National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 18190
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 4004
Pittsburgh 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:55 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Rasmus Sandin , Ethan Bear
11:16 - Capitals Beck Malenstyn (EV) Assists: Nic Dowd
13:02 - Capitals Martin Fehervary (EV) Assists: Dylan Strome , Hendrix Lapierre
19:18 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Rasmus Sandin , Anthony Mantha
19:56 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (EV) Assists: Erik Karlsson , Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Penalties
17:45 - Penguins Valtteri Puustinen (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
9:11 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (PP) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Evgeni Malkin
18:54 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Rickard Rakell
Penalties
7:32 - Capitals Joel Edmundson (2) Hooking
 14:45 - Penguins Jeff Carter (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:28 - Capitals Martin Fehervary (2) Holding
 10:40 - Capitals Ethan Bear (2) Holding
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Hunter Shepard G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:48 3:33 5:39 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 15:00 12:02 0:00 2:58 0 0 - - - - -
Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 19 16:27 15:05 0:00 1:22 0 0 - 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 19 16:44 13:11 3:33 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Dylan Strome C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 13 11:30 9:06 2:24 0:00 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 15:12 14:05 1:07 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Connor McMichael C 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 14:34 13:21 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Ethan Bear D 0 1 1 E 2 1 24 18:34 18:06 0:00 0:28 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nic Dowd C 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 16:42 13:53 0:00 2:49 0 0 2 3 10 12 45
Hendrix Lapierre C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 12 8:27 8:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Sandin D 0 2 2 E 0 1 26 17:58 16:11 1:01 0:46 0 0 1 3 - - -
Anthony Mantha RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 14:37 13:28 1:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Fehervary D 1 0 1 E 2 1 32 22:35 20:29 0:00 2:06 0 0 6 4 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 24 18:56 14:16 2:23 2:17 0 0 3 1 1 2 33
Matthew Phillips RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 11 7:30 7:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 24 18:54 15:32 0:00 3:22 0 0 2 2 1 0 100
John Carlson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 31 26:11 20:01 2:32 3:38 0 0 1 4 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 20:07 14:54 2:23 2:50 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 14:23 14:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 1 1 50
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 13:02 13:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 0 0 0 0 44:27 35:15 5:39 3:33 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16 11:18 10:09 0:00 1:09 0 0 2 2 - - -
Drew O'Connor LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:18 8:30 0:00 1:48 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 16:47 15:10 0:31 1:06 0 0 1 - - - -
Reilly Smith RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:06 15:00 0:31 0:35 0 0 2 1 - - -
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 12:23 10:07 0:31 1:45 0 0 1 1 5 5 50
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16 12:42 12:07 0:00 0:35 0 0 2 1 - - -
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 22:03 19:42 0:00 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 8:50 8:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Valtteri Puustinen RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 12 7:37 7:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 12:09 10:27 0:00 1:42 0 0 4 1 5 3 62
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 E 0 4 26 24:55 22:05 0:31 2:19 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 1 1 2 +1 0 5 23 23:16 18:08 5:08 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 E 0 2 25 27:01 21:47 5:08 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 23 22:27 17:19 5:08 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -2 0 6 22 22:02 16:47 5:08 0:07 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 24 16:21 15:42 0:00 0:39 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jeff Carter RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 17 10:19 9:48 0:31 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +2 0 1 23 22:24 17:16 5:08 0:00 1 0 4 - 17 12 59
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Darcy Kuemper W (11-12-3) 35 32 3 .914 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic L (8-4-3) 15 14 1 .933 0 44:27
Tristan Jarry 7 4 3 .571 0 13:02