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Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, April 11, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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6–3

Final

SOG 32–11

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ABC · TVAS

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 32-11.

Ryan Leonard scored twice. Aliaksei Protas, Anthony Mantha, Tom Wilson, Noel Acciari, Kevin Hayes, Ilya Protas and Alex Ovechkin also scored.

Logan Thompson made 8 saves on 11 shots for the win; Arturs Silovs stopped 26 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH042632
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT030311

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex OvechkinWSH · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starIlya ProtasWSH · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starKevin HayesPIT · 1G 0A

Scoring

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+
2:33

4–3 · 2nd 16:50 · Hayes. Sourdif was 2:33 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on icePIT on ice

1–0 WSH

2nd 1:39 · Protas

St. Ivany 0:41

1–1 PIT

2nd 2:05 · Mantha

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:14

2–1 WSH

2nd 6:02 · Leonard

Mantha 0:44

3–1 WSH

2nd 8:08 · Wilson

Hayes 0:44

3–2 PIT

2nd 11:47 · Acciari

Roy 0:29

4–2 WSH

2nd 11:58 · Leonard

Rakell 0:11

4–3 PIT

2nd 16:50 · Hayes

Stuck out there: Sourdif 2:33

5–3 WSH

3rd 5:56 · PP · Protas

Clifton 0:40

6–3 WSH

3rd 16:22 · EN · Ovechkin

Rakell 0:54

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

WSHPIT
32Shots on goal11
57%Faceoff %43%
1/2Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes4
17Hits21
15Blocked shots16
17Giveaways18
3Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 2nd 14:43Kevin Hayes · holding2 min
  • 3rd 05:16Justin Brazeau · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 08:10Dylan Strome · ps hooking on breakaway0 min

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