinen hit Ryan Leonard
  • Sidney Crosby Backhand saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Ryan Shea hit Anthony Beauvillier
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Matt Grzelcyk Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Joona Koppanen hit Brandon Duhaime
  • Joona Koppanen Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  • Connor Dewar shot blocked by Joona Koppanen
  • Vladislav Kolyachonok Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Rickard Rakell Interference against Tom Wilson
  • Giveaway by Conor Timmins
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Danton Heinen
  • Danton Heinen Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  • Takeaway by Matt Grzelcyk
  • Philip Tomasino Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Rickard Rakell (35), Matt Grzelcyk (39)
  • Takeaway by Matt Grzelcyk
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Joona Koppanen Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Vasily Ponomarev faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  • Valtteri Puustinen hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Short
  • Ville Koivunen Backhand saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Vladislav Kolyachonok hit Brandon Duhaime
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Evgeni Malkin hit Alex Alexeyev
  • Ryan Shea Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Vasily Ponomarev faceoff won against Lars Eller
  • Vasily Ponomarev Snap Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  • Takeaway by Bryan Rust
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  • Joona Koppanen hit Taylor Raddysh
  • Joona Koppanen hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Sam Poulin Tip-In Wide Right
  • Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Ryan Shea
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Giveaway by Danton Heinen
  • Danton Heinen Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson
  • Connor McMichael hit Ryan Shea
  • Ryan Leonard Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Giveaway by Dylan McIlrath
  • Puck in Netting
  • Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Connor McMichael Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (32)
  • Puck in Netting
  • Ethen Frank Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Jakob Chychrun hit Valtteri Puustinen
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Ryan Graves shot blocked by Ryan Leonard
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Ryan Leonard faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Icing
  • Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • Puck in Netting
  • Nic Dowd hit Evgeni Malkin
  • Giveaway by Taylor Raddysh
  • Alex Alexeyev hit Danton Heinen
  • Icing
  • Lars Eller faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Dylan McIlrath Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  • Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  • Puck in Netting
  • Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Vasily Ponomarev
  • Puck in Benches
  • Taylor Raddysh Tip-In Wide Left
  • Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Puck in Netting
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Giveaway by Alexander Alexeyev
  • Matt Grzelcyk shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
  • Philip Tomasino shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Philip Tomasino shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • Giveaway by Tom Wilson
  • Alex Alexeyev hit Rickard Rakell
  • Ethen Frank hit Ryan Shea
  • Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  • Dylan McIlrath Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Dylan McIlrath hit Bryan Rust
  • Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Danton Heinen shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
  • Puck in Netting
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Lars Eller Backhand saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Lars Eller Backhand saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Puck in Crowd
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Alex Ovechkin Tip-In Wide Left
  • Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  • Giveaway by Dylan McIlrath
  • Off-side
  • Andrew Mangiapane Holding the stick against Erik Karlsson
  • TV Timeout
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  • Puck in Netting
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Giveaway by Clay Stevenson
  • Dylan McIlrath Cross-checking against Philip Tomasino
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Alex Alexeyev
  • Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Lars Eller
  • Challenge Hm - off-side - no goal
  • Off-side
  • Puck in Benches
  • Dylan McIlrath Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Andrew Mangiapane hit Joona Koppanen
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Lars Eller
  • Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Conor Timmins shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  • Alexander Alexeyev Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Takeaway by Connor McMichael
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  • Lars Eller hit Ryan Shea
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Taylor Raddysh hit Ryan Shea
  • Rasmus Sandin Slap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  • Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Alex Ovechkin Goal (44) Slap Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (53), Pierre-Luc Dubois (46)
  • Brandon Duhaime hit Erik Karlsson
  • Alex Alexeyev Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Anthony Beauvillier Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Left
  • Ryan Shea shot blocked by Ethen Frank
  • Lars Eller Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Andrew Mangiapane
  • Icing
  • Giveaway by Nic Dowd
  • Sam Poulin shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  • Giveaway by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  • On-Ice Official Video Review
  • Anthony Beauvillier Backhand High and Wide Left
  • Off-side
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Jakob Chychrun hit Joona Koppanen
  • TV Timeout
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Ryan Leonard
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Hand Pass
  • Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Dylan McIlrath hit Danton Heinen
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Icing
  • Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Vasily Ponomarev
  • Anthony Beauvillier hit Vasily Ponomarev
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Taylor Raddysh hit Ville Koivunen
  • Alex Alexeyev Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Icing
  • Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Giveaway by Andrew Mangiapane
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Ethen Frank
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Ryan Leonard Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Lars Eller faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  • Valtteri Puustinen shot blocked by Andrew Mangiapane
  • Giveaway by Ethen Frank
  • Valtteri Puustinen shot blocked by Dylan McIlrath
  • Valtteri Puustinen shot blocked by Alex Alexeyev
  • Icing
  • Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Conor Timmins shot blocked by Dylan McIlrath
  • Brandon Duhaime hit Conor Timmins
  • Taylor Raddysh Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
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