Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, February 14, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
NBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 38–31.
Bryan Rust scored twice. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Brandon Tanev, Jakub Vrana, Jake Guentzel, Nicklas Backstrom, Zachary Aston-Reese and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Tristan Jarry made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 32 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)Justin Schultz (5), Lars Eller (3)1–005:18 WSH · 
Bryan Rust (4)Mike Matheson (1), Sidney Crosby (7)1–110:29 PIT
Brandon Tanev (4)Cody Ceci (3), Chad Ruhwedel (2)1–211:01 PIT
2nd period
Jakub Vrana (4)Unassisted2–203:26 WSH- Bryan Rust (5)Kris Letang (6), Jake Guentzel (6)2–306:44 PIT ·
Jake Guentzel (5)Bryan Rust (8), Cody Ceci (4)2–410:44 PIT
Nicklas Backstrom (7)Alex Ovechkin (8), John Carlson (8)3–417:49 WSH
3rd period
Zachary Aston-Reese (2)Kris Letang (7), Tristan Jarry (1)3–518:57 PIT · 
Sidney Crosby (5)Jake Guentzel (7)3–619:11 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3138
38%62%
1/41/2
48
3026
817
29
49
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Kris Letang · slashing2 min - 3:38 into the first periodJason Zucker · slashing2 min
- 13:59 into the first period
Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min - 6:17 into the second periodNic Dowd · high sticking2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodKris Letang · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodChad Ruhwedel · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 25:46 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:48 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 27:20 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:32 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:50 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:55 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:27 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 20:37 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:14 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:09 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 21:55 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:04 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Maxime LagaceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |