Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 25, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 40-34.
Goals came from Ryan Poehling, Chad Ruhwedel, Jake Guentzel, Tom Wilson, Alex Ovechkin, Dylan Strome and Evgeni Malkin.
Casey DeSmith made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Ryan Poehling (6)Danton Heinen (14)0–110:10 PIT
Chad Ruhwedel (1)Jason Zucker (20), Mikael Granlund (29)0–212:17 PIT
3rd period
Jake Guentzel (32)Rickard Rakell (26)0–300:27 PIT · PPG
Tom Wilson (9)Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)1–305:19 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (42)John Carlson (15), Dylan Strome (39)2–313:18 WSH · PPG
Dylan Strome (18)Conor Sheary (20), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (8)3–317:16 WSH
Evgeni Malkin (25)Unassisted3–418:40 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
34Shots on goal40
58%Faceoff %42%
1/3Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes11
31Hits28
14Blocked shots16
10Giveaways15
13Takeaways18
Penalties
- 1st 04:48
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · holding2 min - 1st 09:47T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
- 1st 14:28
Kris Letang · tripping2 min - 2nd 17:03Rasmus Sandin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:03Josh Archibald · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:52Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:42Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 3rd 04:20Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:14Ryan Poehling · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 17:16 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 21:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 26:53 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 04:54 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 12:00 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:30 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 58:52 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 15:17 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:48 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:57 |
| 15Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:31 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:12 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:37 |
| 4Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 27:49 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |