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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 29, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Jesse Marquis
Attendance: 2133
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Pittsburgh 12115
Washington 12104
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • OT
1
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 0:00  
  0:11 Justin Schultz hits Jake Guentzel.
  0:30 Michael Raffl hits Brian Dumoulin.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:39  
  0:58 Brenden Dillon hits Jeff Carter.
Jared McCann hits Anthony Mantha. 1:00  
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:21  
Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 2:18  
  2:22 Giveaway by Zdeno Chara.
Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 2:32  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 2:55  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 2:58  
  3:06 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Frederick Gaudreau wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 3:07  
  3:15 Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net
  3:22 Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
Colton Sceviour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 3:47  
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 4:13  
Mike Matheson blocks shot from Trevor van Riemsdyk. 4:15  
  4:16 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
  4:42 Lars Eller hits Jake Guentzel.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Daniel Sprong. 5:01  
  5:04 Daniel Sprong shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 5:06  
Shot by Jeff Carter misses the net 5:31  
  5:46 Daniel Sprong shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  6:19 Garnet Hathaway hits Brian Dumoulin.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Nic Dowd. 6:41  
  6:46 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Frederick Gaudreau wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:47  
  7:03 Shot by Brenden Dillon misses the net
Evan Rodrigues penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor). 7:15  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 7:15  
  7:27 T.J. Oshie scores a power play goal. Assisted by Justin Schultz and Nicklas Backstrom.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 7:27  
  7:56 Justin Schultz penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 7:56  
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 8:06  
  8:40 Brenden Dillon hits Bryan Rust.
  8:46 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Kris Letang.
  9:17 Brenden Dillon blocks shot from Jeff Carter.
  9:30 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:59  
  10:11 Giveaway by Carl Hagelin.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 10:13  
  10:39 Trevor van Riemsdyk hits Zach Aston-Reese.
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 10:53  
Cody Ceci shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 11:02  
  11:16 Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Frederick Gaudreau wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 11:36  
  11:42 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net 11:55  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 12:04  
  12:15 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:16  
  12:29 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Giveaway by John Marino. 12:40  
John Marino blocks shot from Garnet Hathaway. 12:52  
  13:08 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  13:08 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Frederick Gaudreau.
  13:14 Shot by Nicklas Backstrom misses the net
  13:37 Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
  13:41 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 14:26  
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 14:34  
  14:38 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  14:48 Nic Dowd hits Bryan Rust.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 15:03  
  15:08 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Takeaway by Kasperi Kapanen. 15:24  
Kasperi Kapanen scores. 15:27  
  15:27 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Teddy Blueger shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 15:39  
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Garnet Hathaway. 15:41  
  16:18 Brenden Dillon shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Daniel Sprong. 16:43  
Colton Sceviour blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 16:53  
  16:57 Justin Schultz hits Frederick Gaudreau.
  16:58 Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Colton Sceviour.
Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin. 17:09  
  17:16 Daniel Sprong hits Frederick Gaudreau.
  17:28 Zdeno Chara hits Brian Dumoulin.
  17:36 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  17:49 Zdeno Chara shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  17:50 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Shot by Kasperi Kapanen misses the net 18:13  
  18:22 Conor Sheary blocks shot from Cody Ceci.
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 18:47  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 18:50  
Takeaway by Bryan Rust. 19:00  
  19:09 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  19:18 Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Jake Guentzel.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 19:30  
John Marino blocks shot from Brenden Dillon. 19:57  
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 0:00  
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 0:18  
  0:33 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:58  
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 1:04  
  1:48 Evgeny Kuznetsov penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jared McCann.
  1:48 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  2:20 Takeaway by Nic Dowd.
  2:35 Brenden Dillon hits Bryan Rust.
Shot by Jared McCann misses the net 2:50  
  3:00 Brenden Dillon blocks shot from Jake Guentzel.
  3:03 Brenden Dillon hits Jared McCann.
  3:47 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  4:27 Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov.
  4:41 Anthony Mantha blocks shot from Cody Ceci.
Shot by Teddy Blueger misses the net 4:57  
Takeaway by Teddy Blueger. 5:00  
Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 5:02  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 5:03  
Bryan Rust hits Lars Eller. 5:19  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 5:27  
Giveaway by Bryan Rust. 5:36  
  5:41 Giveaway by Michael Raffl.
  5:46 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 5:48  
  5:53 Brenden Dillon hits Jake Guentzel.
Giveaway by Mike Matheson. 6:03  
  6:13 Evgeny Kuznetsov blocks shot from Kasperi Kapanen.
Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 6:17  
  6:18 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  6:27 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  6:34 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  6:35 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  6:42 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 7:11  
  7:21 Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 7:22  
  7:46 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  8:02 Nic Dowd hits Brian Dumoulin.
  8:25 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Jason Zucker.
Frederick Gaudreau scores. Assisted by Jason Zucker and Colton Sceviour. 8:32  
  8:32 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Jared McCann blocks shot from Nick Jensen. 8:54  
  8:58 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  9:02 Dmitry Orlov scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom.
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 9:02  
Marcus Pettersson penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by T.J. Oshie. 9:22  
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 9:22  
  10:05 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:06  
  11:11 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 11:12  
  11:21 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 11:24  
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 11:50  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 12:04  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 12:05  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 12:22  
  12:38 Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 12:57  
  12:58 Garnet Hathaway hits Jeff Carter.
Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net 13:06  
  13:30 Giveaway by Nick Jensen.
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 13:38  
  13:43 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  14:34 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  14:57 Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
  15:01 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  15:02 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Frederick Gaudreau.
  15:07 Daniel Sprong scores. Assisted by Justin Schultz and Dmitry Orlov.
  15:07 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  15:26 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  15:27 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 15:35  
  15:50 Shot by Dmitry Orlov misses the net
  16:09 Michael Raffl shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  16:22 Lars Eller hits Mike Matheson.
  16:30 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 16:31  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 17:00  
  17:12 Nic Dowd hits Brian Dumoulin.
  17:21 Takeaway by Carl Hagelin.
  17:39 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Zach Aston-Reese scores. Assisted by Colton Sceviour. 18:11  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 18:11  
  18:19 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  18:39 Michael Raffl hits Jake Guentzel.
  18:45 Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  18:47 Brenden Dillon hits John Marino.
John Marino shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 18:48  
  18:49 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jason Zucker.
  18:58 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  18:59 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Takeaway by Jeff Carter. 19:22  
  19:42 T.J. Oshie hits Brian Dumoulin.
Shot by Jared McCann misses the net 19:47  
  19:58 Anthony Mantha hits Colton Sceviour.
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 0:00  
Shot by Jeff Carter misses the net 1:03  
Jared McCann shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:24  
  1:24 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:44  
  1:45 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Jake Guentzel hits Conor Sheary. 1:50  
Bryan Rust hits Justin Schultz. 1:56  
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 2:09  
Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 2:15  
  2:25 Takeaway by Conor Sheary.
Brian Dumoulin hits Lars Eller. 2:39  
  3:01 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Frederick Gaudreau.
  3:09 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 3:28  
  3:29 Tom Wilson hits Jared McCann.
  3:30 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  3:43 Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 4:07  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 4:08  
  4:12 Conor Sheary blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 4:13  
  4:18 Lars Eller blocks shot from Sidney Crosby.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 4:32  
  5:11 Shot by Brenden Dillon misses the net
  5:16 Daniel Sprong hits Marcus Pettersson.
  5:24 Garnet Hathaway hits John Marino.
Teddy Blueger hits Brenden Dillon. 5:50  
  5:59 Nic Dowd blocks shot from Jason Zucker.
Zach Aston-Reese hits Nic Dowd. 6:03  
  6:13 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
Takeaway by Kasperi Kapanen. 7:07  
  7:20 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Bryan Rust penalty for holding the stick - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Lars Eller. 7:45  
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 7:45  
  8:07 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 8:32  
John Marino hits Daniel Sprong. 9:00  
  9:39 Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
  9:41 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Carl Hagelin. 9:52  
Kris Letang hits Carl Hagelin. 10:13  
  10:23 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 10:24  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 10:30  
Kasperi Kapanen scores. Assisted by Jared McCann and Jeff Carter. 10:55  
  10:55 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  11:02 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  11:04 Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  11:26 T.J. Oshie hits Kris Letang.
Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson. 12:05  
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 12:20  
  12:23 Michael Raffl hits John Marino.
Bryan Rust hits Justin Schultz. 12:38  
Jake Guentzel hits Michael Raffl. 12:43  
  12:45 Shot by Dmitry Orlov misses the net
Cody Ceci shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 13:00  
Jared McCann hits Nick Jensen. 13:07  
  13:28 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 13:29  
  14:21 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 14:22  
Bryan Rust hits T.J. Oshie. 14:26  
  14:40 Dmitry Orlov hits Bryan Rust.
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 14:52  
  15:10 Dmitry Orlov hits Sidney Crosby.
  15:35 Michael Raffl penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Marcus Pettersson.
  15:35 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 15:42  
Takeaway by Sidney Crosby. 16:04  
  16:31 Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
  16:52 Brenden Dillon hits Kasperi Kapanen.
  17:01 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Mike Matheson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 17:19  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 17:20  
  17:38 Giveaway by Lars Eller.
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 17:40  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 17:41  
  18:03 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese.
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 18:32  
  18:51 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Bryan Rust hits Justin Schultz. 19:03  
  19:10 T.J. Oshie hits Bryan Rust.
  19:17 Dmitry Orlov hits Kris Letang.
  19:43 Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net
  19:45 Tom Wilson scores. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom.
  19:45 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger.
  19:54 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
1 OT
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  1:17 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Takeaway by Jeff Carter. 1:26  
Shot by Jared McCann misses the net 1:51  
  2:02 Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry.
Jake Guentzel scores. Assisted by John Marino and Jared McCann. 2:11