Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Tue, Feb 16, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 1

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. Richard Panik led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 42–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	3	42
PIT	0	0	1	1	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	04:52	WSH	EV	Conor Sheary (3) · wrist	Richard Panik (3), Nick Jensen (3)	1–0
2nd	11:31	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (5) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (6), Nicklas Backstrom (12)	2–0
3rd	01:09	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (2) · wrist	Richard Panik (4), Zdeno Chara (3)	3–0
3rd	15:05	PIT	EV	Zachary Aston-Reese (3) · wrist	Teddy Blueger (6), John Marino (2)	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:53	WSH	Zdeno Chara	holding	2
1st	03:32	WSH	Garnet Hathaway	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	00:13	PIT	Jake Guentzel	holding	2
2nd	04:54	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	tripping	2
2nd	09:12	PIT	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	high sticking	2
2nd	18:16	PIT	Mike Matheson	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	06:57	PIT	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	interference	2
3rd	18:54	WSH	Conor Sheary	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.62 · PIT 1.97 · xG% WSH 64.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Richard Panik	R	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0		11:17	15
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	20:10	22
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	1		18:54	22
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	+2	0	7	1	1	64.3	18:16	23
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		16:39	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	0		15:53	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	27.3	14:54	22
73	Conor Sheary	L	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0		12:56	16
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		25:42	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0		22:08	21
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2		19:27	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	35.7	18:45	21
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2		17:09	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1		16:02	24
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		14:10	21
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:43	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	81.8	11:38	16
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		9:11	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	John Marino	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		23:55	29
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	1	61.5	15:50	26
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	0		14:15	25
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		26:09	28
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		21:31	24
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		21:09	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	48.0	20:34	22
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1		19:08	25
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-2	2	6	0	1	40.0	18:29	20
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1		17:42	22
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		16:11	20
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1	3	0		14:43	22
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		14:19	23
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		14:19	19
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:13	20
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	57.1	10:13	15
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	50.0	5:48	9
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		4:25	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	L	42	39	3	.929	57:52