Malkin's late goal lifts Penguins past Ovechkin, Caps 4-3

— Evgeni Malkin remains a live wire. Even now, 17 seasons into a career that is likely destined for the Hall of Fame, there's an unpredictability the Pittsburgh Penguins star plays with that can be both endearing and exasperating to teammates and...
Mar 25, 2023, 11:49 pm - AP
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1st Period
No Goals Scored
2nd PeriodWSHPIT
10:10Ryan Poehling (6)
Assists: Danton Heinen (14)
01
12:17Chad Ruhwedel (1)
Assists: Jason Zucker (20), Mikael Granlund (29)
02
3rd PeriodWSHPIT
0:27Jake Guentzel (32) (Power Play)
Assists: Rickard Rakell (26)
03
5:19Tom Wilson (9)
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)
13
13:18Alex Ovechkin (42) (Power Play)
Assists: John Carlson (15), Dylan Strome (39)
23
17:16Dylan Strome (18)
Assists: Conor Sheary (20), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (8)
33
18:40Evgeni Malkin (25)
Unassisted
34

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Brian Dumoulin
  • Bryan Rust hit Alexander Alexeyev
  • Rickard Rakell hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Jake Guentzel Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Giveaway by Chad Ruhwedel
  • Giveaway by Danton Heinen
  • Mark Friedman Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Evgeni Malkin hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom
  • Josh Archibald hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Kris Letang Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jeff Carter Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Brian Dumoulin hit T.J. Oshie
  • Ryan Poehling hit Alex Ovechkin
  • Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nicolas Aube-Kubel
  • Mark Friedman Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Takeaway by Jake Guentzel
  • Mark Friedman Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Taylor Fedun hit Conor Sheary
  • Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Kris Letang Tripping against Alex Ovechkin
  • Ryan Poehling faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
  • Giveaway by Mark Friedman
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Josh Archibald
  • Takeaway by Drew O'Connor
  • Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Takeaway by Jason Zucker
  • Takeaway by Ryan Poehling
  • Danton Heinen hit Aliaksei Protas
  • Takeaway by Kris Letang
  • Kris Letang hit Nic Dowd
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Josh Archibald
  • Jeff Carter faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Chad Ruhwedel hit Tom Wilson
  • Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin
  • Taylor Fedun hit Craig Smith
  • Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Josh Archibald Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Chad Ruhwedel Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Jeff Carter Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph hit Tom Wilson
  • Kris Letang Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Takeaway by Jake Guentzel
  • Bryan Rust hit Rasmus Sandin
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Ryan Poehling
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Danton Heinen
  • Ryan Poehling Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Danton Heinen (14)
  • Jeff Carter hit Martin Fehervary
  • Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Josh Archibald hit Nicklas Backstrom
  • Jeff Carter Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jason Zucker Tip-In saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Chad Ruhwedel Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (20), Mikael Granlund (29)
  • Jake Guentzel hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Danton Heinen Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Mikael Granlund hit Nick Jensen
  • Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Danton Heinen Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom
  • Bryan Rust hit Martin Fehervary
  • Drew O'Connor Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Josh Archibald Fighting against Rasmus Sandin
  • Danton Heinen hit John Carlson
  • Nic Dowd shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  • Jake Guentzel hit Martin Fehervary
  • Chad Ruhwedel hit John Carlson
  • Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Evgeni Malkin Tip-In Wide of Net
  • Evgeni Malkin hit Martin Fehervary
  • Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Jake Guentzel Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Rickard Rakell (26)
  • Ryan Poehling faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom
  • Brian Dumoulin Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Takeaway by Ryan Poehling
  • Mark Friedman Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Drew O'Connor
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Mark Friedman
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  • Rickard Rakell Tip-In Wide of Net
  • Jake Guentzel Tip-In saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Evgeni Malkin Roughing against Nic Dowd
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Giveaway by Jake Guentzel
  • Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Giveaway by Chad Ruhwedel
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Chad Ruhwedel
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph hit T.J. Oshie
  • Kris Letang hit Nicklas Backstrom
  • Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Taylor Fedun hit Tom Wilson
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nicklas Backstrom
  • Bryan Rust Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  • Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Ryan Poehling
  • Ryan Poehling Tripping against Anthony Mantha
  • Mark Friedman Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Takeaway by Sidney Crosby
  • Jake Guentzel Snap Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Ryan Poehling faceoff won against Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against T.J. Oshie
  • Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Jason Zucker hit Martin Fehervary
  • Takeaway by Jason Zucker
  • Chad Ruhwedel hit Nicolas Aube-Kubel
  • Dylan Strome shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
  • Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Chad Ruhwedel
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Brian Dumoulin
  • Takeaway by Kris Letang
  • Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Mikael Granlund hit Nick Jensen
  • Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Evgeni Malkin Goal (25) Snap Shot, assists: none
  • Takeaway by Sidney Crosby
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Nicklas Backstrom shot blocked by Brian Dumoulin
  • Martin Fehervary hit Kris Letang
  • Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom
  • Ryan Poehling shot blocked by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Anthony Mantha hit Mark Friedman
  • Craig Smith Wrap-around saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Anthony Mantha Deflected saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Nic Dowd hit Kris Letang
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Nick Jensen Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • T.J. Oshie Tip-In Wide of Net
  • T.J. Oshie hit Jake Guentzel
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel Holding against Ryan Poehling
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jeff Carter
  • Takeaway by John Carlson
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by T.J. Oshie
  • Takeaway by Anthony Mantha
  • Rasmus Sandin hit Danton Heinen
  • Mikael Granlund shot blocked by John Carlson
  • Rasmus Sandin hit Evgeni Malkin
  • Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  • T.J. Oshie Hi-sticking against Drew O'Connor
  • Nic Dowd Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Takeaway by Nic Dowd
  • Nic Dowd Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  • Jason Zucker shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  • Ryan Poehling shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Ryan Poehling shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
  • Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • John Carlson Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Craig Smith Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Tom Wilson hit Kris Letang
  • Giveaway by T.J. Oshie
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Brian Dumoulin
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Sidney Crosby
  • Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
  • Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Aliaksei Protas hit Mark Friedman
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie
  • Anthony Mantha Deflected saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Taylor Fedun shot blocked by Alexander Alexeyev
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Anthony Mantha Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Anthony Mantha Backhand saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Takeaway by Craig Smith
  • Nic Dowd hit Kris Letang
  • Conor Sheary Tip-In Wide of Net
  • Nic Dowd hit Kris Letang
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jeff Carter
  • Tom Wilson hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Takeaway by John Carlson
  • Tom Wilson Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • T.J. Oshie hit Brian Dumoulin
  • Nicklas Backstrom Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • T.J. Oshie hit Brian Dumoulin
  • Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Takeaway by John Carlson
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Jake Guentzel
  • Conor Sheary Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Giveaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Aliaksei Protas faceoff won against Jeff Carter
  • Nicklas Backstrom Tip-In saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Giveaway by Nick Jensen
  • Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Alex Ovechkin hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph
  • Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  • Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Nic Dowd hit Taylor Fedun
  • Nic Dowd hit Taylor Fedun
  • Conor Sheary hit Mikael Granlund
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Rasmus Sandin hit Drew O'Connor
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov hit Josh Archibald
  • Giveaway by John Carlson
  • Rasmus Sandin Fighting against Josh Archibald
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Alex Ovechkin hit Kris Letang
  • Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin
  • Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • John Carlson hit Ryan Poehling
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Nic Dowd hit Sidney Crosby
  • Nicklas Backstrom faceoff won against Mikael Granlund
  • Jason Zucker shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom
  • Nicklas Backstrom Holding against Mikael Granlund
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Martin Fehervary Slap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Conor Sheary Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Alex Ovechkin Tip-In saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Conor Sheary Tip-In Wide of Net
  • Alex Ovechkin Slashing against Jake Guentzel
  • Nick Jensen hit Jake Guentzel
  • Tom Wilson Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)
  • Takeaway by Anthony Mantha
  • Nick Jensen Snap Shot Over Net
  • Nick Jensen hit Evgeni Malkin
  • Martin Fehervary hit Drew O'Connor
  • John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie
  • John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • T.J. Oshie faceoff won against Jeff Carter
  • Alex Ovechkin Goal (42) Slap Shot, assists: John Carlson (15), Dylan Strome (39)
  • Alexander Alexeyev Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Conor Sheary Tip-In Wide of Net
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel hit Kris Letang
  • Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Giveaway by Nick Jensen
  • Takeaway by Tom Wilson
  • Nicklas Backstrom Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Nic Dowd faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Conor Sheary Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Nick Jensen hit Mikael Granlund
  • Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • Dylan Strome Goal (18) Backhand, assists: Conor Sheary (20), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (8)
  • T.J. Oshie hit Brian Dumoulin
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov faceoff won against Ryan Poehling
  • Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
  • T.J. Oshie Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • T.J. Oshie Wrist Shot saved by Casey DeSmith
  • T.J. Oshie Tip-In Wide of Net
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