2-2-0, 1-1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Penguins PIT	1	2	0	3
Capitals WSH	2	2	1	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

2-1-0, 1-0-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Egor ChinakhovE. Chinakhov#59
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#22
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Nick RobertsonN. Robertson#14
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
defensemen
Declan CarlileD. Carlile#72
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kaedan KorczakK. Korczak#6
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	15:29	2:26	0:00	13:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19:07	4:27	0:00	14:40	10	9	52.6
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	11:11	0:00	3:24	7:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	19:36	3:48	2:30	13:18	4	5	44.4
0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	14:08	0:25	0:21	13:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:02	0:58	0:00	12:04	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	16	10:53	0:00	2:35	8:18	1	10	9.1
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	18	17:22	2:12	0:00	15:10	1	0	100.0
1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	19	15:17	3:11	0:00	12:06	6	7	46.2
0	0	-3	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	22	19:22	3:43	1:51	13:48	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14	8:32	0:00	0:36	7:56	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	20	19:09	2:42	2:22	14:05	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	22	18:04	0:00	3:42	14:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	19:00	0:08	3:30	15:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	21	24:44	4:42	1:43	18:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	19	17:23	0:00	2:54	14:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	21	17:16	1:18	0:00	15:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	20	16:24	0:00	2:40	13:44	0	0	0.0

Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37
goalies

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	5	22	.815	15	5	2	0	0	56:04	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Pierre-Luc DuboisP. Dubois#80
Boone JennerB. Jenner#22
Jordan KyrouJ. Kyrou#25
Ryan LeonardR. Leonard#9
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Ilya ProtasI. Protas#62
Justin SourdifJ. Sourdif#34
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Jakob ChychrunJ. Chychrun#6
Vincent DesharnaisV. Desharnais#73
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Cole HutsonC. Hutson#44
Timothy LiljegrenT. Liljegren#27
Dylan McIlrathD. McIlrath#52

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	15	10:46	0:00	0:50	9:56	0	0	0.0
1	1	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	17:41	4:00	0:00	13:41	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	19	17:52	0:00	2:53	14:59	6	4	60.0
0	1	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	11:58	3:11	0:00	8:47	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	4	0	0	15	13:53	3:12	0:00	10:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	14:05	5:11	0:00	8:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:04	0:00	2:15	13:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	11:44	2:03	0:00	9:41	6	5	54.5
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	17	15:08	0:00	0:48	14:20	4	2	66.7
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	13:31	4:05	0:03	9:23	8	5	61.5
1	0	2	6	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	21	18:35	3:25	2:03	13:07	0	0	0.0
1	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	24	19:49	3:36	3:06	13:07	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	2	1	2	4	1	0	1	25	25:22	4:39	1:35	19:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	26	21:03	0:00	4:27	16:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	23:56	0:09	4:29	19:18	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	21	16:29	2:34	0:00	13:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	21	17:03	0:00	1:31	15:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	9:01	0:00	0:00	9:01	0	0	0.0

Logan ThompsonL. Thompson#48
goalies

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	3	27	.900	22	3	2	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

TNT		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	1	2	0	3
	Capitals	2	2	1	5

1st Period		PIT	WSH
0:23	Anthony Beauvillier (1) Assists: Dylan Strome (3)	0	1
1:19	Bryan Rust (1) Assists: Ben Kindel (2), Samuel Girard (3)	1	1
11:51	Tom Wilson (1) Assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)	1	2

2nd Period		PIT	WSH
4:42	Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) Assists: Tom Wilson (2)	1	3
13:14	Alex Tuch (3) Assists: Tom Wilson (3)	1	4
14:05	Tommy Novak (3) Unassisted	2	4
18:01	Nick Robertson (3) Assists: Kaedan Korczak (4), Blake Lizotte (1)	3	4

3rd Period			PIT	WSH
3:55		Ryan Leonard (2) (Power Play) Assists: Jordan Kyrou (1), Cole Hutson (1)	3	5

Nicholas Robertson nets goal for Penguins

0:45

Tommy Novak scores goal vs. Capitals

0:46

Alex Tuch nets goal for Capitals

0:40

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Penguins
3
Capitals
5

Game 1

10/7

Capitals
Penguins

Game 2

1/18

TNT/truTV

Capitals
Penguins

Game 3

3/13

ABC

Penguins
Capitals

Game 4

4/4

ESPN

Capital One Arena

7:30 PM, October 7, 2026Coverage: TNT

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,347

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Libor Suchanek
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	4	1	0	8
Carolina	2	1	1	5
Washington	2	1	0	4
Pittsburgh	2	2	0	4
Columbus	1	1	0	2
NY Islanders	1	2	0	2
New Jersey	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	0	2	2	2

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