Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, December 10, 2021 · Capital One Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 33–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Friday, December 10, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 33-31.

Goals came from Danton Heinen, Brock McGinn, Kasperi Kapanen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Lars Eller and Jeff Carter.

Tristan Jarry made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 29 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	1	4	33
WSH	0	0	2	2	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Danton Heinen (8)John Marino (11), Mike Matheson (7)1–016:16 PIT

2nd period

Brock McGinn (6)Mike Matheson (8), Zachary Aston-Reese (6)2–008:37 PIT
Kasperi Kapanen (6)Sidney Crosby (10), Evan Rodrigues (11)3–011:42 PIT

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)Alex Ovechkin (22), Daniel Sprong (4)3–107:33 WSH
Lars Eller (3)Alex Ovechkin (23), Conor Sheary (5)3–217:14 WSH
Jeff Carter (8)Sidney Crosby (11), Tristan Jarry (2)4–218:07 PIT · EN

Team stats

PITWSH

33Shots on goal31

59%Faceoff %41%

0/1Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes2

24Hits32

12Blocked shots11

2Giveaways5

6Takeaways6

Penalties

2nd 13:09Marcus Pettersson · tripping2 min
2nd 20:00Jeff Carter · hooking2 min
3rd 02:11Lars Eller · high sticking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	61	18:52
5Mike MathesonD	0	2	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	16:12
9Evan RodriguesC	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	–	18:27
12Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	1	1	+1	1	4	2	0	–	19:20
23Brock McGinnL	1	0	1	+1	2	3	3	0	–	17:16
42Kasperi KapanenR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	17:32
43Danton HeinenL	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:12
77Jeff CarterC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	60	17:33
6John MarinoD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	18:22
10Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	05:48
11Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	67	10:07
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:57
49Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	05:43
53Teddy BluegerC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	83	18:47
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	17:39
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	23:54
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	–	15:19
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	27:00

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tristan JarryG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	–	25:21
10Daniel SprongR	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:18
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	2	52	18:32
73Conor ShearyL	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	20:00
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	38	24:26
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	25	08:58
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	0	–	15:16
47Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	09:28
49Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:42
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	10:16
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:57
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0	25	20:27
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	17:32
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	18:24
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	26:05
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	10:27
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	-1	4	3	2	0	–	13:32
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	27:28

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	L	32	29	3	.906	57:51
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00