The Washington Capitals crushed the Pittsburgh Penguins by a rating of 8-3 at PPG Paints Enviornment on Saturday afternoon, the primary day of NHL motion after the 4 Nations Faceoff concluded on Thursday. Washington, who has factors in seven straight video games (4-0-3) and is 13-1-5 of their final 19, improved to an NHL-leading 37-11-8 (.732 factors proportion) this season. Goaltender Logan Thompson made 29 saves within the win.
Washington’s Traces
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom WilsonConnor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei ProtasTaylor Raddysh – Lars Eller — Ethen FrankBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Andrew Mangiapane
Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonMartin Fehervary — Matt RoyJakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
ThompsonCharlie Lindgren
Scratched
LW Jakub Vrana
D Dylan McIlrath
D Alexander Alexeyev
Injured
LW Sonny Milano (upper-body)
C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
RW T.J. Oshie (again)
Raddysh returned to his spot on the fourth line.
Pittsburgh’s Traces
Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Rickard RakellMichael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Cody GlassDanton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Philip TomasinoMatt Nieto — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Pierre-Olivier Joseph — Kris LetangMatt Grzelcyk — Erik KarlssonRyan Graves — Vincent Desharnais
Alex NedeljkovicJoel Blomqvist
Scratched
D Vladislav Kolyachonok
D Ryan Shea
RW Emil Bemstrom
Injured
LW Bokodji Imama (upper-body)
D Jack St. Ivany (undisclosed)
RW Bryan Rust (sickness)
Crosby, who missed Pittsburgh’s closing two video games earlier than the break with an undisclosed harm however performed for Canada within the 4 Nations match, was a game-time determination.
First Interval
Scoring
5:13, 1-0 Washington: After Frank despatched Mangiapane in alone on a breakaway, Mangiapane went to the backhand and received Nedeljkovic out of the crease. Frank deflected the move into the web along with his skate. Frank, who performed in his fifteenth profession NHL sport, has scored three of his 4 targets on the street. Six of Mangiapane’s 9 assists have been primaries.
#ALLCAPS 1-0. ETHEN FRANK SCORES FIRST pic.twitter.com/NLxUUTRyaN
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) February 22, 2025
18:21, 1-1 (PPG): Letang clapped a slapper over the glove of Thompson from the left dot after getting a cross-ice move from Malkin.
Letang ne laisse aucune probability à Thompson pic.twitter.com/UMkVNLAktv
— TVA Sports activities (@TVASports) February 22, 2025
Stats
9-5 Pittsburgh in photographs
.632 Pittsburgh on faceoffs
Pittsburgh scored as soon as on their first two energy performs
8-7 Washington in hits
11-3 Washington in blocked photographs
6-2 Washington in giveaways
Graphs: Pure StatTrick
Second Interval
Scoring
1:10, 2-1 Washington: Duhaime received the puck off of the wall within the defensive zone, busted in to the offensive zone, fed Fehervary down the slot, and Fehervary wristed a shot over the blocker of Nedeljkovic and in. Fehervary has scored extra targets towards Pittsburgh (4 in 13 video games) than another group. Duhaime (6-8-14 in 56) has surpassed his level whole from all of final season (5-8-13 in 80 with the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche).
#ALLCAPS 2-1. MARTY PARTY! FEHERVARY SCOREEE pic.twitter.com/EQ5KxNtAgd
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) February 22, 2025
6:36, 2-2: Crosby backhanded a shot that squeaked by means of the five-hole of Thompson and in from the left dot with Roy defending him after Rakell caught a stretch move from Karlsson within the impartial zone and despatched Crosby in.
CAPTAIN CANADA 🇨🇦
Recent off the #4Nations Face-Off, Sidney Crosby places this backhand previous Logan Thompson 🫡 pic.twitter.com/2edQU7YVfl
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 22, 2025
10:36, 3-2 Washington: Chychrun dangled round Desharnais and ripped a shot over the blocker of Nedeljkovic after placing the puck by means of Desharnais’ legs and getting a move by Dubois from the pink line.
14:17, 4-2: Chychrun ripped one over the glove of Nedeljkovic and in with Wilson screening Nedeljkovic in entrance after stepping in on the blueline and getting a move by Dubois from the proper half-wall. Chychrun’s 16 targets rank third amongst NHL defensemen (Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar: 22; Columbus Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski: 17). Chychrun notched his first multi-goal sport of the season and the tenth of his profession. Dubois has registered his fourth multi-assist sport of the season. Dubois leads the Capitals in major assists (24) and ranks second on the group in assists (33).
JAKOB CHYCHRUN X 2
His fifteenth of the season was a nasty piece of labor and was shortly adopted by one other 🤭
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— NHL (@NHL) February 22, 2025
14:25, 5-2: Protas stepped in and wristed a shot excessive glove on Nedeljkovic and in from the slot after getting a move by Sandin from the defensive zone. Protas recorded the one centesimal level of his NHL profession, turning into the thirteenth participant from the 2019 NHL Draft class to achieve the 100-point mark. The 2 targets scored by Washington in eight seconds have been the quickest by the franchise since 2006. 22 of Protas’ 23 targets this season have come at even power, which ranks tied for fourth within the NHL. Sandin earned his third multi-assist sport and fourth multi-point efficiency of the 2024-25 season. Nedeljkovic was pulled after permitting 5 targets on 14 photographs (.643).
#ALLCAPS 5-2. ALIAKSEI PROTAS SCORES! WHAT A SHOT pic.twitter.com/c3YNchjoW3
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) February 22, 2025
18:05, 6-2: Wilson tipped in Fehervary’s wrist shot from the highest over the glove of Blomqvist in entrance of the crease after Roy dropped the puck for him. The objective was Wilson’s twenty fifth of the season, which units a brand new career-high for him (it was beforehand 24 in 78 throughout 2021-22 season). Wilson has scored in his final 5 video games performed at PPG Paints Enviornment (4/9/22-2/22/25: 5g in 5 GP). Wilson’s 13 targets in 45 profession video games towards Pittsburgh are tied for essentially the most he has scored towards a single opponent (13 in 34 vs. Buffalo Sabres). Fehervary recorded his second multi-point sport of the season and the fourth of his profession.
#ALLCAPS 6-2. TOM WILSON TIPS IT IN FRONT. MASSACRE. pic.twitter.com/0PUOtBpWjH
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) February 22, 2025
Stats
20-18 Pittsburgh in photographs
13-11 Washington within the second
18-10 Washington in hits
17-6 Washington in blocked photographs
10-4 Washington in giveaways
The Capitals scored 5 targets within the second interval, marking the third time this season they’ve scored 5 targets in a interval (additionally first interval on 11/2 in a 7-2 win over Columbus Blue Jackets; third interval on 11/9 in an 8-1 victory at St. Louis Blues). Via two durations, all six Capitals defensemen have recorded at the very least one level, whereas Chychrun (two targets), Fehervary (one objective, one help) and Sandin (two helpers) every have two factors.
The @Capitals scored 5 targets within the second interval, together with two in a span of eight seconds from Jakob Chychrun and Aliaksei Protas – tied for the sixth-fastest two targets in franchise historical past.
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— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 22, 2025
Third Interval
Scoring
13:11, 7-2 (PPG): Strome wristed a shot over the glove of Blomqvist from the proper dot after Raddysh despatched him a move on the backhand from the slot. Strome prolonged his level streak to a career-long seven video games (5-4-9). Raddysh recorded the first help on Strome’s power-play objective and has set a brand new single-season profession excessive in assists with 18 (beforehand 2022-23: 17). It marks Raddysh’s second multi-assist effort in his final three video games performed (additionally two in 4-3 win on February 6 at Philadelphia Flyers). With the secondary helper, Dubois recorded his third help of the sport on the Capitals’ seventh objective. It marks Dubois’ ninth profession sport with three or extra assists.
#ALLCAPS 7-2. DYLAN STROME ON THE POWERPLAY pic.twitter.com/teU3EDFTUu
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) February 22, 2025
14:22, 7-3: Heinen buried a rebound into an empty web with Thompson down and out off of Tomasino’s slap shot after Thompson turned it apart.
Pittsburgh objective!
Scored by Danton Heinen with 05:38 remaining within the third interval.
Assisted by Philip Tomasino and Kevin Hayes.
Pittsburgh: 3Washington: 7#WSHvsPIT #LetsGoPens #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/YVaqizGwxb
— NHL Targets (@nhl_goal_bot) February 22, 2025
17:19, 8-3: Duhaime wristed a shot over the glove of Blomqvist on their own from the slot after poking the puck away from Letang on the defensive blueline and beating him to the unfastened puck. With a objective and an help this afternoon, Duhaime has registered his third multi-point sport of the season and the sixth of his profession. Roy recorded his second help of the sport on Duhaime’s objective. Capitals defensemen have mixed for 10 factors in Saturday’s sport (3-7-10).
#ALLCAPS 8-3. DUHAIME BREAKAWAY GOAL pic.twitter.com/vIqQwgVWB1
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) February 22, 2025
Stats
32-31 Pittsburgh in photographs
13-12 Washington within the interval
.579 Pittsburgh on faceoffs
Washington completed one for 4 on the person benefit
23-16 Washington in hits
21-15 Washington in blocked photographs
13-9 Washington in giveaways
4-2 Washington in takeaways
15 of Washington’s 18 skaters recorded at the very least one level in in the present day’s sport, together with all six defensemen. It’s the sixth time in franchise historical past all six defensemen registered some extent in the identical sport and the primary occasion since a 7-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on November 21, 2015.
Washington prolonged their lead over the Carolina Hurricanes, who go to the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7 PM ET (NHL Community nationally), by 12 factors for first place within the Metropolitan Division with a sport in hand after Saturday’s NHL slate ends. The Capitals are additionally 11 away from the Florida Panthers for first within the Jap Convention with a sport in hand.
Subsequent sport: Sunday vs. Edmonton Oilers (1 PM ET, TNT, truTV)
By Harrison Brown
