Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins (Jan 17, 2021)

Team Context

Home context · Pittsburgh Penguins

Best Scorer

Sidney Crosby with 3

Most Assists

Bryan Rust with 3

Last Five W L OT/SO

Away context · Washington Capitals

Best Scorer

Alex Ovechkin with 2

Most Assists

John Carlson with 4

Last Five W L OT/SO

Recent Matchups Full head-to-head →

Mar 7, 2020

Capitals @ Penguins

5–2

Feb 23, 2020

Penguins @ Capitals

3–5

Feb 2, 2020

Penguins @ Capitals

4–3

Mar 12, 2019

Capitals @ Penguins

3–5

Dec 19, 2018

Penguins @ Capitals

2–1

WSH 🦅

Stats

🐧 PIT

Goals

Shots

PPG

Hits

PIM

Capitals Goals

Nic Dowd (1st • 12:04)

Unassisted

Alex Ovechkin (1st • 14:24)

Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov , Tom Wilson

Nicklas Backstrom PP (2nd • 10:09)

Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov , Alex Ovechkin

Penguins Goals

Evan Rodrigues (1st • 00:19)

Assisted by Brian Dumoulin , Jake Guentzel

Colton Sceviour (2nd • 02:10)

Assisted by Teddy Blueger

Marcus Pettersson (2nd • 12:57)

Assisted by Jason Zucker , Bryan Rust

Jake Guentzel (OT • 00:00)

Unassisted

After 1st — 2–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–3

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time

WSH

L1: Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie · 23:33

L2: Eller · Kuznetsov · Wilson · 16:27

L3: Vrana · Hagelin · Panik · 11:51

L4: Dowd · Hathaway · Sprong · 9:38

D1: Carlson · Orlov · 23:23

D2: Chara · Dillon · 18:56

D3: Schultz · Jensen · 17:45

PIT

L1: Malkin · Crosby · Guentzel · 21:32

L2: Zucker · Rodrigues · Rust · 20:17

L3: Tanev · McCann · Jankowski · 14:40

L4: Blueger · Sceviour · Lafferty · 6:57

D1: Letang · Dumoulin · 25:15

D2: Marino · Pettersson · 19:52

D3: Ruhwedel · Riikola · 14:39