Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, February 25, 2021 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 35-28.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie, Brandon Tanev, Jake Guentzel, Tom Wilson, Carl Hagelin and Lars Eller.
Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (9)Nick Jensen (5)0–111:20 WSH
3rd period
T.J. Oshie (5)Lars Eller (6), John Carlson (11)0–203:18 WSH
Brandon Tanev (5)Unassisted1–204:22 PIT · SHG
Jake Guentzel (7)Sidney Crosby (10), Kris Letang (9)2–207:22 PIT
Tom Wilson (7)John Carlson (12), Alex Ovechkin (10)2–312:40 WSH · PPG
Carl Hagelin (2)Unassisted2–418:38 WSH · EN
Lars Eller (3)T.J. Oshie (9), Nicklas Backstrom (15)2–519:08 WSH · EN
Team stats
PITWSH
28Shots on goal35
39%Faceoff %61%
0/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits24
17Blocked shots6
5Giveaways6
10Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 11:40
Lars Eller · tripping2 min - 1st 15:27Tom Wilson · interference2 min
- 2nd 04:03John Carlson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 09:09
Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min - 2nd 15:36Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:32Kris Letang · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:53Drew O'Connor · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 13Brandon TanevL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:50 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:31 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:05 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 19:41 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:20 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:37 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:46 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 59:04 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 16:43 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:18 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:43 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 18:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:55 |