Game

Capitals at Penguins

Capitals 6, Penguins 3 · first star Alex Ovechkin (1 G, 0 A).

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

Washington Capitals 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Capitals WSH

6 FINAL 3

Penguins PIT

Saturday, April 11, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · TV ABC · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	4	2	6	32
Penguins	0	3	0	3	11

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 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt 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 32, PIT 11.

WSH in red PIT in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 32 shots on goal (6 goals, 16 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 11 shots on goal (3 goals, 16 missed, 15 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	11	0	25	1	0	13
2nd	14	4	23	6	3	16
3rd	7	2	20	4	0	13
Total	32	6	68	11	3	42

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	29	5	11	3
Power play	3	1	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 61.8% of the shot attempts, and 61.0% of the 100 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	34.2	31.8
2nd	41.0	40.0
3rd	39.4	34.8
Game	38.2	36.0

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

01:39 Aliaksei Protas (25) Ilya Protas (2) · wrist 1–0
02:05 Anthony Mantha (32) Ryan Shea (27), Tommy Novak (26) · wrist 1–1
06:02 Ryan Leonard (19) Pierre-Luc Dubois (13), Connor McMichael (31) · tip-in 2–1
08:08 Tom Wilson (30) Ilya Protas (3), Aliaksei Protas (27) · wrist 3–1
11:47 Noel Acciari (13) Elmer Soderblom (6), Samuel Girard (16) · wrist 3–2
11:58 Ryan Leonard (20) Cole Hutson (6), Justin Sourdif (20) · wrist 4–2
16:50 Kevin Hayes (4) Ryan Shea (28) · wrist 4–3

3rd period

05:56 Ilya Protas (1) PP Cole Hutson (7), Dylan Strome (39) · wrist 5–3
16:22 Alex Ovechkin (32) EN Tom Wilson (31) · wrist 6–3

Three stars

Alex Ovechkin WSH · L #8 · 1 G, 0 A
Ilya Protas WSH · L #62 · 1 G, 2 A
Kevin Hayes PIT · R #13 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	14:43	PIT	Kevin Hayes	holding	2	Ivan Miroshnichenko
3rd	05:16	PIT	Justin Brazeau	hooking	2	Martin Fehérváry
3rd	08:10	WSH	Dylan Strome	ps hooking on breakaway	0	Anthony Mantha

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	FO%	TOI
Ilya Protas #62	L	1	2	3	0	3	0	0	42.9	16:06
Ryan Leonard #9	R	2	0	2	+1	3	2	1	0.0	14:00
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	50.0	16:24
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	0.0	16:44
Cole Hutson #44	D	0	2	2	-1	2	2	0	0.0	19:02
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0.0	14:59
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	64.7	20:01
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	60.0	17:54
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	25.0	07:02
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	75.0	15:02
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	14:42
Ivan Miroshnichenko #63	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0.0	11:54
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	17:56
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	5	0.0	23:09
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	19:37
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0.0	19:53
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	15:35
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	0.0	20:00

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	11	8	3	.727	8/11	0/0	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	1	0	0.0	25:12
Noel Acciari #55	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	50.0	15:01
Anthony Mantha #39	R	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	13:19
Kevin Hayes #13	R	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	40.0	14:51
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	14:32
Elmer Soderblom #25	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	15:25
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	20:43
Joona Koppanen #15	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	28.6	12:10
Avery Hayes #85	R	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	15:22
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	16:08
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0.0	12:27
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	36.4	16:57
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	100.0	14:49
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	17:49
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	+1	1	4	4	0	0.0	24:10
Ilya Solovyov #7	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	15:42
Jack St. Ivany #3	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	18:07
Ryan Graves #27	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	15:30

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	L	31	26	5	.839	24/28	2/3	59:06

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.