Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Tom Wilson led the way with 3 points. Logan Thompson made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	0	3	30
WSH	2	2	1	5	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:23	WSH	EV	Anthony Beauvillier (1) · backhand	Dylan Strome (3)	0–1
1st	01:19	PIT	EV	Bryan Rust (1) · snap	Ben Kindel (2), Samuel Girard (3)	1–1
1st	11:51	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (1) · snap	Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)	1–2
2nd	04:42	WSH	EV	Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) · snap	Tom Wilson (2)	1–3
2nd	13:14	WSH	EV	Alex Tuch (3) · snap	Tom Wilson (3)	1–4
2nd	14:05	PIT	EV	Tommy Novak (3) · snap	Unassisted	2–4
2nd	18:01	PIT	EV	Nick Robertson (3) · tip-in	Kaedan Korczak (4), Blake Lizotte (1)	3–4
3rd	03:55	WSH	PP	Ryan Leonard (2) · snap	Jordan Kyrou (1), Cole Hutson (1)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:31	PIT	Ville Koivunen	tripping	2
1st	06:47	PIT	Nick Robertson	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	13:45	WSH	Ryan Leonard	roughing	2
2nd	18:53	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	holding	2
3rd	01:58	PIT	Trevor van Riemsdyk	hooking	2
3rd	06:55	PIT	Blake Lizotte	tripping	2
3rd	10:38	WSH	Pierre-Luc Dubois	boarding	2
3rd	20:00	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 3.10 · WSH 3.45 · xG% PIT 47.3

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	44.4	19:36	21
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2		19:09	20
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		19:00	21
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	3		17:23	19
18	Tommy Novak	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	2	46.2	15:17	19
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	1	9.1	10:53	16
14	Nick Robertson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0		8:32	14
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1		24:44	21
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	2		19:22	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0	52.6	19:07	21
72	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3		18:04	22
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	17:22	18
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	1		17:16	21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		16:24	20
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		15:29	19
41	Ville Koivunen	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1		14:08	17
22	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0		13:02	17
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:11	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Arturs Silovs	L	27	22	5	.815	56:04

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	2	3	+3	0	2	2	2		19:49	24
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	1	1	2	+3	2	3	0	0	58.3	17:41	23
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+2	0	6	1	2		18:35	21
44	Cole Hutson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	2		16:29	21
9	Ryan Leonard	R	1	0	1	0	2	2	4	0		13:53	15
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	61.5	13:31	16
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	0		11:58	14
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	4	0		10:46	15
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	1		25:22	25
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		23:56	24
73	Vincent Desharnais	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2		21:03	26
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	60.0	17:52	19
27	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		17:03	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		16:04	19
34	Justin Sourdif	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	66.7	15:08	17
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		14:05	15
62	Ilya Protas	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	54.5	11:44	15
52	Dylan McIlrath	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		9:01	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00