Penguins 5-2 Capitals (Apr 17, 2025) Box Score

Washington Capitals

51-22-9, 25-13-3 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	0	2
PIT	1	2	2	5

Pittsburgh Penguins

34-36-12, 21-15-5 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Pierre-Luc DuboisP. Dubois#80
Brandon DuhaimeB. Duhaime#22
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Ethen FrankE. Frank#53
Ryan LeonardR. Leonard#9
Andrew MangiapaneA. Mangiapane#88
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Taylor RaddyshT. Raddysh#16
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
Jakob ChychrunJ. Chychrun#6
Dylan McIlrathD. McIlrath#52
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	12:34	0:00	0:00	12:34	3	2	60.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	15:27	0:00	1:56	13:31	7	6	53.8
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:08	2:12	0:00	11:56	4	7	36.4
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	11:34	0:00	1:01	10:33	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	13:38	0:00	1:06	12:32	3	8	27.3
0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	17	11:14	0:00	0:00	11:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	16:30	0:53	0:00	15:37	1	0	100.0
0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	18	13:53	0:55	0:00	12:58	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	14:50	0:26	0:57	13:27	1	3	25.0
1	0	-1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:07	3:05	0:00	12:02	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	13:52	0:00	0:00	13:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:10	2:39	0:00	10:31	10	1	90.9
0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	14:07	2:10	1:00	10:57	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	26	23:30	0:00	1:29	22:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	26	25:22	2:39	1:25	21:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	30	19:56	0:00	0:00	19:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	27	23:46	0:26	1:31	21:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	30	24:22	0:00	1:35	22:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Clay StevensonC. Stevenson#33

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
38	5	33	.868	30	3	0	0	0	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Joona KoppanenJ. Koppanen#15
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Vasily PonomarevV. Ponomarev#11
Sam PoulinS. Poulin#22
Valtteri PuustinenV. Puustinen#48
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#53
defensemen
Ryan GravesR. Graves#27
Matt GrzelcykM. Grzelcyk#24
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Vladislav KolyachonokV. Kolyachonok#23
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#20

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	22	17:51	1:54	0:00	15:57	14	9	60.9
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	15:09	0:00	1:34	13:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	23	16:18	1:06	1:12	14:00	0	1	0.0
0	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	22	18:07	1:56	0:00	16:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	20	15:49	0:00	1:53	13:56	2	11	15.4
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	16:00	0:56	0:00	15:04	7	6	53.8
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:06	0:00	1:14	9:52	6	2	75.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	9:56	0:00	0:20	9:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	14	9:31	1:03	0:00	8:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	21	16:50	2:04	0:00	14:46	0	0	0.0
2	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	22	17:38	1:56	0:00	15:42	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	15:24	1:04	0:00	14:20	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:02	0:00	0:00	14:02	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	27	22:25	1:52	0:55	19:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	27	25:06	1:08	0:54	23:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	13:50	0:00	0:00	13:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	25	20:59	0:01	2:08	18:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	20:54	0:00	2:10	18:44	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex NedeljkovicA. Nedeljkovic#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	2	18	.900	17	0	1	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	1	0	2
	Penguins	1	2	2	5

1st Period			WSH	PIT
4:08		Connor McMichael (26) Assists: Tom Wilson (32)	1	0
4:54		Bryan Rust (30) Assists: Ville Koivunen (6), Matt Grzelcyk (38)	1	1

2nd Period		WSH	PIT
7:19	Bryan Rust (31) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby (58), Ville Koivunen (7)	1	2
11:56	Sidney Crosby (33) Assists: Philip Tomasino (13), Connor Dewar (6)	1	3
16:56	Alex Ovechkin (44) (Power Play) Assists: Dylan Strome (53), Pierre-Luc Dubois (46)	2	3

3rd Period			WSH	PIT
8:46		Danton Heinen (9) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	2	4
9:01		Philip Tomasino (11) Assists: Rickard Rakell (35), Matt Grzelcyk (39)	2	5

0:48

Crosby's one-timer extend Pens' lead

0:48

Ovi scores 897th goal of his career

0:47

Crosby dazzles with spinning assist to Rust for a Pens goal

0:36

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Penguins
4
Capitals
2

Game 1

11/8

Penguins
1
Capitals
4

Game 2

1/18

Capitals
8
Penguins
3

Game 3

2/22

Capitals
2
Penguins
5

Game 4

4/17

PPG Paints Arena

7:00 PM, April 17, 2025Coverage: ESPN

Pittsburgh, PA

Line: PIT -125

Over/Under: 6.5

Attendance: 18,348

Referees:
Justin Kea
Brandon Schrader

Linesmen:
Dan Kelly
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	51	22	9	111
Carolina	47	30	5	99
New Jersey	42	33	7	91
Columbus	40	33	9	89
NY Rangers	39	36	7	85
NY Islanders	35	35	12	82
Pittsburgh	34	36	12	80
Philadelphia	33	39	10	76

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