Game

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins 5, Capitals 3 · first star Bryan Rust (1 G, 2 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5

Capitals WSH

3 FINAL 5

Penguins PIT

Thursday, November 6, 2025 · 7:30 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · TV ESPN+ · HULU · SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	3	0	3	30
Penguins	2	1	2	5	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 5 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 30, PIT 31.

WSH in red PIT in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 30 shots on goal (3 goals, 12 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 31 shots on goal (5 goals, 20 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	7	0	12	16	2	28
2nd	15	3	31	7	1	22
3rd	8	0	16	8	2	17
Total	30	3	59	31	5	67

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	26	3	21	2
Power play	3	0	8	3
Short-handed	1	0	2	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 53.2% of the shot attempts, and 49.5% of the 99 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	70.0	74.2
2nd	41.5	43.2
3rd	51.5	48.0
Game	53.2	54.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

02:22 Sidney Crosby (10) PP Ben Kindel (1), Bryan Rust (8) · wrist 0–1
11:32 Sidney Crosby (11) PP Bryan Rust (9), Erik Karlsson (11) · wrist 0–2

2nd period

02:08 Anthony Mantha (7) Tommy Novak (5), Blake Lizotte (1) · backhand 0–3
09:41 Dylan Strome (4) Alex Ovechkin (6) · wrist 1–3
14:55 Rasmus Sandin (1) Dylan Strome (9), Alex Ovechkin (7) · wrist 2–3
19:55 Tom Wilson (9) Dylan Strome (10), John Carlson (7) · wrist 3–3

3rd period

11:16 Bryan Rust (5) PP Evgeni Malkin (17), Ben Kindel (2) · wrist 3–4
17:56 Connor Dewar (4) EN Kris Letang (6) · wrist 3–5

Three stars

Bryan Rust PIT · R #17 · 1 G, 2 A
Sidney Crosby PIT · C #87 · 2 G, 0 A
Dylan Strome WSH · C #17 · 1 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:05	WSH	Connor McMichael	hooking	2	Anthony Mantha
1st	10:33	WSH	Sonny Milano	hooking	2	Evgeni Malkin
1st	13:54	PIT	Blake Lizotte	slashing	2	Ryan Leonard
1st	16:07	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	interference	2	Blake Lizotte
2nd	02:23	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	high sticking	2	Anthony Mantha
3rd	04:43	PIT	Connor Clifton	interference	2	Anthony Beauvillier
3rd	08:39	PIT	Ben Kindel	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	09:24	WSH	Dylan Strome	cross checking	2	Parker Wotherspoon

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dylan Strome #17	C	1	2	3	+2	5	1	0	2	73.7	23:30
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	2	2	+2	2	6	0	0	0.0	21:20
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	21:47
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	1	0	1	+1	3	2	4	0	0.0	18:25
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	23:47
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20.0	09:18
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	07:17
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	61.5	10:51
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	50.0	15:50
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	08:17
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	33.3	14:13
Sonny Milano #15	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	50.0	09:21
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	18:05
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0.0	13:24
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0.0	27:52
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	16:37
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	21:28
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0.0	12:29

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	L	30	26	4	.867	19/20	5/8	58:01

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Bryan Rust #17	R	1	2	3	-1	5	1	0	0	0.0	21:36
Sidney Crosby #87	C	2	0	2	-2	6	0	0	0	57.1	22:03
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	2	0.0	20:48
Connor Dewar #19	C	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	15:21
Anthony Mantha #39	R	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	12:02
Blake Lizotte #46	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	45.5	13:59
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	42.9	18:22
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33.3	13:54
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	0	0.0	24:34
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0.0	21:11
Danton Heinen #43	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	66.7	11:31
Joona Koppanen #15	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25.0	11:27
Philip Tomasino #53	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	09:49
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	09:49
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	0.0	16:50
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	16:51
Ryan Graves #27	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	15:59
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:17

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	W	30	27	3	.900	23/26	3/3	59:37

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.