Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Thu, Feb 25, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at Capital One Arena. John Carlson led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	0	2	2	28
WSH	1	0	4	5	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	11:20	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (9) · snap	Nick Jensen (5)	0–1
3rd	03:18	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (5) · backhand	Lars Eller (6), John Carlson (11)	0–2
3rd	04:22	PIT	SH	Brandon Tanev (5) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	07:22	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (7) · wrist	Sidney Crosby (10), Kris Letang (9)	2–2
3rd	12:40	WSH	PP	Tom Wilson (7) · tip-in	John Carlson (12), Alex Ovechkin (10)	2–3
3rd	18:38	WSH	SH EN	Carl Hagelin (2) · backhand	Unassisted	2–4
3rd	19:08	WSH	SH EN	Lars Eller (3) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (9), Nicklas Backstrom (15)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:40	WSH	Lars Eller	tripping	2
1st	15:27	WSH	Tom Wilson	interference	2
2nd	04:03	WSH	John Carlson	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	09:09	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	hooking	2
2nd	15:36	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
3rd	03:32	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2
3rd	10:53	PIT	Drew O'Connor	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 3.05 · WSH 4.56 · xG% PIT 40.1

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	3	2		23:50	25
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:40	21
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	1	45.0	18:21	21
13	Brandon Tanev	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	4		16:06	20
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		22:46	26
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	0	38.5	20:37	19
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2		19:56	22
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0		19:41	18
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	33.3	17:41	20
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4		16:54	22
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		16:25	21
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:34	23
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:51	19
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	25.0	13:20	15
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	1		12:51	19
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	36.4	11:00	16
10	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		10:05	14
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		6:31	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	L	33	30	3	.909	59:04

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	-1	2	2	3	1		22:34	28
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	100.0	18:14	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	54.5	16:43	21
20	Lars Eller	C	1	1	2	+2	2	1	2	0	63.2	15:54	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	4	0		18:09	21
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1		17:15	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	0		16:04	18
62	Carl Hagelin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		12:18	16
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		20:43	24
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		19:28	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	1		18:22	21
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0		17:47	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	56.3	16:38	19
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:18	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		14:22	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	75.0	12:15	17
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:55	17
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		7:06	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	28	26	2	.929	59:55