Washington Capitals Game Notes Thu, Feb 25, 2021 NHL Game #313 Washington Capitals 9 - 5 - 4 (22 pts) Pittsburgh Penguins 10 - 6 - 1 (21 pts) Team Game: 19 6 - 3 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 18 7 - 1 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 12 3 - 2 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 10 3 - 5 - 1 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Craig Anderson 2 1 1 0 3.63 .853 1 Casey DeSmith 6 4 1 0 2.84 .885 41 Vitek Vanecek 15 7 4 3 2.92 .908 35 Tristan Jarry 12 6 5 1 3.18 .893 60 Emil Larmi - - - - - - # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Justin Schultz 14 2 6 8 8 2 2 D Chad Ruhwedel 12 0 2 2 1 14 3 D Nick Jensen 15 0 4 4 3 4 3 D Yannick Weber 2 0 0 0 -3 0 4 D Brenden Dillon 18 1 5 6 2 16 4 D Cody Ceci 14 1 4 5 2 8 8 L Alex Ovechkin 14 6 9 15 -5 4 5 D Mike Matheson 9 1 2 3 4 12 9 D Dmitry Orlov 13 1 0 1 -3 4 6 D John Marino 17 0 3 3 4 6 10 R Daniel Sprong 10 2 1 3 -1 0 7 C Colton Sceviour 12 2 0 2 -4 0 13 L Jakub Vrana 17 5 6 11 4 4 10 L Drew O'Connor 8 0 1 1 -1 0 14 R Richard Panik 18 2 4 6 -5 12 12 C Zach Aston-Reese 6 3 1 4 6 0 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 18 8 14 22 -3 4 13 L Brandon Tanev 17 4 2 6 2 7 20 C Lars Eller 14 2 5 7 -5 6 14 C Mark Jankowski 17 1 2 3 -4 0 21 R Garnet Hathaway 18 2 3 5 1 14 16 L Jason Zucker 17 4 3 7 -5 8 26 C Nic Dowd 18 2 2 4 0 16 17 R Bryan Rust 17 6 9 15 0 0 33 D Zdeno Chara 18 2 4 6 5 12 18 C Sam Lafferty 11 0 1 1 -4 4 34 D Jonas Siegenthaler 6 0 0 0 -3 2 28 D Marcus Pettersson 8 1 0 1 -3 0 43 R Tom Wilson 16 6 7 13 -2 11 41 R Josh Currie - - - - - - 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 7 1 0 1 -3 0 42 R Kasperi Kapanen 14 3 6 9 8 5 62 L Carl Hagelin 18 1 1 2 -2 2 52 D Mark Friedman 4 0 0 0 -2 4 73 L Conor Sheary 15 5 1 6 2 6 53 C Teddy Blueger 17 3 8 11 6 2 74 D John Carlson 18 5 10 15 -9 2 58 D Kris Letang 16 2 8 10 0 10 77 R T.J. Oshie 17 4 8 12 -7 12 59 L Jake Guentzel 17 6 9 15 0 12 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 10 2 4 6 0 4 64 C Jordy Bellerive - - - - - - 71 C Evgeni Malkin 17 4 7 11 -6 12 73 D Pierre-Olivier Joseph 13 1 4 5 -1 6 87 C Sidney Crosby 17 6 9 15 2 8 Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan General Manager Ron Hextall Head Coach Peter Laviolette President of Hockey Brian Burke/Patrik Allvin Assistant Coaches Scott Arniel, Blaine Forsythe, Operations/Assistant GM Kevin McCarthy, Brett Head Coach Mike Sullivan Leonhardt (Video) Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden, Mike Vellucci Goaltending Coach Scott Murray Goaltending Coach / Video Coaches Mike Buckley / Andy Saucier, Video Coordinator Jared Elenberger Madison Nikkel Tonight's Officials Referees Frederick L'Ecuyer (17), TJ Luxmore (21) Linesmen Jesse Marquis (86), Libor Suchanek (60) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule NJD @ BUF : 7:00 CHI @ CBJ : 7:00 DAL @ FLA : 7:00 BOS @ NYI : 7:00 CGY @ OTT : 7:00 CAR @ TBL : 7:00 EDM @ VAN : 7:00 MTL @ WPG : 7:00 PIT @ WSH : 7:00 NSH @ DET : 7:30 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 186 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN 3 Nick Jensen D 6' 1" 205 Sep 21, 1990 Rogers, MN, USA 4 Brenden Dillon D 6' 4" 220 Nov 13, 1990 New Westminster, BC, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 238 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 211 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 10 Daniel Sprong R 6' 0" 200 Mar 17, 1997 Amsterdam, NLD 13 Jakub Vrana L 6' 0" 197 Feb 28, 1996 Prague, CZE 14 Richard Panik R 6' 2" 203 Feb 7, 1991 Martin, SVK 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 206 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 208 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK 21 Garnet Hathaway R 6' 2" 212 Nov 23, 1991 Kennebunkport, ME, USA 26 Nic Dowd C 6' 1" 192 May 27, 1990 Huntsville, AL, USA 31 Craig Anderson G 6' 2" 186 May 21, 1981 Park Ridge, IL, USA 33 Zdeno Chara D 6' 9" 250 Mar 18, 1977 Trencin, SVK 34 Jonas Siegenthaler D 6' 3" 211 May 6, 1997 Zurich, CHE 41 Vitek Vanecek G 6' 2" 187 Jan 9, 1996 Havlickuv Brod, CZE 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 220 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6' 3" 188 Jul 24, 1991 Middletown, NJ, USA 62 Carl Hagelin L 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1988 Sodertalje, SWE 73 Conor Sheary L 5' 9" 178 Jun 8, 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 196 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 1" 205 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 30.6 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks EVGENY KUZNETSOV (2 / 2 Games) JOHN CARLSON (1-2-3 / 2 Games) JOHN CARLSON (2 / 2 Games) EVGENY KUZNETSOV (0-2-2 / 2 Games) Pittsburgh Penguins: Roster Active (27 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Casey DeSmith G 6' 0" 181 Aug 13, 1991 Rochester, NH, USA 2 Chad Ruhwedel D 5' 11" 191 May 7, 1990 San Diego, CA, USA 3 Yannick Weber D 5' 11" 200 Sep 23, 1988 Morges, CHE 4 Cody Ceci D 6' 2" 210 Dec 21, 1993 Ottawa, ON, CAN 5 Mike Matheson D 6' 2" 188 Feb 27, 1994 Pointe-Claire, QC, CAN 6 John Marino D 6' 1" 181 May 21, 1997 North Easton, MA, USA 7 Colton Sceviour C 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1989 Red Deer, AB, CAN 10 Drew O'Connor L 6' 3" 200 Jun 9, 1998 Chatham, NJ, USA 12 Zach Aston-Reese C 6' 0" 204 Aug 10, 1994 Staten Island, NY, USA 13 Brandon Tanev L 6' 0" 180 Dec 31, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 14 Mark Jankowski C 6' 4" 212 Sep 13, 1994 Hamilton, ON, CAN 16 Jason Zucker L 5' 11" 192 Jan 16, 1992 Newport Beach, CA, USA 17 Bryan Rust R 5' 11" 192 May 11, 1992 Pontiac, MI, USA 18 Sam Lafferty C 6' 1" 195 Mar 6, 1995 Hollidaysburg, PA, USA 28 Marcus Pettersson D 6' 3" 177 May 8, 1996 Skellefteå, SWE 35 Tristan Jarry G 6' 2" 194 Apr 29, 1995 Surrey, BC, CAN 41 Josh Currie R 5' 10" 172 Oct 29, 1992 Charlottetown, PE, CAN 42 Kasperi Kapanen R 6' 1" 194 Jul 23, 1996 Kuopio, FIN 52 Mark Friedman D 5' 11" 185 Dec 25, 1995 Toronto, ON, CAN 53 Teddy Blueger C 6' 0" 185 Aug 15, 1994 Riga, LVA 58 Kris Letang D 6' 0" 201 Apr 24, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN 59 Jake Guentzel L 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1994 Omaha, NE, USA 60 Emil Larmi G 6' 0" 185 Sep 28, 1996 Lahti, FIN 64 Jordy Bellerive C 5' 10" 195 May 2, 1999 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 71 Evgeni Malkin C 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS 73 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 6' 2" 185 Jul 1, 1999 Laval, QC, CAN 87 Sidney Crosby C 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1987 Cole Harbour, NS, CAN 27 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 191 Age: 27.5 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 8 Brian Dumoulin D 6' 4" 207 Sep 6, 1991 Biddeford, ME, USA 9 Evan Rodrigues C 5' 11" 184 Jul 28, 1993 Toronto, ON, CAN 19 Jared McCann C 6' 1" 185 May 31, 1996 Stratford, ON, CAN 50 Juuso Riikola D 6' 0" 189 Nov 9, 1993 Joensuu, FIN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks TEDDY BLUEGER (2 / 2 Games) TEDDY BLUEGER (1-3-4 / 4 Games) JAKE GUENTZEL (2 / 2 Games) JAKE GUENTZEL (1-2-3 / 2 Games) EVGENI MALKIN (1-3-4 / 3 Games) KRIS LETANG (2-1-3 / 2 Games) Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 18 8 14 22 -3 4 3 0 0 36 22.2 18:55 38.75 7 9 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 14 6 9 15 -5 4 2 0 2 51 11.8 20:11 0.00 42 9 D 74 John Carlson 18 5 10 15 -9 2 3 0 1 47 10.6 24:28 0.00 21 20 R 43 Tom Wilson 16 6 7 13 -2 11 1 1 2 24 25.0 17:48 46.15 58 8 R 77 T.J.