Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, January 19, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 30–26.
Tom Wilson scored twice. Lars Eller, Colton Sceviour, Jake Guentzel, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Teddy Blueger, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Casey DeSmith made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 25 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Lars Eller (1)T.J. Oshie (3), Richard Panik (1)1–004:55 WSH
Colton Sceviour (2)Teddy Blueger (2), Kasperi Kapanen (1)1–116:52 PIT
Tom Wilson (2)Alex Ovechkin (4)2–116:58 WSH- Tom Wilson (3)John Carlson (2)3–119:43 WSH
2nd period
Jake Guentzel (1)Bryan Rust (3), Sidney Crosby (1)3–205:45 PIT · 
Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)Daniel Sprong (1), Jakub Vrana (1)4–208:16 WSH
Teddy Blueger (1)Casey DeSmith (1)4–315:07 PIT · 
Evgeni Malkin (1)Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (2)4–417:15 PIT ·
Overtime
Sidney Crosby (3)Kris Letang (2), Jake Guentzel (3)4–501:11 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
2630
37%63%
0/22/3
64
5437
1517
44
22
Penalties
- 4:08 into the second period
Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min - 4:47 into the second periodLars Eller · slashing2 min
- 13:28 into the second period
Jake Guentzel · hooking2 min - 14:34 into the second periodChad Ruhwedel · slashing2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodT.J. Oshie · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 43Tom WilsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:50 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14:31 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:52 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:03 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | O | 30 | 5 | .833 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20:26 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 28:14 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 08:38 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:10 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:36 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 26:01 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:36 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |