Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 29, 2021 · Capital One Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 37–35.
Kasperi Kapanen scored twice. T.J. Oshie, Frederick Gaudreau, Dmitry Orlov, Daniel Sprong, Zachary Aston-Reese, Tom Wilson and Jake Guentzel also scored.
Tristan Jarry made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 30 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (18)Justin Schultz (21), Nicklas Backstrom (35)0–107:27 WSH · 
Kasperi Kapanen (9)Unassisted1–115:27 PIT
2nd period
Frederick Gaudreau (2)Jason Zucker (7), Colton Sceviour (4)2–108:32 PIT
Dmitry Orlov (8)Nicklas Backstrom (36)2–209:02 WSH
Daniel Sprong (11)Justin Schultz (22), Dmitry Orlov (10)2–315:07 WSH
Zachary Aston-Reese (9)Colton Sceviour (5)3–318:11 PIT
3rd period
- Kasperi Kapanen (10)Jared McCann (14), Jeff Carter (13)4–310:55 PIT
Tom Wilson (12)Evgeny Kuznetsov (20), Nicklas Backstrom (37)4–419:45 WSH
Overtime
Jake Guentzel (22)John Marino (9), Jared McCann (15)5–402:11 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
3537
51%49%
0/31/3
66
1432
1414
99
98
Penalties
- 7:15 into the first period
Evan Rodrigues · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 7:56 into the first period
Justin Schultz · interference2 min - 1:48 into the second periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · holding2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodMarcus Pettersson · holding2 min
- 7:45 into the third periodBryan Rust · holding the stick2 min
- 15:35 into the third periodMichael Raffl · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 06:19 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 11Frederick GaudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:52 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:24 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:53 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:05 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:32 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 12:32 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 29:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:00 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 11:03 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:04 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:59 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 17Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:28 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:11 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | O | 35 | 5 | .857 |