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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

NHL
Penguins
10-7-1, 21 PTS
2-5
Final
Capitals
10-5-4, 24 PTS
Capital One Arena
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

PIT shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

1st2nd3rdT
PIT1111628
WSH1214935

In net

Tristan Jarry30/33 SV, .909
Vitek Vanecek26/28 SV, .929
Team123T
PIT0022
WSH1045

Who won: Capitals 5-2

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Penguins lead the series 4-2. The Capitals outscored the Penguins 4-2 in the 3rd period. Lars Eller led the Capitals in goals (1). Brandon Tanev led the Penguins in goals (1).

Player of the game

Nicklas Backstrom

WSH · 1 G, 1 A, 5 SOG

8.2

Deserved to win

47%
PIT · 3.80 xG
53%
WSH · 3.95 xG

Capitals created better chances: they win this game 53% of the time

Play by play

  1. End of the 3rd period
  2. P3 0:14Pierre-Olivier Joseph

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    P. Joseph

  3. P3 0:52Nic Dowd

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    N. Dowd

  4. GOALP3 0:52
    Lars Eller

    Goal!

    L. Eller · 1 G, 1 A

    Goal

    PIT 2 - 5 WSH
  5. P3 1:22Sidney Crosby

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    S. Crosby · 1 A

  6. GOALP3 1:22
    Carl Hagelin

    Goal!

    C. Hagelin · 1 G

    Goal

    PIT 2 - 4 WSH
  7. P3 1:46Garnet Hathaway

    Big hit on B. Rust

    Hit

    G. Hathaway

  8. P3 1:51Kasperi Kapanen
    TO

    Giveaway

    K. Kapanen

  9. P3 2:13John Carlson

    Shot blocked by M. Pettersson

    Blocked

    J. Carlson · 2 A

  10. P3 3:08John Marino
    TO

    Takeaway

    J. Marino

  11. P3 3:59Jake Guentzel

    Missed the net

    Missed

    J. Guentzel · 1 G

  12. P3 5:42Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    E. Kuznetsov

  13. P3 5:43Justin Schultz

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    J. Schultz

  14. GOALP3 7:20
    Tom Wilson

    Goal!

    T. Wilson · 1 G

    Goal

    PIT 2 - 3 WSH
  15. P3 7:26Kris Letang

    Big hit on E. Kuznetsov

    Hit

    K. Letang · 1 A

  16. P3 7:30Alex Ovechkin

    Missed the net

    Missed

    A. Ovechkin · 1 A

  17. P3 7:52Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Shot blocked by K. Letang

    Blocked

    E. Kuznetsov

  18. P3 8:32John Marino
    TO

    Takeaway

    J. Marino

  19. P3 9:07T.J. Oshie

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    T.J. Oshie · 1 G, 1 A

  20. P3 9:07Drew O'Connor

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    D. O'Connor

  21. P3 9:47Sam Lafferty

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    S. Lafferty

  22. P3 11:11Sidney Crosby
    TO

    Giveaway

    S. Crosby · 1 A

  23. GOALP3 12:38
    Jake Guentzel

    Goal!

    J. Guentzel · 1 G

    Goal

    PIT 2 - 2 WSH
  24. P3 12:40Brenden Dillon

    Hit

  25. P3 13:11Zdeno Chara
    TO

    Takeaway

    Z. Chara

Leaders

PITWSH
Goals
Brandon Tanev
1
Lars Eller
1
Assists
Kris Letang
1
John Carlson
2
Points
Jake Guentzel
1
Nicklas Backstrom
2

Season seriesPIT leads series 4-2

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