Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, April 9, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena
ABC · ESPN+ · SN1
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 45-32.
Goals came from Bryan Rust, Marcus Johansson, Dmitry Orlov, Jeff Carter, Brian Boyle, Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Martin Fehérváry.
Ilya Samsonov made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 39 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Rust (24)Jake Guentzel (38), Evgeni Malkin (20)0–100:45 PIT
Marcus Johansson (7)Unassisted1–101:01 WSH
Dmitry Orlov (11)Johan Larsson (10), Nic Dowd (10)2–107:24 WSH
Jeff Carter (17)Evan Rodrigues (24)2–218:34 PIT
Brian Boyle (10)Kris Letang (54), Teddy Blueger (13)2–319:34 PIT
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (44)John Carlson (47), Nicklas Backstrom (22)3–304:49 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Tom Wilson (22)Unassisted4–311:35 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (23)Unassisted5–318:19 WSH · SHG · EN
Martin Fehérváry (7)Tom Wilson (27), John Carlson (48)6–319:33 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHPIT
45Shots on goal32
52%Faceoff %48%
1/4Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes13
39Hits33
20Blocked shots11
6Giveaways9
8Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:48
Lars Eller · hooking2 min - 1st 13:09Lars Eller · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:28
Kris Letang · interference2 min - 2nd 04:06Jeff Carter · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 04:09Brian Dumoulin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:35Trevor van Riemsdyk · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:35Jason Zucker · fighting5 min
- 3rd 14:15Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 17:21Martin Fehérváry · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:43 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24:15 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:47 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 16:01 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 19:47 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 07:38 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 13:09 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 60:00 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:49 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 26:38 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 09:35 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 11:23 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 43 | 39 | 4 | .907 | 58:35 |