Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 4, 2024 · Capital One Arena
SN · SN-PIT · MNMT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 31-24.
Goals came from Ryan Shea, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Michael Bunting, Alex Ovechkin and Lars Eller.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Shea (1)Reilly Smith (24), Lars Eller (14)1–001:49 PIT
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2)Kris Letang (39), Drew O'Connor (16)2–011:03 PIT
2nd period
Michael Bunting (17)Valtteri Puustinen (15), Erik Karlsson (39)3–009:08 PIT
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (27)Sonny Milano (8), Hendrix Lapierre (12)3–106:02 WSH · PPG
Lars Eller (15)Reilly Smith (25), Kris Letang (40)4–117:23 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITWSH
24Shots on goal31
56%Faceoff %44%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
38Hits53
18Blocked shots8
9Giveaways12
21Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 13:14
Jesse Puljujarvi · tripping2 min - 2nd 05:35Erik Karlsson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:08
Tom Wilson · slashing2 min - 3rd 03:55Erik Karlsson · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:02Kris Letang · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:10Nic Dowd · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:22 |
| 8Michael BuntingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:40 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 18Jesse PuljujarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:27 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:36 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 3Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 25:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 8 | 22:21 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 63Ivan MiroshnichenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:47 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 25:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:17 |