Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, February 16, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 42–27.
Goals came from Conor Sheary, Jakub Vrana, Lars Eller and Zachary Aston-Reese.
Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 39 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Conor Sheary (3)Richard Panik (3), Nick Jensen (3)1–004:52 WSH
Jakub Vrana (5)T.J. Oshie (6), Nicklas Backstrom (12)2–011:31 WSH
3rd period
Lars Eller (2)Richard Panik (4), Zdeno Chara (3)3–001:09 WSH
Zachary Aston-Reese (3)Teddy Blueger (6), John Marino (2)3–115:05 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
4227
50%50%
0/50/3
610
2631
1010
52
45
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Zdeno Chara · holding2 min - 3:32 into the first periodGarnet Hathaway · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 0:13 into the second period
Jake Guentzel · holding2 min - 4:54 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodPierre-Olivier Joseph · high sticking2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodMike Matheson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodPierre-Olivier Joseph · interference2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodConor Sheary · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 18:16 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:53 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:08 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:45 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 25:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:55 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:25 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:48 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:31 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 18:29 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:09 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 42 | 3 | .929 |