🐧 Away Penguins 2-1 in series
3–2
Final / OT
PIT leads 4–2
🦅 Home Capitals 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
PIT 01113
WSH 11002

Penguins at Capitals — First Round Game 4

Penguins, First Round Game 4, beat Capitals 3–2 in overtime at Capital One Arena on April 24, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Apr 24, 1996 · 16:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs PIT · PIT leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
6–4
Final · WSH
Game 2
5–3
Final · WSH
Game 3
4–1
Final · PIT
Game 4
3–2
OT · PIT
Game 5
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 6
3–2
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Petr Nedved
2 G
8 shots
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jaromir Jagr
1 G, 1 A
12 shots · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Sergei Zubov
2 A
8 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Michal Pivonka PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:50
Assists: Dale Hunter, Sergei Gonchar
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Peter Bondra PP 2nd · 07:36
Assists: Joe Juneau, Andrew Brunette
0–2
🐧 Jaromir Jagr SH 2nd · 18:42
Assists: Ron Francis
1–2
3rd period
🐧 Petr Nedved PP Tying 3rd · 08:00
Assists: J.J. Daigneault, Sergei Zubov
2–2
Overtime
🐧 Petr Nedved PP Go-ahead OT · 19:15
Assists: Sergei Zubov, Jaromir Jagr
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
65 Shots on goal 63
2/10 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
37 Penalty minutes 38
PIT shooting 4.6% (3/65) WSH shooting 3.2% (2/63)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Ken Wregget
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 119:00 TOI
Tom Barrasso
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 139:15 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 22, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · Penguins won
Apr 19, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · Capitals won
Apr 17, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · Capitals won
Apr 4, 1996
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · Penguins won
Jan 1, 1996
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 24, 1996?

Penguins won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Penguins?

Petr Nedved (2), Jaromir Jagr.

Who scored for Capitals?

Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 22
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 26
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 22
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 26
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
Also on April 24, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
4–2 final
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