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Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, February 22, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

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8–3

Final

SOG 30–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-3 on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 32-30.

Jakob Chychrun scored twice. Ethen Frank, Kris Letang, Martin Fehérváry, Sidney Crosby, Aliaksei Protas, Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome, Danton Heinen and Brandon Duhaime also scored.

Logan Thompson made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 8 of 13.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH152830
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT111332

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJakob ChychrunWSH · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starPierre-Luc DuboisWSH · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starMartin FehérváryWSH · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:13

8–3 · 3rd 17:19 · Duhaime. Rakell was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on icePIT on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 5:13 · Frank

Karlsson 0:42

1–1 PIT

1st 18:21 · PP · Letang

Protas 0:29

2–1 WSH

2nd 1:10 · Fehérváry

Malkin 0:41

2–2 PIT

2nd 6:36 · Crosby

Dowd 0:33

3–2 WSH

2nd 10:38 · Chychrun

Nieto 0:30

4–2 WSH

2nd 14:17 · Chychrun

Crosby 0:42

5–2 WSH

2nd 14:25 · Protas

Nieto 0:08

6–2 WSH

2nd 18:05 · Wilson

Long shift: Rakell 1:11

7–2 WSH

3rd 13:11 · PP · Strome

Nieto 0:55

7–3 PIT

3rd 14:22 · Heinen

Dowd 0:24

8–3 WSH

3rd 17:19 · Duhaime

Long shift: Rakell 1:13

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHPIT
30Shots on goal32
42%Faceoff %58%
1/4Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes10
21Hits15
23Blocked shots17
13Giveaways9
4Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 06:50Vincent Desharnais · roughing2 min
  • 1st 06:50Pierre-Luc Dubois · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:36Lars Eller · hooking2 min
  • 1st 17:04Jakob Chychrun · holding2 min
  • 3rd 02:26Vincent Desharnais · holding2 min
  • 3rd 02:59Kris Letang · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 12:16Evgeni Malkin · holding2 min

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