🦅 Away Capitals 6-4-3
3–1
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 7-5-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0213
🐧 PIT 0011

Capitals at Penguins

Capitals beat Penguins 3–1 at PPG Paints Arena on February 16, 2021.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2020-21 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Richard Panik
2 A
1 shots · 11:17 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Lars Eller
1 G
7 shots · 18:16 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jakub Vrana
1 G
3 shots · 16:39 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Conor Sheary Go-ahead 2nd · 04:52
Assists: Richard Panik, Nick Jensen · beat Tristan Jarry
1–0
🦅 Jakub Vrana 2nd · 11:31
Assists: T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Tristan Jarry
2–0
3rd period
🦅 Lars Eller 3rd · 01:09
Assists: Richard Panik, Zdeno Chara · beat Tristan Jarry
3–0
🐧 Zach Aston-Reese 3rd · 15:05
Assists: Teddy Blueger, John Marino · beat Vitek Vanecek
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 20:10
L2 Vrana · Eller · Wilson 16:39
L3 Sheary · Hagelin · Backstrom 12:56
L4 Dowd · Panik · Hathaway 11:17
D1 Carlson · Schultz 22:34
D2 Chara · Dillon 18:02
D3 Jensen · Orlov 15:02
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 21:09
L2 Zucker · Malkin · Blueger 16:11
L3 Tanev · Aston-Reese · Kapanen 14:15
L4 Jankowski · Lafferty · Sceviour 5:48
D1 Letang · Marino 25:02
D2 Matheson · Ceci 18:25
D3 Joseph · Pettersson 14:31

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
42 Shots on goal 27
26 Hits 31
10 Blocked shots 10
4 Takeaways 5
5 Giveaways 2
6 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 7.1% (3/42) PIT shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry
39/42
.929 SV% · 3 GA · 57:52 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Conor Sheary · 2nd 04:52 · 1–0 Jakub Vrana · 2nd 11:31 · 2–0 Lars Eller · 3rd 01:09 · 3–0 Zach Aston-Reese · 3rd 15:05 · 3–1
WSH PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 3–1
Feb 142021 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Jan 192021 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–5 OT Jan 172021 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–4 SO Mar 72020 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Feb 232020 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–5
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❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on February 16, 2021?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Capitals 3, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Conor Sheary, Jakub Vrana, Lars Eller.

Who scored for Penguins?

Zach Aston-Reese.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 39 saves on 42 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeFeb 14 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–6 AfterFeb 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeFeb 14 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–6 AfterFeb 18 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–4
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