Penguins vs Capitals Live Score, Box Score, Rosters, Stats

Penguins vs Capitals Live Score (4 Apr, 2024)

Final

Thursday, April 4, 2024

4 : 1

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
PIT	2	1	1	4
WSH	0	0	1	1

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

4–1

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

4–1

3rd Period 19:51

Ivan Miroshnichenko Snap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic

4–1

3rd Period 19:32

Drew O'Connor hit Beck Malenstyn

4–1

3rd Period 19:27

Jack St. Ivany Wrist Shot Wide Left

4–1

3rd Period 19:16

Ivan Miroshnichenko hit Marcus Pettersson

4–1

3rd Period 19:12

Beck Malenstyn hit Pierre-Olivier Joseph

4–1

3rd Period 17:27

Jack St. Ivany hit Beck Malenstyn

4–1

3rd Period 17:23

Michael Sgarbossa faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin

4–1

3rd Period 17:23

Lars Eller Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Reilly Smith (25), Kris Letang (40)

4–1

3rd Period 17:11

Jeff Carter faceoff won against Dylan Strome

3–1

3rd Period 17:11

Goalie Stopped

3–1

3rd Period 17:09

John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic

3–1

3rd Period 16:43

Dylan Strome shot blocked by Sidney Crosby

3–1

3rd Period 16:40

Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sidney Crosby

3–1

3rd Period 16:40

Goalie Stopped

3–1

3rd Period 16:37

Max Pacioretty Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic

3–1

3rd Period 16:22

Max Pacioretty shot blocked by Marcus Pettersson

3–1

3rd Period 15:58

Rasmus Sandin hit Reilly Smith

3–1

3rd Period 15:52

Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin

3–1

3rd Period 15:34

John Carlson shot blocked by Lars Eller

3–1

3rd Period 15:32

Dylan Strome faceoff won against Lars Eller

3–1

3rd Period 15:32

Puck in Benches

3–1

3rd Period 15:28

Lars Eller faceoff won against Dylan Strome

3–1

Scoring Summary

1st Period

1:49

Ryan Shea

Assists: Reilly Smith, Lars Eller

Ryan Shea Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Reilly Smith (24), Lars Eller (14)

1 - 0

11:03

Pierre-Olivier Joseph

Assists: Kris Letang, Drew O'Connor

Pierre-Olivier Joseph Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Kris Letang (39), Drew O'Connor (16)

2 - 0

2nd Period

9:08

Michael Bunting

Assists: Valtteri Puustinen, Erik Karlsson

Michael Bunting Goal (17) Slap Shot, assists: Valtteri Puustinen (15), Erik Karlsson (39)

3 - 0

3rd Period

6:02

Alex Ovechkin

Assists: Sonny Milano, Hendrix Lapierre

Alex Ovechkin Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Sonny Milano (8), Hendrix Lapierre (12)

3 - 1

17:23

Lars Eller

Assists: Reilly Smith, Kris Letang

Lars Eller Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Reilly Smith (25), Kris Letang (40)

4 - 1

Team Stats

PIT

WSH

18 Blocked Shots 8

38 Hits 53

21 Takeaways 11

9 Giveaways 12

0 Power Play Goals 1

2 Power Play Opportunities 4

24 Total Shots 31

8 Penalty Minutes 4

0.0 Power Play % 25.0

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

30 Faceoffs Won 24

55.6 Faceoff Percent 44.4

4 Penalties 2

Game Leaders

PIT

WSH

Lars EllerC

Goals

Alex Ovechkin#8 · LW

Kris Letang#58 · D

Assists

Hendrix LapierreC

Lars EllerC

Points

Alex Ovechkin#8 · LW

Player Box Score

Penguins

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Emil Bemstrom#52 · C	1	0	0	1	8:27	0:00	0:00	8:27	13	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Michael Bunting#8 · LW	1	2	1	1	17:40	2:13	0:00	15:27	21	1	17	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jeff Carter#77 · C	0	3	0	1	12:13	0:56	2:50	8:27	25	0	9	0	0	0	10	4	71.4	0	0	0
Sidney Crosby#87 · C	1	2	2	1	18:50	2:07	0:01	16:42	25	0	39	0	0	1	8	8	50.0	0	0	0
Lars Eller#20 · C	3	1	3	2	17:55	1:35	3:21	12:59	29	1	15	1	3	1	10	6	62.5	2	0	0
Evgeni Malkin#71 · C	1	1	4	1	17:36	2:11	0:00	15:25	22	0	23	0	0	1	1	4	20.0	0	0	0
Drew O'Connor#10 · LW	2	2	1	1	19:08	0:15	3:09	15:44	29	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jesse Puljujarvi#18 · RW	0	1	0	0	4:37	0:00	0:00	4:37	8	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	0	1	2
Valtteri Puustinen#48 · RW	2	3	1	1	10:07	0:19	0:00	9:48	16	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Rickard Rakell#67 · RW	0	3	1	0	15:35	1:34	0:00	14:01	22	0	13	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Bryan Rust#17 · RW	0	1	0	1	17:45	2:08	2:51	12:46	29	0	26	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Reilly Smith#19 · RW	0	1	1	2	16:39	1:34	0:01	15:04	25	0	12	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Capitals

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Nic Dowd#26 · C	0	7	0	-2	9:56	0:01	1:09	8:46	16	0	10	0	0	1	4	6	40.0	0	1	2
Hendrix Lapierre#29 · C	1	1	1	0	13:46	2:33	0:00	11:13	19	0	8	1	1	2	2	5	28.6	1	0	0
Beck Malenstyn#47 · LW	0	2	0	-2	11:01	0:01	2:28	8:32	16	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Connor McMichael#24 · C	0	1	0	-1	16:53	2:08	2:13	12:32	23	0	17	0	1	0	7	5	58.3	0	0	0
Sonny Milano#15 · LW	0	0	1	-1	14:15	2:07	0:00	12:08	20	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ivan Miroshnichenko#63 · LW	0	4	0	0	15:30	0:01	0:00	15:29	19	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Ovechkin#8 · LW	1	6	0	-2	22:21	6:06	0:00	16:15	22	1	27	0	8	4	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Max Pacioretty#67 · LW	1	6	0	0	14:28	3:33	0:00	10:55	19	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Aliaksei Protas#21 · C	1	0	1	0	14:59	0:00	1:30	13:29	19	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Michael Sgarbossa#23 · C	0	1	0	-2	9:15	0:00	0:00	9:15	13	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Dylan Strome#17 · C	0	0	0	-2	21:06	3:57	0:00	17:09	22	0	26	0	2	0	9	12	42.9	1	0	0
Tom Wilson#43 · RW	1	7	3	-2	20:08	4:00	0:41	15:27	23	0	17	0	3	1	1	0	100.0	0	1	2

Penguins

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Pierre-Olivier Joseph#73 · D	0	1	3	1	17:28	0:09	0:05	17:14	23	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0
Erik Karlsson#65 · D	3	1	0	0	23:10	2:00	0:08	21:02	29	0	9	1	1	1	2	2	4
Kris Letang#58 · D	1	2	2	2	22:22	2:00	2:24	17:58	30	0	8	2	4	0	1	1	2
Marcus Pettersson#28 · D	1	7	0	2	25:09	0:59	3:46	20:24	28	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Shea#5 · D	2	3	2	2	13:12	0:00	1:43	11:29	20	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
Jack St. Ivany#3 · D	0	4	0	1	14:07	0:00	2:16	11:51	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0

Capitals

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV
Alexander Alexeyev#27 · D	1	2	0	-1	9:38	0:00	0:00	9:38	14	1	0	1	0
John Carlson#74 · D	0	2	1	-1	25:02	4:37	2:30	17:55	29	8	8	1	1
Martin Fehervary#42 · D	0	9	1	0	20:47	0:01	1:31	19:15	29	3	1	1	0
Nick Jensen#3 · D	1	0	1	-1	21:09	0:18	2:27	18:24	27	1	2	0	0
Rasmus Sandin#38 · D	1	4	1	-2	20:53	1:12	0:00	19:41	23	3	0	2	2
Trevor van Riemsdyk#57 · D	0	1	1	-2	15:36	0:00	1:31	14:05	22	0	0	1	0

Penguins

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Alex Nedeljkovic#39 · G	1	31	0	0	30	.968	25	5	0	60:00	0	0

Capitals

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Charlie Lindgren#79 · G	3	23	0	0	20	.870	13	5	2	59:17	0	0

Injury Report

Penguins

Filip Hallander

#11 · C

Caleb Jones

#82 · D · Array

Capitals

Jordan Kyrou

#25 · RW · Array

Rasmus Sandin

#38 · D · Array

Charlie Lindgren

#79 · G · Array

Head-to-Head

PIT

Last 5 Games

WSH

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 7, 2024

▸6

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Jan 2, 2024

▸4

4◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Oct 13, 2023

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Jan 26, 2023

▸3

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/17/24	@ NYI	L4-5	NHL Regular Season
4/15/24	vs NSH	W4-2	NHL Regular Season
4/13/24	vs BOS	L4-6	NHL Regular Season
4/11/24	vs DET	W6-5	NHL Regular Season
4/8/24	@ TOR	L2-3	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/16/24	@ PHI	W2-1	NHL Regular Season
4/15/24	vs BOS	W2-0	NHL Regular Season
4/13/24	vs TB	W4-2	NHL Regular Season
4/11/24	@ BUF	L2-4	NHL Regular Season
4/9/24	@ DET	W2-1	NHL Regular Season

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	—	113	+56	W1
Penguins	82	41	25	16	—	98	+25	L3
Flyers	82	43	27	12	—	98	+7	W3
Capitals	82	43	30	9	—	95	+19	W4
Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	—	92	0	L2
Islanders	82	43	34	5	—	91	-8	L3
Devils	82	42	37	3	—	87	-24	L1
Rangers	82	34	39	9	—	77	-12	W1

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2024

Puck Drop Thu, Apr 4, 7:00 PM

Venue Capital One Arena

Location Washington, DC

Broadcast NHLPP|ESPN+

Attendance 18,573

Officials Dan Kelly · Linesman, Kelly Sutherland · Referee, Jean Hebert · Referee, Tyson Baker · Linesman

About the Game

Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals have completed their game on April 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. The final score is Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Washington Capitals 1.

The game was broadcast on NHLPP|ESPN+. This page tracks the score by period, team statistics, game leaders, penalties and play-by-play.

Follow Penguins vs Capitals from puck drop through the final result. NHL scores and schedule page contains other live scores, recent results and upcoming games.

Penguins

2nd in Metropolitan Division

Capitals

4th in Metropolitan Division

Goaltenders

#33

Taylor Gauthier G 25 6' 1" 195 lbs

#37

Arturs Silovs G 25 6' 4" 203 lbs

Defensemen

Declan Carlile D 26 6' 3" 190 lbs

#49

Samuel Girard D 28 5' 10" 170 lbs

#27

Ryan Graves D 31 6' 5" 222 lbs

#82

Caleb Jones D 29 6' 1" 194 lbs

#65

Erik Karlsson D 36 6' 0" 186 lbs

Kaedan Korczak D 25 6' 3" 206 lbs

#58

Kris Letang D 39 6' 0" 193 lbs

#57

Jake Livanavage D 22 5' 11" 190 lbs

Ilya Solovyov D 26 6' 3" 208 lbs

Trevor van Riemsdyk D 35 6' 3" 197 lbs

Left Wings

#48

Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 27 5' 9" 184 lbs

#15

Joona Koppanen LW 28 6' 5" 215 lbs

Andrei Kuzmenko LW 30 5' 11" 194 lbs

Oliver Okuliar LW 26 6' 2" 190 lbs

Nicholas Robertson LW 24 5' 9" 178 lbs

#25

Elmer Soderblom LW 25 6' 8" 246 lbs

Centers

#87

Sidney Crosby C 39 5' 11" 200 lbs

#19

Connor Dewar C 27 5' 10" 192 lbs

#41

David Gustafsson C 26 6' 2" 196 lbs

#11

Filip Hallander C 26 6' 1" 190 lbs

#81

Ben Kindel C 19 5' 11" 182 lbs

Hendrix Lapierre C 24 6' 0" 180 lbs

#46

Blake Lizotte C 28 5' 9" 173 lbs

#71

Evgeni Malkin C 40 6' 5" 210 lbs

#18

Tommy Novak C 29 6' 1" 179 lbs

Right Wings

#16

Justin Brazeau RW 28 6' 6" 227 lbs

#59

Egor Chinakhov RW 25 6' 1" 201 lbs

#85

Avery Hayes RW 23 5' 10" 175 lbs

#13

Kevin Hayes RW 34 6' 5" 216 lbs

#41

Ville Koivunen RW 23 5' 11" 161 lbs

Rutger McGroarty RW 22 6' 0" 200 lbs

#67

Rickard Rakell RW 33 6' 1" 191 lbs

#17

Bryan Rust RW 34 5' 11" 198 lbs

Goaltenders

#79

Charlie Lindgren G 32 6' 2" 190 lbs

#33

Clay Stevenson G 27 6' 4" 195 lbs

#48

Logan Thompson G 29 6' 4" 207 lbs

#32

Jesper Vikman G 24 6' 4" 205 lbs

Defensemen

Jakob Chychrun D 28 6' 2" 216 lbs

Vincent Desharnais D 30 6' 7" 226 lbs

#42

Martin Fehervary D 26 6' 2" 203 lbs

Justin Holl D 34 6' 4" 194 lbs

#44

Cole Hutson D 20 5' 11" 171 lbs

#37

Timothy Liljegren D 27 6' 1" 201 lbs

#52

Dylan McIlrath D 34 6' 5" 240 lbs

Matt Roy D 31 6' 2" 212 lbs

#38

Rasmus Sandin D 26 5' 11" 189 lbs

Left Wings

#72

Anthony Beauvillier LW 29 5' 11" 180 lbs

#80

Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 28 6' 4" 220 lbs

#63

Ivan Miroshnichenko LW 22 6' 1" 185 lbs

Alex Ovechkin LW 40 6' 3" 238 lbs

#62

Ilya Protas LW 20 6' 6" 225 lbs

Centers

Jonny Brodzinski C 33 6' 0" 211 lbs

Josh Dunne C 27 6' 4" 210 lbs

#53

Ethen Frank C 28 5' 11" 188 lbs

Boone Jenner C 33 6' 2" 203 lbs

#64

David Kampf C 31 6' 2" 193 lbs

#21

Aliaksei Protas C 25 6' 6" 247 lbs

#17

Dylan Strome C 29 6' 3" 196 lbs

Right Wings

#25

Jordan Kyrou RW 28 6' 1" 196 lbs

Ryan Leonard RW 21 6' 0" 200 lbs

#34

Justin Sourdif RW 24 5' 11" 173 lbs

Alex Tuch RW 30 6' 4" 219 lbs

#43

Tom Wilson RW 32 6' 4" 225 lbs

Penguins

2nd in Metropolitan Division

Capitals

4th in Metropolitan Division

Season Overview

Games Played

Wins

Losses

OT Losses

Points