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2020-21 regular season

Penguins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 6–2

Penguins beat Capitals 3–0 at Capital One Arena on May 1, 2021.

PIT – WSH
26–24
Shots on goal
18–31
Hits
11–9
Blocked shots
9–3
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
2 G
3 shots · 18:35 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jeff Carter
1 G
1 shots · 17:29 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Kris Letang
1 A
2 shots · 26:28 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 1st · 02:56
Unassisted · beat Ilya Samsonov
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Bryan Rust 2nd · 00:26
Unassisted · beat Ilya Samsonov
2–0
🐧 Jeff Carter 2nd · 10:43
Assists: Kris Letang · beat Ilya Samsonov
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 18:45
L2 Zucker · Carter · Kapanen 15:59
L3 McCann · Aston-Reese · Blueger 15:04
L4 Gaudreau · Sceviour · Lafferty 10:04
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:28
D2 Marino · Ceci 20:46
D3 Pettersson · Matheson 14:11
🦅Capitals
L1 Eller · Oshie · Wilson 17:37
L2 Backstrom · Kuznetsov · Sprong 15:20
L3 Raffl · Sheary · Mantha 15:00
L4 Hagelin · Dowd · Hathaway 11:47
D1 Chara · Jensen 21:13
D2 Orlov · van Riemsdyk 20:00
D3 Schultz · Dillon 17:48

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 24
18 Hits 31
11 Blocked shots 9
9 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 9
7 Penalty minutes 9
PIT shooting 11.5% (3/26) WSH shooting 0.0% (0/24)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry Shutout
24/24
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Ilya Samsonov
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Bryan Rust · 1st 02:56 · 1–0 Bryan Rust · 2nd 00:26 · 2–0 Jeff Carter · 2nd 10:43 · 3–0
PIT WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 14-2-1 (82% win rate, 17 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-6-1 (30% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 6–2
Apr 292021 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4 OT Feb 252021 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Feb 232021 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 OT Feb 162021 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Feb 142021 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–6
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on May 1, 2021?

Penguins won 3–0. The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust (2), Jeff Carter.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 24 saves on 24 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Penguins lead the season series 6–2 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeApr 29 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4 AfterMay 3 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 2–7
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 29 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4 AfterMay 3 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 6–3
Also on May 1
⚔️BUF 2–6 🐻BOS ⚡TBL 0–1 🐙DET 🗽NYR 0–3 🏝️NYI 😈NJD 4–1 🔔PHI 🧥CBJ 1–2 🌪️CAR 🏛️OTT 2–3 🇨🇦MTL 🐋VAN 1–5 🍁TOR 🎵STL 3–4 🌲MIN
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