Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sun, Feb 14, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 6

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. Bryan Rust scored twice. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	0	3	31
PIT	2	2	2	6	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:18	WSH	PP	Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) · snap	Justin Schultz (5), Lars Eller (3)	1–0
1st	10:29	PIT	EV	Bryan Rust (4) · tip-in	Mike Matheson (1), Sidney Crosby (7)	1–1
1st	11:01	PIT	EV	Brandon Tanev (4) · wrist	Cody Ceci (3), Chad Ruhwedel (2)	1–2
2nd	03:26	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (4) · backhand	Unassisted	2–2
2nd	06:44	PIT	PP	Bryan Rust (5) · wrist	Kris Letang (6), Jake Guentzel (6)	2–3
2nd	10:44	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (5) · wrist	Bryan Rust (8), Cody Ceci (4)	2–4
2nd	17:49	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (7) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (8), John Carlson (8)	3–4
3rd	18:57	PIT	SH EN	Zachary Aston-Reese (2) · wrist	Kris Letang (7), Tristan Jarry (1)	3–5
3rd	19:11	PIT	SH EN	Sidney Crosby (5) · wrist	Jake Guentzel (7)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:26	PIT	Kris Letang	slashing	2
1st	03:38	PIT	Jason Zucker	slashing	2
1st	13:59	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	roughing	2
2nd	06:17	WSH	Nic Dowd	high sticking	2
2nd	08:25	PIT	Kris Letang	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	13:06	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.21 · PIT 3.75 · xG% WSH 46.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1		27:20	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-2	0	3	6	1		25:46	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	12.5	21:20	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	46.2	18:24	26
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		16:48	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0		16:37	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	35.7	15:56	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	0		20:50	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	1	80.0	19:27	24
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	2		19:04	22
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		18:50	20
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:26	20
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		14:16	19
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	10:56	16
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		9:55	15
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		9:37	16
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	45.5	9:10	17
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1		8:32	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	L	36	32	4	.889	59:19

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Bryan Rust	R	2	1	3	+1	0	6	0	0		20:37	27
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	2	3	+2	0	4	2	0		18:14	24
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	0	4	2	3	2		23:43	28
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	1	63.2	18:09	25
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	1	3		17:04	24
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	+3	0	3	0	1		21:55	30
13	Brandon Tanev	L	1	0	1	+2	0	2	3	1		17:11	25
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	2	1		15:21	24
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0		15:17	21
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		23:04	31
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1		19:26	24
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	2	66.7	17:40	25
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	66.7	14:06	20
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	1		12:58	19
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		12:37	19
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	25.0	10:55	15
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		8:38	12
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	7:21	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00