Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 26, 2023 · Capital One Arena
ATTSN-PT · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 45-37.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Danton Heinen, Marcus Johansson and Bryan Rust.
Darcy Kuemper made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 43 of 45.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (32)Evgeny Kuznetsov (35), Dmitry Orlov (14)0–106:00 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Danton Heinen (5)Drew O'Connor (2), Brian Dumoulin (11)1–102:37 PIT
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (13)Nicklas Backstrom (4), Sonny Milano (14)1–205:17 WSH
Bryan Rust (11)Jake Guentzel (25), Sidney Crosby (35)2–212:52 PIT
SO period
Nicklas BackstromUnassisted2–300:00 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
37Shots on goal45
54%Faceoff %46%
0/1Power play1/3
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits19
20Blocked shots18
5Giveaways12
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:26
Pierre-Olivier Joseph · hooking2 min - 1st 14:36
Garnet Hathaway · boarding2 min - 1st 17:56Teddy Blueger · delaying game face off violation2 min
- 3rd 07:45Anthony Mantha · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 07:45Anthony Mantha · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:45Kris Letang · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:45Kris Letang · roughing2 min
- OT 00:47Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:26 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:23 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:04 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:04 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:34 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:11 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:24 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:35 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | O | 45 | 43 | 2 | .956 | 65:00 |
| 40Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 21:05 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:26 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:33 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:48 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:37 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:41 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 65:00 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |