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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

NHLApril 12, 2026Capital One Arena

PenguinsPittsburghPIT41-24-16

Penguins 0, Capitals 3

Final
CapitalsWashingtonWSHWon42-30-9
Score by period
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Alex Ovechkin
  3. 0:12Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot Wide Right
  4. 0:30Icing
  5. 0:30Dylan Strome faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  6. 0:40Alex Ovechkin hit Rickard Rakell
  7. 1:12Jakob Chychrun hit Rickard Rakell
  8. 1:14Tommy Novak Tip-In Wide Right
  9. 1:15Thomas Novak Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  10. 1:17Goalie Stopped
  11. 1:17Ilya Protas faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  12. 1:26Takeaway by Ville Koivunen
  13. 1:28Jakob Chychrun hit Justin Brazeau
  14. 1:38Ilya Solovyov Snap Shot Wide Right
  15. 1:55Ivan Miroshnichenko hit Jack St. Ivany
  16. 2:34Alex Ovechkin hit Joona Koppanen
  17. 2:56Icing
  18. 2:56Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  19. 2:57Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Right
  20. 3:00Puck in Netting
  21. 3:00Connor McMichael faceoff won against Bryan Rust
  22. 3:08Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Egor Chinakhov
  23. 3:10Puck in Netting
  24. 3:10Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  25. 3:29Sidney Crosby hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
  26. 3:55Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  27. 3:57Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  28. 4:10Icing
  29. 4:10Ilya Protas faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  30. 4:15Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
  31. 4:35Tom Wilson hit Evgeni Malkin
  32. 4:37Jack St. Ivany Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  33. 4:51Tom Wilson hit Thomas Novak
  34. 5:53Anthony Beauvillier hit Samuel Girard
  35. 5:55Alex Ovechkin hit Kris Letang
  36. 6:26Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  37. 6:27Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Left
  38. 7:09Giveaway by Elmer Soderblom
  39. 7:21Ilya Protas shot blocked by Ilya Solovyov
  40. 7:25Giveaway by Jack St. Ivany
  41. 7:25Ilya Protas Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  42. 7:30Aliaksei Protas hit Jack St. Ivany
  43. 8:22Justin Sourdif Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  44. 8:24Ivan Miroshnichenko Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  45. 8:24Ivan Miroshnichenko Snap Shot Wide Right
  46. 9:17Alex Ovechkin Tip-In Wide Left
  47. 9:26Icing
  48. 9:26Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  49. 9:29Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  50. 10:11Kevin Hayes shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren
  51. 10:34Rutger McGroarty Wrist Shot Wide Left
  52. 10:48Martin Fehervary High-sticking against Erik Karlsson
  53. 10:48TV Timeout
  54. 10:48Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  55. 11:29Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  56. 11:55Takeaway by Tom Wilson
  57. 12:23Kevin Hayes Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  58. 12:24Justin Brazeau Wrist Shot Wide Left
  59. 12:36Justin Brazeau Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  60. 12:51Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
  61. 13:31Cole Hutson shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  62. 14:11Sidney Crosby Snap Shot Wide Right
  63. 14:14Sidney Crosby hit Anthony Beauvillier
  64. 14:17Jack St. Ivany Snap Shot Wide Right
  65. 14:32Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  66. 15:07Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
  67. 15:07Ilya Protas Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  68. 15:21Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  69. 15:23Goalie Stopped
  70. 15:23Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  71. 15:40Icing
  72. 15:40Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  73. 16:03Sidney Crosby Tip-In Wide Left
  74. 16:04Sidney Crosby Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  75. 16:07Takeaway by Samuel Girard
  76. 16:09Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  77. 16:36Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot Wide Left
  78. 16:42Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  79. 16:44Goalie Stopped
  80. 16:44Joona Koppanen faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  81. 16:58Elmer Soderblom Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  82. 17:07Matt Roy hit Rutger McGroarty
  83. 17:19Jack St. Ivany Slap Shot Wide Right
  84. 17:22Joona Koppanen shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  85. 17:33Ilya Solovyov Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  86. 17:35Goalie Stopped
  87. 17:35Ilya Protas faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  88. 17:51Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  89. 17:58Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  90. 18:00Takeaway by Ilya Protas
  91. 18:02Aliaksei Protas Tip-In Wide Left
  92. 18:03Goalie Stopped
  93. 18:03Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  94. 18:41Kris Letang shot blocked by Ryan Leonard
  95. 18:51Sidney Crosby Tripping against Martin Fehervary
  96. 18:51Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  97. 18:59Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Bryan Rust
  98. 19:15Challenge Vis - off-side - no goal
  99. 19:15Off-side
  100. 19:15Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  101. 19:31Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  102. 19:37Ilya Protas Tip-In saved by Stuart Skinner
  103. 19:48Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  104. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  3. 0:22Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Wide Right
  4. 0:24Alex Ovechkin Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  5. 0:25Pierre-Luc Dubois Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  6. 0:26Tom Wilson Backhand Wide Left
  7. 0:30Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  8. 0:43Bryan Rust hit Ryan Leonard
  9. 1:12Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  10. 1:34Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  11. 1:35Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  12. 1:52Thomas Novak Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  13. 2:02Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  14. 2:07Ivan Miroshnichenko Snap Shot Wide Left
  15. 2:11Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  16. 3:01Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  17. 3:06Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  18. 3:29Ryan Leonard Wrap-around saved by Stuart Skinner
  19. 3:33Giveaway by Rutger McGroarty
  20. 3:33Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  21. 3:51Icing
  22. 3:51Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  23. 3:53Timothy Liljegren Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  24. 4:34Puck in Benches
  25. 4:34Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Ilya Protas
  26. 5:07Takeaway by Rickard Rakell
  27. 5:30Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  28. 5:39Off-side
  29. 5:39Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  30. 5:47Ville Koivunen Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  31. 5:51Justin Brazeau Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  32. 6:01Brandon Duhaime hit Ilya Solovyov
  33. 6:06Icing
  34. 6:06Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  35. 6:10Alex Ovechkin hit Jack St. Ivany
  36. 6:16Off-side
  37. 6:16Joona Koppanen faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  38. 6:50Icing
  39. 6:50Joona Koppanen faceoff won against Ilya Protas
  40. 7:06Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  41. 7:08Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Short
  42. 7:10Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:10Aliaksei Protas faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  44. 7:16Tom Wilson shot blocked by Ilya Solovyov
  45. 7:45Justin Brazeau Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  46. 8:17Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  47. 8:37Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  48. 8:52Bryan Rust Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  49. 9:16Thomas Novak Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  50. 9:54Takeaway by Ryan Leonard
  51. 10:07Puck in Benches
  52. 10:07Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  53. 10:17Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
  54. 10:25Giveaway by Cole Hutson
  55. 10:30Kevin Hayes Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  56. 11:36Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  57. 11:38Goalie Stopped
  58. 11:38Aliaksei Protas faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  59. 11:39Tom Wilson shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  60. 11:43Takeaway by Rutger McGroarty
  61. 11:50Rutger McGroarty Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
  62. 11:53Net Dislodged Defensive Skater
  63. 11:53Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  64. 12:12Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Thomas Novak
  65. 12:17Pierre-Luc Dubois Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  66. 12:18Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  67. 12:20Trevor van Riemsdyk Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  68. 12:21Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  69. 12:22Trevor van Riemsdyk Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (14), Connor McMichael (32)
  70. 12:22Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ilya Protas
  71. 12:52Egor Chinakhov Backhand Wide Right
  72. 13:08Giveaway by Rutger McGroarty
  73. 13:12Joona Koppanen hit Matt Roy
  74. 13:37Rutger McGroarty Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
  75. 13:59Samuel Girard shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
  76. 14:24Puck in Netting
  77. 14:24Connor McMichael faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  78. 14:31Icing
  79. 14:31Thomas Novak faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  80. 14:35Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  81. 15:09Thomas Novak Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  82. 15:23Giveaway by Tommy Novak
  83. 15:37Martin Fehervary Tripping against Egor Chinakhov
  84. 15:37Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  85. 16:43Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  86. 16:50Sidney Crosby Slap Shot Wide Left
  87. 16:56On-Ice Official
  88. 16:56Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  89. 17:47Giveaway by Timothy Liljegren
  90. 17:51Puck Frozen - Goalie
  91. 17:51Thomas Novak faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  92. 18:10Timothy Liljegren Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  93. 18:12Goalie Stopped
  94. 18:12Dylan Strome faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  95. 18:13Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  96. 18:15Goalie Stopped
  97. 18:15Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  98. 18:30Jack St. Ivany hit Anthony Beauvillier
  99. 18:44Giveaway by Ville Koivunen
  100. 18:45Giveaway by Cole Hutson
  101. 18:47Justin Brazeau shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren
  102. 18:57Kevin Hayes Wrist Shot Wide Right
  103. 18:58Kevin Hayes Backhand Failed Bank Attempt
  104. 19:01Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  105. 19:03Justin Brazeau shot blocked by Anthony Beauvillier
  106. 19:13Ilya Solovyov hit Dylan Strome
  107. 19:26Takeaway by Ville Koivunen
  108. 19:30Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  109. 19:57Off-side
  110. 19:57Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  111. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:45Ryan Leonard Snap Shot Wide Right
  4. 0:47Goalie Stopped
  5. 0:47Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Aliaksei Protas
  6. 1:37Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  7. 1:45Tom Wilson hit Thomas Novak
  8. 2:14Anthony Beauvillier hit Ville Koivunen
  9. 3:06Takeaway by Joona Koppanen
  10. 3:13Martin Fehervary hit Rutger McGroarty
  11. 3:34Ilya Solovyov shot blocked by Matt Roy
  12. 3:39Ilya Solovyov Slap Shot Wide Left
  13. 3:51Elmer Soderblom Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  14. 3:53Goalie Stopped
  15. 3:53Ilya Protas faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  16. 4:00Icing
  17. 4:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ilya Protas
  18. 4:01Erik Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Left
  19. 4:05Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  20. 4:25Egor Chinakhov Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  21. 4:35Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  22. 4:43Parker Wotherspoon hit Anthony Beauvillier
  23. 5:04Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
  24. 5:18Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  25. 5:24Ryan Leonard hit Rickard Rakell
  26. 5:45Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  27. 6:06Connor McMichael shot blocked by Justin Brazeau
  28. 6:17Takeaway by Ville Koivunen
  29. 6:35Giveaway by Justin Sourdif
  30. 6:49Samuel Girard shot blocked by Matt Roy
  31. 6:58Elmer Soderblom Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  32. 7:00Puck in Netting
  33. 7:00Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  34. 8:00Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  35. 8:31Rickard Rakell Backhand Wide Left
  36. 9:00Giveaway by Stuart Skinner
  37. 9:09Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
  38. 9:10Giveaway by Kris Letang
  39. 9:13Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot Wide Left
  40. 9:54Off-side
  41. 9:54Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  42. 10:09Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  43. 10:14Puck Frozen - Goalie
  44. 10:14Ilya Protas faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  45. 10:19Puck in Benches
  46. 10:19Ilya Protas faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  47. 10:34Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  48. 10:42Aliaksei Protas shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  49. 10:50Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  50. 10:51Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  51. 10:55Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  52. 11:01Off-side
  53. 11:01Kevin Hayes faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  54. 11:19Elmer Soderblom hit Timothy Liljegren
  55. 11:22Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
  56. 11:24Alex Ovechkin hit Jack St. Ivany
  57. 11:54Ilya Solovyov Slap Shot Wide Right
  58. 12:50Icing
  59. 12:50Thomas Novak faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  60. 13:02Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  61. 13:03Goalie Stopped
  62. 13:03Ilya Protas faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  63. 13:44Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  64. 13:46Rickard Rakell Backhand Wide Right
  65. 13:48Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  66. 13:57Takeaway by Tom Wilson
  67. 14:26Justin Brazeau shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren
  68. 14:40Justin Brazeau shot blocked by Elmer Soderblom
  69. 15:19Jack St. Ivany Snap Shot Wide Right
  70. 15:28Icing
  71. 15:28Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  72. 15:50Connor McMichael Goal (13) Backhand, assists: Ryan Leonard (25), Martin Fehervary (21)
  73. 15:50Dylan Strome faceoff won against Joona Koppanen
  74. 16:06Puck Frozen - Goalie
  75. 16:06Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  76. 16:34Icing
  77. 16:34Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  78. 16:38Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  79. 16:52Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Aliaksei Protas
  80. 17:16Connor McMichael Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (31), Martin Fehervary (22)
  81. 17:16Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Kevin Hayes
  82. 18:22Elmer Soderblom shot blocked by Cole Hutson
  83. 18:23Puck in Netting
  84. 18:23Joona Koppanen faceoff won against Ilya Protas
  85. 18:58Elmer Soderblom hit Dylan Strome
  86. 19:00On-Ice Official
  87. 19:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  88. 19:21Jack St. Ivany shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
  89. 19:28Jack St. Ivany hit Brandon Duhaime
  90. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  91. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 12:22PIT 0, WSH 1Trevor van Riemsdyk Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (14), Connor McMichael (32)

3rd

  1. 15:50PIT 0, WSH 2Connor McMichael Goal (13) Backhand, assists: Ryan Leonard (25), Martin Fehervary (21)
  2. 17:16PIT 0, WSH 3Connor McMichael Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (31), Martin Fehervary (22)

Game leaders

PenguinsPittsburgh

CapitalsWashington

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bryan Rust RW00-2011020:210.00100010232915:213:131:47
Egor Chinakhov RW00-2001017:000.03000020232116:150:450:00
Elmer Soderblom LW000020013:220.0200101018612:590:020:21
Evgeni Malkin C00-2000018:220.02002001211915:083:140:00
Joona Koppanen LW000010010:0744.405400011508:240:001:43
Justin Brazeau RW000001013:240.02000020171712:390:450:00
Kevin Hayes RW000000013:5550.0255002017413:120:430:00
Rickard Rakell RW00-2002018:4744.42540021202415:323:060:09
Rutger McGroarty RW00000009:550.020020111329:550:000:00
Sidney Crosby C00-2020219:5652.629102140222916:413:150:00
Tommy Novak C00-1001016:2950.04331010181615:350:540:00
Ville Koivunen RW000000011:390.0100100317211:390:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Erik Karlsson D00-2001019:5600000200.0191517:132:430:00
Ilya Solovyov D000012019:4510000300.019119:450:000:00
Jack St. Ivany D000020021:2210010300.021019:270:001:55
Kris Letang D00-1000017:3900010000.020316:171:170:05
Parker Wotherspoon D00-1012019:5200020000.022317:520:002:00
Samuel Girard D00-1002017:0000010010.021316:570:030:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Stuart Skinner G26224.92359:0900204000

Video

1:17Capitals down the Penguins at home0:29Alex Ovechkin's big hit sparks an 'Ovi' chant from the crowd0:59Connor McMichael scores goal for Capitals0:32Trevor van Riemsdyk scores goal for Capitals
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