Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Tue, Jan 2, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. Rasmus Sandin led the way with 2 points. Darcy Kuemper made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	4	0	0	4	22
PIT	1	2	0	3	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:55	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (11) · snap	Rasmus Sandin (9), Ethan Bear (1)	1–0
1st	11:16	WSH	EV	Beck Malenstyn (4) · wrist	Nic Dowd (3)	2–0
1st	13:02	WSH	EV	Martin Fehérváry (2) · wrist	Dylan Strome (9), Hendrix Lapierre (4)	3–0
1st	19:18	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (8) · wrist	Rasmus Sandin (10), Anthony Mantha (6)	4–0
1st	19:56	PIT	EV	Rickard Rakell (3) · snap	Erik Karlsson (18), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2)	4–1
2nd	09:11	PIT	PP	Sidney Crosby (21) · bat	Jake Guentzel (25), Evgeni Malkin (18)	4–2
2nd	18:54	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (17) · wrist	Sidney Crosby (17), Rickard Rakell (8)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:45	PIT	Valtteri Puustinen	slashing	2
2nd	07:32	WSH	Joel Edmundson	hooking	2
2nd	14:45	PIT	Jeff Carter	slashing	2
3rd	05:28	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	holding	2
3rd	10:40	WSH	Ethan Bear	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.43 · PIT 4.61 · xG% WSH 34.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3		17:58	26
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	1	0	1	0	2	1	6	4		22:35	32
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	33.3	18:56	24
47	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	100.0	18:54	24
25	Ethan Bear	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1		18:34	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		16:44	19
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	45.5	16:42	23
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		14:37	22
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	57.1	11:30	13
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		8:27	12
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4		26:11	31
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	40.0	20:07	23
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2		16:27	19
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		15:12	23
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		15:00	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	38.5	14:34	23
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	14:23	19
45	Matthew Phillips	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		7:30	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	W	35	32	3	.914	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	1	2	+1	0	5	1	0		23:16	23
67	Rickard Rakell	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	1		22:27	23
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	4	0	58.6	22:24	23
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		27:01	25
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	-2	0	6	0	0	50.0	22:02	22
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		16:21	24
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1		24:55	26
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		22:03	25
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		16:47	24
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		16:06	22
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		12:42	16
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	50.0	12:23	17
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	1	62.5	12:09	19
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2		11:18	16
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		10:19	17
10	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		10:18	14
43	Jansen Harkins	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		8:50	15
48	Valtteri Puustinen	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		7:37	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	15	14	1	.933	44:27
35	Tristan Jarry		7	4	3	.571	13:02