2-2-0, 1-1-0 Away

Final

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

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

2-1-0, 1-0-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals

Anthony Beauvillier hit Kris Letang
Anthony Beauvillier Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Dylan Strome (3)
Alex Tuch hit Declan Carlile
Justin Sourdif hit Kaedan Korczak
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Left
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tommy Novak
Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Dylan McIlrath hit Declan Carlile
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot High and Wide Left
Dylan Strome Snap Shot Wide Right
Pierre-Luc Dubois Slap Shot Above Crossbar
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Ilya Protas faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Cole Hutson Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Ilya Protas faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Ilya Protas Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Wide Left
Timothy Liljegren shot blocked by Boone Jenner
Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren
Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Cole Hutson
Ilya Protas faceoff won against Tommy Novak
Jordan Kyrou Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Pierre-Luc Dubois Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs
Tom Wilson hit Kaedan Korczak
Takeaway by Alex Tuch
Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Tom Wilson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Pierre-Luc Dubois Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs
Boone Jenner faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Ryan Leonard hit Blake Lizotte
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Tommy Novak
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Tommy Novak
Ryan Leonard Roughing against Kaedan Korczak
Boone Jenner faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs
Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren
Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Vincent Desharnais
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Left
Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Takeaway by Tom Wilson
Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Wide Right
Alex Tuch Tip-In Wide Left
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot Wide Left
Anthony Beauvillier hit Declan Carlile
Martin Fehervary hit Hendrix Lapierre
Boone Jenner faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Justin Sourdif Wrist Shot Wide Right
Ryan Leonard Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Anthony Beauvillier hit Declan Carlile
Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Anthony Beauvillier hit Erik Karlsson
Ryan Leonard hit Kaedan Korczak
Ryan Leonard hit Samuel Girard
Justin Sourdif hit Kaedan Korczak
Ilya Protas faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Giveaway by Alex Tuch
Pierre-Luc Dubois Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (2)
Boone Jenner Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Takeaway by Ilya Protas
Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot High and Wide Right
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Justin Sourdif Tip-In Wide Right
Kaedan Korczak shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ben Kindel
Giveaway by Vincent Desharnais
Martin Fehervary Slap Shot Wide Right
Ben Kindel shot blocked by Vincent Desharnais
Vincent Desharnais hit Hendrix Lapierre
Jakob Chychrun hit Rickard Rakell
Giveaway by Alex Tuch
Takeaway by Alex Tuch
Alex Tuch Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (3)
Giveaway by Jordan Kyrou
Justin Sourdif hit Blake Lizotte
Giveaway by Vincent Desharnais
Trevor van Riemsdyk shot blocked by Boone Jenner
Ville Koivunen shot blocked by Justin Sourdif
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tommy Novak
Tommy Novak shot blocked by Cole Hutson
Alex Ovechkin hit Declan Carlile
Boone Jenner Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Jakob Chychrun Holding against Nick Robertson
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
Tom Wilson hit Declan Carlile
Giveaway by Logan Thompson
Ryan Leonard Snap Shot Wide Left
Ryan Leonard Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Jordan Kyrou (1), Cole Hutson (1)
Boone Jenner hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Dylan McIlrath Snap Shot Wide Right
Cole Hutson Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Cole Hutson Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Boone Jenner hit Hendrix Lapierre
Ryan Leonard hit Ben Kindel
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Giveaway by Cole Hutson
Justin Sourdif hit Blake Lizotte
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
Timothy Liljegren Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
Takeaway by Timothy Liljegren
Pierre-Luc Dubois Boarding against Declan Carlile
Boone Jenner faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Tom Wilson
Takeaway by Jordan Kyrou
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
Kris Letang shot blocked by Boone Jenner
Kris Letang shot blocked by Alex Tuch
Kris Letang shot blocked by Alex Tuch
Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
Jakob Chychrun Slashing against Evgeni Malkin
Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin
Bryan Rust Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ben Kindel (2), Samuel Girard (3)
Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Takeaway by Bryan Rust
Ben Kindel Snap Shot Above Crossbar
Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
Ville Koivunen Tripping against Cole Hutson
Puck in Crowd
Nick Robertson Delaying Game - Puck over glass
Goalie Stopped
Alex Tuch shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson shot blocked by Declan Carlile
On-Ice Official
Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
Giveaway by Kris Letang
Cole Hutson shot blocked by Kris Letang
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Puck Frozen - Goalie
TV Timeout
Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Ilya Protas
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Giveaway by Declan Carlile
High Stick
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Giveaway by Kris Letang
Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Goalie Stopped
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Declan Carlile
Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Declan Carlile
Off-side
Off-side
Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
Puck in Netting
TV Timeout
Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Jordan Kyrou
Kris Letang hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Bryan Rust
Kris Letang Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Boone Jenner
Hendrix Lapierre Tip-In Wide Left
Rickard Rakell hit Ryan Leonard
Off-side
Boone Jenner shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Tommy Novak
Sidney Crosby Tip-In Short
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Tommy Novak
Hendrix Lapierre hit Ryan Leonard
Off-side
Tommy Novak faceoff won against Ilya Protas
Egor Chinakhov Tip-In Above Crossbar
Icing
Tommy Novak faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Giveaway by Bryan Rust
Icing
Ben Kindel faceoff won against Boone Jenner
Giveaway by Bryan Rust
Boone Jenner shot blocked by Ben Kindel
Ben Kindel Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Off-side
Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Egor Chinakhov Tip-In Wide Right
Samuel Girard Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Timothy Liljegren shot blocked by Ville Koivunen
Giveaway by Kris Letang
Goalie Stopped
TV Timeout
Ben Kindel faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
Puck in Netting
Icing
Tommy Novak faceoff won against Ilya Protas
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Icing
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Ilya Protas
Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Bryan Rust
Off-side
TV Timeout
Ville Koivunen Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Icing
Tommy Novak faceoff won against Ilya Protas
Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot Hit Left Post
Tommy Novak Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: none
Blake Lizotte hit Justin Sourdif
Kaedan Korczak Deflected Wide Right
Puck in Netting
TV Timeout
Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Kris Letang
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Bryan Rust
Kris Letang hit Cole Hutson
Off-side
Giveaway by Declan Carlile
Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nick Robertson Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Kaedan Korczak (4), Blake Lizotte (1)
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Boone Jenner
Tommy Novak Slap Shot Wide Right
Rickard Rakell Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Tommy Novak Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot Wide Left
Trevor van Riemsdyk Hooking against Anthony Beauvillier
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak
Giveaway by Connor Dewar
Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Blake Lizotte
Ben Kindel Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Tommy Novak
Kris Letang Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Samuel Girard Snap Shot Wide Right
Blake Lizotte Tripping against Alex Ovechkin
TV Timeout
Ben Kindel faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Goalie Stopped
Ben Kindel faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Samuel Girard
Blake Lizotte Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Blake Lizotte hit Timothy Liljegren
TV Timeout
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Malkin Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Kaedan Korczak Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Kaedan Korczak hit Anthony Beauvillier
Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jordan Kyrou shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
Giveaway by Egor Chinakhov
Hendrix Lapierre Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Goalie Stopped
TV Timeout
Kris Letang Slap Shot Hit Left Post
Goalie Stopped
Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Boone Jenner
Evgeni Malkin Tip-In Wide Right
Tommy Novak Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Ville Koivunen
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
Takeaway by Ben Kindel

PENGUINS

CAPITALS

TIME		PIT	WSH
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Dylan Strome	0	0
0:14	Anthony Beauvillier hit Kris Letang	0	0
0:19	Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	0
0:23	Anthony Beauvillier Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Dylan Strome (3)	0	1
0:23	Tommy Novak faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois	0	1
0:42	Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin	0	1
1:01	Alex Tuch hit Declan Carlile	0	1
1:19	Bryan Rust Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ben Kindel (2), Samuel Girard (3)	1	1
1:19	Ilya Protas faceoff won against Ben Kindel	1	1
2:09	Justin Sourdif hit Kaedan Korczak	1	1
2:16	Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk	1	1
2:50	Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	1
2:51	Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
2:53	Goalie Stopped	1	1
2:53	Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Sidney Crosby	1	1
3:06	Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Left	1	1
3:42	Off-side	1	1
3:42	Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tommy Novak	1	1
4:19	Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
4:26	Dylan McIlrath hit Declan Carlile	1	1
4:35	Takeaway by Bryan Rust	1	1
4:39	Ben Kindel Snap Shot Above Crossbar	1	1
4:51	Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak	1	1
5:31	Ville Koivunen Tripping against Cole Hutson	1	1
5:31	Dylan Strome faceoff won against Blake Lizotte	1	1
5:34	Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot High and Wide Left	1	1
5:41	Dylan Strome Snap Shot Wide Right	1	1
6:06	Pierre-Luc Dubois Slap Shot Above Crossbar	1	1
6:26	Giveaway by Dylan Strome	1	1
6:47	Puck in Crowd	1	1
6:47	Nick Robertson Delaying Game - Puck over glass	1	1
6:47	Ilya Protas faceoff won against Blake Lizotte	1	1
6:53	Cole Hutson Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
6:55	Goalie Stopped	1	1
6:55	Ilya Protas faceoff won against Blake Lizotte	1	1
7:15	Alex Tuch shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk	1	1
7:19	Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
7:26	Cole Hutson shot blocked by Declan Carlile	1	1
7:45	Ilya Protas Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
8:08	On-Ice Official	1	1
8:08	Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ben Kindel	1	1
8:49	Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Rickard Rakell	1	1
8:53	Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Wide Left	1	1
9:42	Giveaway by Kris Letang	1	1
9:45	Timothy Liljegren shot blocked by Boone Jenner	1	1
9:49	Cole Hutson shot blocked by Kris Letang	1	1
9:57	Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren	1	1
9:59	Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Cole Hutson	1	1
10:04	Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson	1	1
10:10	Puck Frozen - Goalie	1	1
10:10	TV Timeout	1	1
10:10	Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Ilya Protas	1	1
10:25	Puck Frozen - Goalie	1	1
10:25	Ilya Protas faceoff won against Tommy Novak	1	1
10:34	Jordan Kyrou Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
10:47	Giveaway by Declan Carlile	1	1
11:05	High Stick	1	1
11:05	Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois	1	1
11:17	Pierre-Luc Dubois Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
11:22	Tom Wilson hit Kaedan Korczak	1	1
11:41	Takeaway by Alex Tuch	1	1
11:43	Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	1
11:49	Giveaway by Kris Letang	1	1
11:51	Tom Wilson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)	1	2
11:51	Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ben Kindel	1	2
12:21	Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson	1	2
12:24	Goalie Stopped	1	2
12:24	Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois	1	2
12:26	Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary	1	2
12:43	Pierre-Luc Dubois Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs	1	2
12:45	Goalie Stopped	1	2
12:45	Boone Jenner faceoff won against Blake Lizotte	1	2
12:46	Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Declan Carlile	1	2
12:51	Ryan Leonard hit Blake Lizotte	1	2
12:53	Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Declan Carlile	1	2
13:02	Off-side	1	2
13:02	Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Tommy Novak	1	2
13:13	Off-side	1	2
13:13	Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Tommy Novak	1	2
13:45	Ryan Leonard Roughing against Kaedan Korczak	1	2
13:45	Boone Jenner faceoff won against Sidney Crosby	1	2
14:41	Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	2
14:43	Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs	1	2
15:33	Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Timothy Liljegren	1	2
15:48	Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Vincent Desharnais	1	2
16:05	Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak	1	2
16:25	Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Left	1	2
16:34	Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs	1	2
16:37	Puck in Netting	1	2
16:37	TV Timeout	1	2
16:37	Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Jordan Kyrou	1	2
17:32	Takeaway by Tom Wilson	1	2
17:37	Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Wide Right	1	2
17:41	Alex Tuch Tip-In Wide Left	1	2
17:53	Kris Letang hit Pierre-Luc Dubois	1	2
17:56	Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Bryan Rust	1	2
18:04	Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	2
18:12	Kris Letang Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson	1	2
18:13	Goalie Stopped	1	2
18:13	Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Boone Jenner	1	2
18:17	Hendrix Lapierre Tip-In Wide Left	1	2
18:20	Rickard Rakell hit Ryan Leonard	1	2
18:27	Off-side	1	2
18:27	Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Justin Sourdif	1	2
18:58	Boone Jenner shot blocked by Rickard Rakell	1	2
19:03	Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Tommy Novak	1	2
19:50	Anthony Beauvillier hit Declan Carlile	1	2
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	2

Nicholas Robertson nets goal for Penguins

0:45

Tommy Novak scores goal vs. Capitals

0:46

Alex Tuch nets goal for Capitals

0:40

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Penguins
3
Capitals
5

Game 1

8/10

Capitals
Penguins

Game 2

19/1

Capitals
Penguins

Game 3

14/3

Penguins
Capitals

Game 4

5/4

Capital One Arena

5:00 AM, 8 October 2026

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,347

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Garrett Rank

Linesmen:
Libor Suchanek
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	4	1	0	8
Carolina	2	1	1	5
Washington	2	1	0	4
Pittsburgh	2	2	0	4
Columbus	1	1	0	2
NY Islanders	1	2	0	2
New Jersey	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	0	2	2	2

Edmonton Oilers vs. Anaheim Ducks: Game Highlights

Alex Ovechkin's 'cool' final home opener marked by sons introducing him pregame

On the occasion of his final NHL home opener, Alex Ovechkin described it as "pretty cool" when his sons, Ilya and Sergei Ovechkin, were given the microphone to announce their father in player introductions Wednesday.

Kyle Connor scores twice, Jets beat Avalanche 3-2 for 3rd straight victory

— Kyle Connor broke a tie with a minute left with his second goal of game, Stuart Skinner made 32 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory.

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