Washington Capitals

41-30-9, 91 PTS

YES!

Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins

41-30-9, 91 PTS 6 – 3

41-23-16, 98 PTS

Final · Sat, Apr 11

Game Details

PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh) · 18,410 fans · ABC

Recap

Ilya Protas scores first NHL goal, Capitals defeat Penguins, 6-3

Ilya Protas scored his first NHL goal and added two assists as the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

PPG Paints Arena · Pittsburgh

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	4	2	6
PIT	0	3	0	3

Game Leaders

Washington Capitals

Ryan Leonard · 2Goals
Ilya Protas · 2Assists
Ilya Protas · 3Points

Pittsburgh Penguins

Noel Acciari · 1Goals
Ryan Shea · 2Assists
Ryan Shea · 2Points

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

Team	W	L	OTL	Pts
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	1	2	2

Scoring

3rd 16:22

ENG Alex Ovechkin Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (31)6–3

3rd 5:56

PPG Ilya Protas Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Cole Hutson (7), Dylan Strome (39)5–3

2nd 16:50

Kevin Hayes Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (28)4–3

2nd 11:58

Ryan Leonard Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Cole Hutson (6), Justin Sourdif (20)4–2

2nd 11:47

Noel Acciari Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Elmer Soderblom (6), Samuel Girard (16)3–2

2nd 8:08

Tom Wilson Goal (30) Wrist Shot, assists: Ilya Protas (3), Aliaksei Protas (27)3–1

2nd 6:02

Ryan Leonard Goal (19) Tip-In, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (13), Connor McMichael (31)2–1

2nd 2:05

Anthony Mantha Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (27), Thomas Novak (26)1–1

2nd 1:39

Aliaksei Protas Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Ilya Protas (2)1–0

Team Stats

Washington CapitalsPittsburgh Penguins

Shots & Puck

32 Shots on Goal 11

15 Blocked Shots 16

17 Hits 21

57.4 Faceoff % 42.6

3 Takeaways 3

17 Giveaways 18

Special Teams

1/2 Power Play 0/0

0 Short-Handed Goals 0

0 Penalty Minutes 4

Box Score

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
A. Beauvillier	0	0	0	1	17:56	2	0	0	0:00	0:00	17:56	20	1	1	0	100.0	2
P. Dubois	0	1	0	0	7:02	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	7:02	9	0	1	3	25.0	1
B. Duhaime	0	0	0	2	14:42	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	14:42	23	0	0	0	0.0	0
R. Leonard	2	0	1	3	14:00	2	1	1	0:00	0:00	14:00	20	2	0	0	0.0	1
C. McMichael	0	1	1	0	15:02	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	15:02	21	0	3	1	75.0	0
I. Miroshnichenko	0	0	0	2	11:54	2	1	0	0:00	0:00	11:54	17	1	0	0	0.0	1
A. Ovechkin	1	0	0	7	14:59	0	0	0	2:40	0:00	12:19	19	2	0	0	0.0	1
A. Protas	1	1	1	2	16:24	0	1	0	0:00	0:00	16:24	21	3	2	2	50.0	0
I. Protas	1	2	0	3	16:06	0	0	0	2:40	0:00	13:26	21	0	3	4	42.9	1
J. Sourdif	0	1	1	0	17:54	2	1	0	2:40	0:00	15:14	21	0	6	4	60.0	0
D. Strome	0	1	-1	2	20:01	0	0	0	2:40	0:00	17:21	24	0	11	6	64.7	1
T. Wilson	1	1	2	4	16:44	0	1	0	0:00	0:00	16:44	21	1	0	0	0.0	1

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV
J. Chychrun	0	2	0	23:09	0	5	0	0:00	0:00	23:09	22	1	2
M. Fehervary	0	0	1	19:37	3	0	0	0:00	0:00	19:37	23	1	1
C. Hutson	2	-1	2	19:02	2	0	2	2:40	0:00	16:22	21	3	1
M. Roy	0	1	2	19:53	1	4	0	0:00	0:00	19:53	24	1	3
R. Sandin	0	0	1	15:35	1	0	0	0:00	0:00	15:35	17	0	1
T. van Riemsdyk	0	3	0	20:00	1	1	0	0:00	0:00	20:00	22	0	0

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
L. Thompson	8	11	3	.727	60:00	8	0	0	0

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Forwards

Player	G	A	+/-	S	TOI	PIM	HT	BS	TK	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN
N. Acciari	1	0	1	1	15:01	0	0	1	0	0:00	2:40	12:21	19	0	4	4	50.0	1	0
J. Brazeau	0	0	-1	0	12:27	2	1	1	0	0:00	0:00	12:27	18	3	0	0	0.0	1	1
E. Chinakhov	0	0	-2	2	16:08	0	0	1	0	0:00	0:00	16:08	20	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
K. Hayes	1	0	0	1	14:51	2	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	14:51	18	2	4	6	40.0	1	1
A. Hayes	0	0	-1	1	15:22	0	2	0	0	0:00	0:00	15:22	19	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
V. Koivunen	0	0	-1	0	17:49	0	0	0	1	0:00	0:00	17:49	23	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
J. Koppanen	0	0	0	1	12:10	0	1	0	1	0:00	0:00	12:10	17	0	2	5	28.6	0	0
A. Mantha	1	0	-1	2	13:19	0	1	1	0	0:00	0:00	13:19	18	2	0	0	0.0	1	0
R. McGroarty	0	0	-1	0	14:49	0	3	0	1	0:00	0:00	14:49	18	0	1	0	100.0	1	0
T. Novak	0	1	-1	0	14:32	0	0	0	0	0:00	0:00	14:32	19	1	5	5	50.0	0	0
R. Rakell	0	0	-2	2	16:57	0	0	1	0	0:00	0:00	16:57	20	1	4	7	36.4	3	0
E. Soderblom	0	1	1	0	15:25	0	2	1	0	0:00	2:40	12:45	18	1	0	0	0.0	1	0

Defense

Player	A	+/-	S	TOI	HT	BS	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	SM	GV
C. Clifton	0	1	1	24:10	4	4	0:00	2:40	21:30	21	0	1
S. Girard	1	-1	0	20:43	2	1	0:00	0:00	20:43	22	0	1
R. Graves	0	-2	0	15:30	0	2	0:00	0:00	15:30	23	1	1
R. Shea	2	3	0	25:12	1	1	0:00	2:40	22:32	25	0	0
I. Solovyov	0	-2	0	15:42	2	1	0:00	0:00	15:42	22	1	2
J. St. Ivany	0	-2	0	18:07	2	1	0:00	0:00	18:07	19	1	2

Goalies

Player	SV	SA	GA	SV%	TOI	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	PIM
A. Silovs	26	31	5	.839	59:06	24	2	0	0

Injury Report

Pittsburgh Penguins

Bryan Rust RWInjured Reserve
Justin Brazeau RWInjured Reserve
Ryan Graves DInjured Reserve

Washington Capitals

Matt Roy DDay-To-Day
Patrick Thomas CInjured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin DInjured Reserve

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