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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4, Washington 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 4, 2024
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Jean Hebert, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Dan Kelly
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 2114
Washington 0011
Periods:
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1
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  0:13 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  0:20 Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin.
  0:26 Tom Wilson hits Bryan Rust.
Shot by Pierre-Olivier Joseph misses the net 0:30  
  1:13 Ivan Miroshnichenko shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  1:19 Ivan Miroshnichenko hits Michael Bunting.
  1:37 Hendrix Lapierre blocks shot from Ryan Shea.
  1:40 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Emil Bemstrom.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 1:44  
Ryan Shea scores. Assisted by Reilly Smith and Lars Eller. 1:49  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 1:49  
  2:07 Martin Fehervary shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  2:08 Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net
  2:09 Shot by Beck Malenstyn misses the net
  2:14 Nic Dowd hits Kris Letang.
  2:22 Martin Fehervary hits Jesse Puljujarvi.
  2:33 Alex Ovechkin hits Erik Karlsson.
  2:35 Alex Ovechkin hits Bryan Rust.
  2:36 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  2:39 Michael Sgarbossa shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  2:40 Alex Ovechkin hits Kris Letang.
  2:40 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  2:48 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  2:57 Alex Ovechkin hits Erik Karlsson.
Rickard Rakell hits John Carlson. 3:53  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Max Pacioretty. 4:00  
  4:11 Shot by Hendrix Lapierre misses the net
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Aliaksei Protas. 4:14  
Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 4:34  
Shot by Pierre-Olivier Joseph misses the net 4:44  
  4:51 Alexander Alexeyev blocks shot from Lars Eller.
  5:06 Trevor van Riemsdyk hits Emil Bemstrom.
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson. 5:23  
  5:32 Shot by Michael Sgarbossa misses the net
  5:35 Giveaway by Michael Sgarbossa.
  5:37 Nic Dowd hits Marcus Pettersson.
  5:40 Tom Wilson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  5:42 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Marcus Pettersson hits Tom Wilson. 5:47  
  5:48 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  5:50 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
Drew O'Connor blocks shot from John Carlson. 5:57  
Erik Karlsson blocks shot Alex Ovechkin shoots 5:58  
  6:00 Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Marcus Pettersson hits Tom Wilson. 6:11  
  6:25 Rasmus Sandin hits Rickard Rakell.
  6:35 Nick Jensen blocks shot from Michael Bunting.
  6:43 Shot by Hendrix Lapierre misses the net
  6:46 Max Pacioretty hits Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. 6:54  
  6:58 Shot by Rasmus Sandin misses the net
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. 7:00  
Jeff Carter hits Sonny Milano. 7:16  
Giveaway by Lars Eller. 7:24  
Takeaway by Reilly Smith. 7:39  
Kris Letang blocks shot from Dylan Strome. 7:53  
  8:03 Martin Fehervary hits Drew O'Connor.
Evgeni Malkin blocks shot from Alexander Alexeyev. 8:50  
Michael Bunting hits Alexander Alexeyev. 8:58  
  9:04 Alexander Alexeyev hits Michael Bunting.
  9:21 Hendrix Lapierre wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  9:38 Max Pacioretty blocks shot from Hendrix Lapierre.
  9:46 Sonny Milano shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. 9:48  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. 9:56  
Jack St. Ivany hits Connor McMichael. 10:05  
  10:13 Tom Wilson hits Lars Eller.
  10:55 Nic Dowd hits Sidney Crosby.
Pierre-Olivier Joseph scores. Assisted by Kris Letang and Drew O'Connor. 11:03  
  11:03 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Giveaway by Kris Letang. 11:11  
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 11:18  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 11:21  
  11:34 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  11:45 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Bryan Rust hits Martin Fehervary. 11:48  
Takeaway by Michael Bunting. 12:35  
  12:43 Max Pacioretty blocks shot from Erik Karlsson.
Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net 12:45  
Shot by Michael Bunting misses the net 12:48  
Jesse Puljujarvi wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. 12:56  
  12:58 Max Pacioretty hits Jack St. Ivany.
Jesse Puljujarvi hits Hendrix Lapierre. 13:02  
Jesse Puljujarvi penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Hendrix Lapierre. 13:14  
  13:14 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 13:24  
Takeaway by Drew O'Connor. 13:56  
  14:38 Shot by Rasmus Sandin misses the net
Ryan Shea blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 14:47  
Marcus Pettersson hits Sonny Milano. 15:08  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 15:13  
  15:21 Martin Fehervary hits Reilly Smith.
  15:28 Beck Malenstyn hits Erik Karlsson.
Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 15:44  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. 15:50  
Kris Letang hits Tom Wilson. 15:52  
  16:13 Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren.
  16:20 Tom Wilson hits Kris Letang.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 16:34  
Michael Bunting hits Aliaksei Protas. 16:38  
  16:42 Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas.
Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 16:51  
Marcus Pettersson hits Dylan Strome. 17:11  
  17:38 Max Pacioretty blocks shot from Martin Fehervary.
Lars Eller hits Martin Fehervary. 17:53  
  18:04 Shot by Martin Fehervary misses the net
  18:06 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  18:13 Max Pacioretty hits Lars Eller.
Giveaway by Erik Karlsson. 18:33  
  19:00 Connor McMichael hits Kris Letang.
  19:07 Rasmus Sandin blocks shot from Drew O'Connor.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 19:09  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 19:11  
Takeaway by Sidney Crosby. 19:24  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 19:53  
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. 0:00  
  0:08 Alex Ovechkin hits Kris Letang.
  0:22 Martin Fehervary hits Bryan Rust.
  0:32 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 0:34  
Emil Bemstrom blocks shot from Aliaksei Protas. 0:36  
Marcus Pettersson hits Ivan Miroshnichenko. 1:10  
Rickard Rakell hits Martin Fehervary. 1:49  
  2:05 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jesse Puljujarvi.
Erik Karlsson hits Beck Malenstyn. 2:22  
Erik Karlsson blocks shot from Beck Malenstyn. 2:30  
  2:42 Giveaway by Michael Sgarbossa.
  2:54 Nic Dowd hits Marcus Pettersson.
  3:11 Tom Wilson hits Sidney Crosby.
  3:19 Giveaway by John Carlson.
Kris Letang hits Alex Ovechkin. 3:51  
  4:04 Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas.
Takeaway by Rickard Rakell. 4:09  
Michael Bunting blocks shot from Trevor van Riemsdyk. 4:48  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Hendrix Lapierre. 5:13  
Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 5:18  
  5:30 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  5:31 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Erik Karlsson penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tom Wilson. 5:35  
  5:35 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  5:48 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  5:50 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  5:52 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  6:33 Giveaway by Dylan Strome.
Jeff Carter hits Connor McMichael. 6:59  
Ryan Shea shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 7:10  
  7:33 Alex Ovechkin blocks shot from Lars Eller.
Takeaway by Lars Eller. 7:43  
Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Connor McMichael. 7:44  
Giveaway by Lars Eller. 7:45  
Valtteri Puustinen hits Martin Fehervary. 7:48  
  7:58 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Valtteri Puustinen blocks shot from Nick Jensen. 8:02  
Reilly Smith hits Nick Jensen. 8:19  
  8:31 Shot by Ivan Miroshnichenko misses the net
Michael Bunting scores. Assisted by Valtteri Puustinen. Assisted by Erik Karlsson. 9:08  
  9:08 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 9:14  
  9:16 John Carlson hits Michael Bunting.
  9:20 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  9:25 Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin.
  9:35 Giveaway by Sonny Milano.
Marcus Pettersson hits Aliaksei Protas. 9:40  
Erik Karlsson blocks shot from Rasmus Sandin. 9:49  
  9:56 Takeaway by Sonny Milano.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 10:05  
  10:08 Tom Wilson penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Erik Karlsson.
  10:08 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 10:27  
Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net 11:01  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 11:10  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 11:13  
Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 11:36  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 11:39  
Shot by Lars Eller misses the net 11:40  
  12:06 Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas.
Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 12:09  
  12:15 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Erik Karlsson.
  12:22 Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
  12:26 Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
Giveaway by Alex Nedeljkovic. 13:15  
  13:18 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 13:20  
  13:26 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  13:34 Hendrix Lapierre wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Lars Eller blocks shot from Rasmus Sandin. 13:50  
Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 13:57  
  14:02 John Carlson hits Reilly Smith.
  14:08 Takeaway by Hendrix Lapierre.
  14:13 Hendrix Lapierre hits Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 14:23  
  14:26 Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin.
Ryan Shea blocks shot from Rasmus Sandin. 14:29  
Ryan Shea hits Trevor van Riemsdyk. 14:47  
  14:48 Alexander Alexeyev hits Rickard Rakell.
Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net 15:11  
  15:12 Martin Fehervary hits Bryan Rust.
Takeaway by Sidney Crosby. 15:20  
  15:28 Aliaksei Protas blocks shot from Erik Karlsson.
Sidney Crosby hits Nic Dowd. 15:32  
Giveaway by Emil Bemstrom. 15:56  
  16:22 Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
  16:37 Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
Valtteri Puustinen blocks shot from Alexander Alexeyev. 16:41  
Jeff Carter hits Alexander Alexeyev. 16:53  
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 17:03  
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 17:25  
Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net 17:25  
  18:31 Rasmus Sandin hits Drew O'Connor.
  18:34 Ivan Miroshnichenko hits Drew O'Connor.
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 18:35  
  18:38 Max Pacioretty hits Sidney Crosby.
Jack St. Ivany shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 18:43  
Drew O'Connor hits Hendrix Lapierre. 18:46  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 19:02  
  19:19 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Drew O'Connor blocks shot from Nick Jensen. 19:33  
  19:40 Tom Wilson hits Bryan Rust.
  19:45 Martin Fehervary hits Bryan Rust.
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 0:00  
Giveaway by Drew O'Connor. 0:06  
  0:19 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  0:23 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  0:24 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  0:27 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
Lars Eller blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 0:28  
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 0:30  
  0:36 Takeaway by Martin Fehervary.
  1:43 Hendrix Lapierre shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Jack St. Ivany hits Hendrix Lapierre. 1:46  
  1:58 Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  2:05 Shot by Alexander Alexeyev misses the net
  2:09 Michael Sgarbossa hits Ryan Shea.
  2:30 Martin Fehervary hits Jesse Puljujarvi.
  2:39 Martin Fehervary hits Emil Bemstrom.
Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 3:02  
Sidney Crosby hits Martin Fehervary. 3:09  
  3:24 Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  3:28 Tom Wilson hits Drew O'Connor.
  3:33 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  3:38 Alex Ovechkin hits Marcus Pettersson.
Erik Karlsson penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tom Wilson. 3:55  
  3:55 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter.
  3:59 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Kris Letang penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Alex Ovechkin. 4:02  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 4:02  
Takeaway by Lars Eller. 4:24  
Takeaway by Lars Eller. 4:42  
  5:01 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  5:12 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  5:13 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 5:25  
  5:59 Sonny Milano blocks shot from Hendrix Lapierre.
  6:02 Alex Ovechkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sonny Milano and Hendrix Lapierre.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. 6:02  
Takeaway by Valtteri Puustinen. 6:16  
Ryan Shea hits Beck Malenstyn. 6:55  
  7:04 Nic Dowd hits Ryan Shea.
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 7:12  
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 7:15  
  7:42 Ivan Miroshnichenko hits Jack St. Ivany.
  7:49 Takeaway by John Carlson.
  8:06 Giveaway by Hendrix Lapierre.
  8:09 Max Pacioretty hits Lars Eller.
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 8:28  
Takeaway by Ryan Shea. 8:46  
Giveaway by Ryan Shea. 8:47  
  8:50 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  9:46 Martin Fehervary hits Drew O'Connor.
Takeaway by Ryan Shea. 9:54  
  9:58 Nic Dowd hits Sidney Crosby.
Marcus Pettersson hits Beck Malenstyn. 10:24  
  10:27 Nic Dowd hits Erik Karlsson.
  10:33 Rasmus Sandin hits Lars Eller.
Valtteri Puustinen hits John Carlson. 10:36  
  10:51 Ivan Miroshnichenko hits Marcus Pettersson.
Evgeni Malkin hits Max Pacioretty. 11:00  
  11:11 Max Pacioretty hits Erik Karlsson.
Jack St. Ivany hits Dylan Strome. 11:41  
  11:43 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Trevor van Riemsdyk.
Ryan Shea hits Tom Wilson. 11:48  
Ryan Shea hits Tom Wilson. 11:54  
  11:57 Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  12:00 Shot by Trevor van Riemsdyk misses the net
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 12:03  
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 12:49  
Rickard Rakell shoots misses the net 12:57  
Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 13:01  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 13:03  
  13:10 Nic Dowd penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Connor McMichael. 13:10  
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 13:28  
Michael Bunting shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 13:29  
  13:31 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net 14:02  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Charlie Lindgren. 14:31  
  14:37 Tom Wilson hits Marcus Pettersson.
Rickard Rakell hits Martin Fehervary. 14:40  
  15:07 Takeaway by Nick Jensen.
Valtteri Puustinen hits Alex Ovechkin. 15:24  
  15:26 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 15:28  
  15:32 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Lars Eller blocks shot from John Carlson. 15:34  
  15:52 Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin.
  15:58 Rasmus Sandin hits Reilly Smith.
Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Max Pacioretty. 16:22  
  16:37 Max Pacioretty shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
  16:40 Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Dylan Strome. 16:43  
  17:09 John Carlson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.
Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome. 17:11  
Lars Eller scores on an empty net. Assisted by Reilly Smith. 17:23  
  17:23 Michael Sgarbossa wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Jack St. Ivany hits Beck Malenstyn. 17:27  
  19:12 Beck Malenstyn hits Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  19:16 Ivan Miroshnichenko hits Marcus Pettersson.
Shot by Jack St. Ivany misses the net 19:27  
Drew O'Connor hits Beck Malenstyn. 19:32  
  19:51 Ivan Miroshnichenko shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic.