Washington Capitals 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 5: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals 2 to Pittsburgh Penguins 5, on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals.
NHLThursday, April 17, 2025
DateApr 17, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN
Attendance18,348
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
51-22-9Record34-36-12
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
3-3Road record / home record4-4
LWWLLLast 5WLWLL
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Washington CapitalsPittsburgh Penguins
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBox score
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:27 | 0:00 | 1:56 | 13:31 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 11:56 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 10:33 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:38 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 12:32 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:14 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:30 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 15:37 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:53 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 12:58 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:50 | 0:26 | 0:57 | 13:27 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:07 | 3:05 | 0:00 | 12:02 | 18 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 13:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 | 2:39 | 0:00 | 10:31 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 90.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Alexeyev | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:30 | 0:00 | 1:29 | 22:01 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 25:22 | 2:39 | 1:25 | 21:18 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan McIlrath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:56 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 23:46 | 0:26 | 1:31 | 21:49 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 24:22 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 22:47 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Stevenson | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .868 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:51 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 15:57 | 22 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 60.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:09 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 13:35 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 | 1:06 | 1:12 | 14:00 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joona Koppanen | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 1:53 | 13:56 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 15:04 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vasily Ponomarev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:06 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 9:52 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Poulin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 9:36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valtteri Puustinen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:31 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 8:28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:50 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 14:46 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:38 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 15:42 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Tomasino | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:24 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Graves | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22:25 | 1:52 | 0:55 | 19:38 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:06 | 1:08 | 0:54 | 23:04 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladislav Kolyachonok | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:50 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:59 | 0:01 | 2:08 | 18:50 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:54 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 18:44 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
Apr 17, 2025WSH 2, PIT 5
Feb 22, 2025WSH 8, PIT 3
Jan 18, 2025PIT 1, WSH 4
Nov 8, 2024PIT 4, WSH 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 5-2, on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Washington Capitals 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 5.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Connor McMichael (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Bryan Rust (2 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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