Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thu, Mar 7, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

6 – 0

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0 on Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. Dylan Strome led the way with 3 points. Charlie Lindgren made 39 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–39.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	4	1	6	29
PIT	0	0	0	0	39

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:51	WSH	SH	Tom Wilson (14) · bat	Beck Malenstyn (11)	1–0
2nd	00:30	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (18) · wrist	Dylan Strome (26), John Carlson (31)	2–0
2nd	03:16	WSH	EV	Nick Jensen (1) · wrist	Beck Malenstyn (12)	3–0
2nd	08:50	WSH	EV	Hendrix Lapierre (6) · wrist	Trevor van Riemsdyk (9), Alex Ovechkin (29)	4–0
2nd	16:21	WSH	EV	Ivan Miroshnichenko (1) · wrist	Dylan Strome (27), Sonny Milano (6)	5–0
3rd	02:13	WSH	EV	Sonny Milano (9) · snap	Alexander Alexeyev (1), Dylan Strome (28)	6–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:12	WSH	Connor McMichael	high sticking	2
1st	05:46	PIT	Ryan Graves	high sticking double minor	4
1st	19:53	PIT	Jansen Harkins	slashing	2
2nd	07:18	WSH	Beck Malenstyn	fighting	5
2nd	07:18	PIT	Jansen Harkins	fighting	5
2nd	10:51	WSH	Max Pacioretty	hooking	2
2nd	17:49	WSH	Rasmus Sandin	roughing	2
3rd	04:32	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	hooking	2
3rd	10:48	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2
3rd	14:58	WSH	Ivan Miroshnichenko	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.38 · PIT 4.80 · xG% WSH 41.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	3	3	+2	0	2	0	3	53.3	13:33	18
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	1		18:43	16
47	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	2	2	+2	5	3	2	1	50.0	15:19	20
15	Sonny Milano	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0		14:55	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	3		22:30	27
3	Nick Jensen	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	1		21:33	25
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	1		18:59	25
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	66.7	15:41	24
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	3		15:14	21
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	33.3	14:00	17
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	1	0	1	+2	2	3	1	0		12:27	15
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1		21:06	25
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	47.6	18:22	22
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0		15:10	22
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0	14:21	20
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	61.5	14:14	19
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	1		13:16	19
25	Ethan Bear	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		12:43	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	W	39	39	0	1.000	59:54

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	2	1	1		23:56	22
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	1	1	3		22:24	27
58	Kris Letang	D	-4	0	2	2	2		22:09	28
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	4	1	0	35.7	21:13	24
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	-3	2	0	0	0	55.6	19:30	26
48	Valtteri Puustinen	R	-2	0	1	1	0		19:19	23
19	Reilly Smith	R	-1	0	2	1	1	100.0	19:14	28
87	Sidney Crosby	C	-3	0	8	1	0	47.4	18:46	21
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	5	2	0		17:11	21
55	Noel Acciari	C	-2	0	1	2	2	50.0	16:15	25
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	-3	0	0	0	1		15:52	21
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	-1	2	1	2	1		14:49	19
77	Jeff Carter	C	-1	0	4	1	0	75.0	13:55	22
27	Ryan Graves	D	-1	4	1	0	1		13:53	19
44	Jonathan Gruden	C	0	0	1	3	0		10:09	16
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	-2	0	6	0	1		10:06	15
18	Jesse Puljujarvi	R	-2	0	0	4	0		8:19	12
43	Jansen Harkins	C	0	7	0	1	0		4:30	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	7	5	2	.714	31:10
35	Tristan Jarry	L	22	18	4	.818	28:43