Washington Capitals @ Pittsburgh Penguins

25-12-9, 13-5-4 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Capitals WSH	2	1	0	1	4
Penguins PIT	2	1	0	0	3

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

27-11-8, 13-6-5 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Joe SnivelyJ. Snively#91
Daniel SprongD. Sprong#10
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Justin SchultzJ. Schultz#2
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	20:38	3:22	0:00	17:16	9	8	52.9
1	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	28	15:49	0:00	2:15	13:34	15	8	65.2
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	19	14:22	0:32	3:01	10:49	2	5	28.6
0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	14:31	0:00	2:40	11:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	26	13:26	0:00	1:11	12:15	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	32	21:29	3:22	1:11	16:56	7	11	38.9
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	5:09	0:00	0:00	5:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	21:31	3:22	0:00	18:09	0	1	0.0
0	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	22	16:21	0:32	0:00	15:49	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	7:45	0:00	0:00	7:45	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	16	13:20	0:32	0:00	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	24	20:23	3:22	3:08	13:53	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	30	26:56	3:22	3:41	19:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	28	22:13	0:00	3:43	18:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	26	17:14	0:00	2:38	14:36	0	0	0.0
2	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	30	20:22	0:32	0:56	18:54	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	16:43	0:32	0:24	15:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	26	17:53	0:00	2:04	15:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ilya SamsonovI. Samsonov#30
Vitek VanecekV. Vanecek#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
45	2	43	.956	33	0	10	0	0	57:34	0
2	1	1	.500	1	0	0	0	0	6:43	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#12
Brian BoyleB. Boyle#11
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Kasperi KapanenK. Kapanen#42
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Brock McGinnB. McGinn#23
Evan RodriguesE. Rodrigues#9
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Dominik SimonD. Simon#49
Radim ZohornaR. Zohorna#67
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	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	16	11:55	0:00	2:18	9:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	10:47	0:00	2:18	8:29	3	4	42.9
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	18:28	1:35	1:16	15:37	9	5	64.3
0	2	-2	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	28	23:49	5:42	0:20	17:47	16	12	57.1
0	3	-1	5	2	0	2	4	1	0	1	27	23:21	5:49	0:00	17:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	26	16:13	1:01	0:00	15:12	0	1	0.0
1	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	26	18:58	5:42	0:00	13:16	6	10	37.5
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	16:35	0:00	1:16	15:19	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	14:08	0:54	0:00	13:14	0	0	0.0
2	0	-1	9	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	27	21:07	5:08	0:20	15:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	5:48	0:00	0:00	5:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	10:28	1:01	0:00	9:27	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	21:29	0:00	2:48	18:41	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	28	26:12	6:01	1:06	19:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	21:34	0:18	2:48	18:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	22:00	0:24	0:00	21:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	13:32	0:00	0:00	13:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	19	12:39	0:00	1:06	11:33	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	4	28	.875	21	1	6	0	0	64:11	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.

ESPN+		1	2	3	OT	T
	Capitals	2	1	0	1	4
	Penguins	2	1	0	0	3

1st Period		WSH	PIT
5:50	Nic Dowd (6) (Shorthanded) Assists: Carl Hagelin (6)	1	0
6:26	Evgeni Malkin (5) (Power Play) Assists: Kris Letang (36), Jake Guentzel (21)	1	1
11:26	Bryan Rust (13) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby (27), Jake Guentzel (22)	1	2
16:13	Dmitry Orlov (6) (Power Play) Assists: Conor Sheary (10), Justin Schultz (8)	2	2

2nd Period			WSH	PIT
4:44		Bryan Rust (14) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby (28), Jake Guentzel (23)	2	3
19:18		Daniel Sprong (8) Assists: John Carlson (25)	3	3

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			WSH	PIT
4:17		Dmitry Orlov (7) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (31), Tom Wilson (18)	4	3

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-1

Penguins
1
Capitals
6

Game 1

11/14

Penguins
4
Capitals
2

Game 2

12/10

Capitals
4
Penguins
3

Game 3

2/1

Capitals
6
Penguins
3

Game 4

4/9

PPG Paints Arena

7:00 PM, February 1, 2022Coverage: ESPN+

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 17,826

Referees:
Kevin Pollock
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Bryan Pancich

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	10	3	47
Washington	19	12	5	43
NY Islanders	19	13	4	42
Philadelphia	17	10	7	41
New Jersey	20	15	1	41
NY Rangers	18	16	4	40
Pittsburgh	15	11	9	39
Columbus	14	15	6	34

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