Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, January 2, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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4–3

Final

SOG 22–35

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35-22.

Goals came from Tom Wilson, Beck Malenstyn, Martin Fehérváry, Alex Ovechkin, Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel.

Darcy Kuemper made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 14 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	4	0	0	4	22
PIT	1	2	0	3	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tom Wilson (11)Rasmus Sandin (9), Ethan Bear (1)1–000:55 WSH
Beck Malenstyn (4)Nic Dowd (3)2–011:16 WSH
Martin Fehérváry (2)Dylan Strome (9), Hendrix Lapierre (4)3–013:02 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (8)Rasmus Sandin (10), Anthony Mantha (6)4–019:18 WSH · PPG
Rickard Rakell (3)Erik Karlsson (18), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2)4–119:56 PIT

2nd period

Sidney Crosby (21)Jake Guentzel (25), Evgeni Malkin (18)4–209:11 PIT · PPG
Jake Guentzel (17)Sidney Crosby (17), Rickard Rakell (8)4–318:54 PIT

Team stats

WSHPIT

22Shots on goal35

45%Faceoff %55%

1/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

17Hits31

23Blocked shots9

6Giveaways14

7Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 17:45Valtteri Puustinen · slashing2 min
2nd 07:32Joel Edmundson · hooking2 min
2nd 14:45Jeff Carter · slashing2 min
3rd 05:28Martin Fehérváry · holding2 min
3rd 10:40Ethan Bear · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

38Rasmus SandinD	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	0	–	17:58
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:44
17Dylan StromeC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	57	11:30
26Nic DowdC	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	45	16:42
29Hendrix LapierreC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	08:27
39Anthony ManthaR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:37
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	33	18:56
47Beck MalenstynL	1	0	1	0	4	2	2	0	100	18:54
25Ethan BearD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	18:34
42Martin FehérváryD	1	0	1	0	1	6	4	2	–	22:35
21Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:12
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	38	14:34
45Matthew PhillipsR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	07:30
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	20:07
96Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50	14:23
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	15:00
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	16:27
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	26:11

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Hunter ShepardG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Darcy KuemperG	W	35	32	3	.914	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

59Jake GuentzelL	1	1	2	+1	5	1	0	0	–	23:16
67Rickard RakellR	1	1	2	+1	3	2	1	0	–	22:27
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+2	1	4	0	0	59	22:24
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	50	22:02
65Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	27:01
73Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	16:21
10Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:18
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	16:47
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	16:06
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	50	12:23
43Jansen HarkinsC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	08:50
48Valtteri PuustinenR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	07:37
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	63	12:09
77Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	10:19
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	–	11:18
27Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	–	12:42
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:03
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	–	24:55

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Tristan JarryG		7	4	3	.571	13:02
39Alex NedeljkovicG	L	15	14	1	.933	44:27