Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · Capital One Arena

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SOG 30–27

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Recap

Tom Wilson leads Capitals past Penguins 5-3

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. The Capitals never trailed, taking the lead when Anthony Beauvillier scored at 0:23 of the first period. Bryan Rust answered for Pittsburgh, but Tom Wilson put Washington back in front before the period ended.

Pierre-Luc Dubois and Alex Tuch stretched the lead to 4-1 in the second before Tommy Novak and Nick Robertson pulled the Penguins within one, but Ryan Leonard's power-play goal in the third sealed it. Tuch's goal stood as the winner. Wilson finished with a goal and two assists, Dubois had a goal and an assist, and Logan Thompson made 27 saves for the win. Arturs Silovs stopped 22 shots for Pittsburgh.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	0	3	30
WSH	2	2	1	5	27

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Scoring

1st period

Anthony Beauvillier (1)Dylan Strome (3)0–100:23 WSH
Bryan Rust (1)Ben Kindel (2), Samuel Girard (3)1–101:19 PIT
Tom Wilson (1)Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)1–211:51 WSH

2nd period

Pierre-Luc Dubois (1)Tom Wilson (2)1–304:42 WSH
Alex Tuch (3)Tom Wilson (3)1–413:14 WSH
Tommy Novak (3)Unassisted2–414:05 PIT
Nick Robertson (3)Kaedan Korczak (4), Blake Lizotte (1)Hutson 1:41 into shift3–418:01 PIT

3rd period

Ryan Leonard (2)Jordan Kyrou (1), Cole Hutson (1)Rust 1:05 into shift3–503:55 WSH · PPG

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:41

3–4 · 2nd 18:01 · Robertson. Hutson was 1:41 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceWSH on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 WSH

1st 0:23 · Beauvillier

Crosby 0:23

Fresh legsCrosby 0:23

1–1 PIT

1st 1:19 · Rust

Chychrun 0:17

Fresh legsChychrun 0:17

1–2 WSH

1st 11:51 · Wilson

Girard 0:47

NormalGirard 0:47

1–3 WSH

2nd 4:42 · Dubois

Lapierre 0:47

NormalLapierre 0:47

1–4 WSH

2nd 13:14 · Tuch

Carlile 0:57

NormalCarlile 0:57

2–4 PIT

2nd 14:05 · Novak

McIlrath 0:51

NormalMcIlrath 0:51

3–4 PIT

2nd 18:01 · Robertson

Stuck out there: Hutson 1:41

Stuck out thereHutson 1:41

3–5 WSH

3rd 3:55 · PP · Leonard

Long shift: Rust 1:05

Long shiftRust 1:05

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

PITWSH

30Shots on goal27

42%Faceoff %58%

0/3Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

7Hits22

18Blocked shots15

21Giveaways11

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 05:31Ville Koivunen · tripping2 min
1st 06:47Nick Robertson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 13:45Ryan Leonard · roughing2 min
2nd 18:53Jakob Chychrun · holding2 min
3rd 01:58Trevor van Riemsdyk · hooking2 min
3rd 06:55Blake Lizotte · tripping2 min
3rd 10:38Pierre-Luc Dubois · boarding2 min
3rd 20:00Jakob Chychrun · slashing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

14Nick RobertsonL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	08:32
17Bryan RustR	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	19:09
18Tommy NovakC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	46	15:17
46Blake LizotteC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	2	9	10:53
81Ben KindelC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	44	19:36
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	3	0	–	17:23
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:00
19Connor DewarC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:11
22Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	–	13:02
41Ville KoivunenR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	14:08
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:29
67Rickard RakellR	0	0	0	-3	3	1	2	0	–	19:22
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	17:22
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	53	19:07
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	16:24
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	–	17:16
65Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	24:44
72Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	–	18:04

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sergei MurashovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Arturs SilovsG	L	27	22	5	.815	56:04

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

43Tom WilsonR	1	2	3	+3	2	2	2	0	–	19:49
80Pierre-Luc DuboisC	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	2	58	17:41
9Ryan LeonardR	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	2	–	13:53
17Dylan StromeC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	62	13:31
25Jordan KyrouR	0	1	1	-3	1	0	0	0	–	11:58
72Anthony BeauvillierR	1	0	1	+2	1	4	0	0	–	10:46
89Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+2	6	1	2	0	–	18:35
44Cole HutsonD	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	0	–	16:29
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	14:05
21Aliaksei ProtasL	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	16:04
22Boone JennerC	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	60	17:52
34Justin SourdifC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	67	15:08
62Ilya ProtasL	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	55	11:44
6Jakob ChychrunD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	–	25:22
27Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:03
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	–	23:56
52Dylan McIlrathD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:01
73Vincent DesharnaisD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0	–	21:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48Logan ThompsonG	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00
79Charlie LindgrenG		0	0	0	–	00:00