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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY
Washington at Pittsburgh
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 25, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Ryan Galloway
Washington at Pittsburgh
Final 1 2 3 T 
WAS 0 0 3 3
PIT 0 2 2 4
Boxscore | Recap 
Periods:
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1
Washington   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Martin Fehervary hits Kris Letang. 0:16  
Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 0:18  
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 0:18  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 0:26  
Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom. 1:09  
Evgeny Kuznetsov blocks shot from Ryan Poehling. 1:40  
Anthony Mantha hits Mark Friedman. 1:46  
Craig Smith shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:00  
Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:01  
  2:02 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
  2:12 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Nic Dowd hits Kris Letang. 2:51  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:57  
Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net 3:07  
T.J. Oshie hits Jake Guentzel. 3:26  
Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net 3:26  
  3:39 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  3:41 Bryan Rust hits Alexander Alexeyev.
  4:35 Rickard Rakell hits Rasmus Sandin.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Ryan Poehling. 4:48  
  4:48 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  5:07 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  5:12 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 5:44  
  5:59 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
Takeaway by John Carlson. 6:03  
Evgeny Kuznetsov blocks shot from Kris Letang. 6:47  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:48  
T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 6:57  
  6:59 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  7:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Takeaway by Anthony Mantha. 7:27  
  7:44 Giveaway by Chad Ruhwedel.
  8:16 Giveaway by Danton Heinen.
Rasmus Sandin hits Danton Heinen. 8:31  
  8:36 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
John Carlson blocks shot from Mikael Granlund. 8:37  
  8:58 Evgeni Malkin hits Rasmus Sandin.
Rasmus Sandin hits Evgeni Malkin. 9:07  
  9:12 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  9:13 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  9:19 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas. 9:28  
  9:43 Josh Archibald hits Trevor van Riemsdyk.
T.J. Oshie penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Drew O'Connor. 9:47  
  9:47 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  9:55 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 9:59  
  10:12 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Takeaway by Nic Dowd. 10:17  
Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net 10:21  
Nic Dowd blocks shot from Kris Letang. 10:33  
  10:42 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  11:14 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  11:15 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Martin Fehervary blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 11:29  
  11:44 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  12:02 Brian Dumoulin hits T.J. Oshie.
  12:09 Ryan Poehling hits Alex Ovechkin.
  12:13 Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel.
Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot Ryan Poehling shoots 12:22  
Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Ryan Poehling. 12:25  
  12:26 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
  12:30 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
  12:43 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  12:51 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
  13:12 Taylor Fedun hits Conor Sheary.
Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas. 13:26  
  13:43 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  13:44 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  13:45 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  13:55 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk. 14:15  
  14:28 Kris Letang penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Alex Ovechkin.
  14:28 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
Shot by John Carlson misses the net 14:59  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 15:16  
  15:39 Giveaway by Mark Friedman.
  15:53 Josh Archibald blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 16:06  
  16:29 Takeaway by Drew O'Connor.
  16:33 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  17:02 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Martin Fehervary.
  17:03 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  17:20 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
Craig Smith shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 17:25  
  17:34 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Tom Wilson hits Kris Letang. 17:47  
Giveaway by T.J. Oshie. 19:20  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel hits Brian Dumoulin. 19:59  
2
Washington   Pittsburgh
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel hits Sidney Crosby. 0:19  
  0:28 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  0:38 Kris Letang blocks shot from Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin. 1:04  
  1:10 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:38  
  1:43 Takeaway by Jason Zucker.
  1:55 Takeaway by Ryan Poehling.
Aliaksei Protas hits Mark Friedman. 2:14  
  2:26 Danton Heinen hits Aliaksei Protas.
Takeaway by T.J. Oshie. 2:36  
Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:41  
Alexander Alexeyev blocks shot from Taylor Fedun. 2:50  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:50  
Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:04  
Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:07  
Takeaway by Craig Smith. 3:11  
  3:15 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
Nic Dowd hits Kris Letang. 3:45  
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 3:48  
  3:52 Kris Letang hits Nic Dowd.
Nic Dowd hits Kris Letang. 3:59  
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 4:00  
  4:03 Josh Archibald blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  4:09 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Tom Wilson hits Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 4:16  
Takeaway by John Carlson. 4:26  
Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net 4:30  
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:56  
Shot by Rasmus Sandin misses the net 4:57  
  4:59 Chad Ruhwedel hits Tom Wilson.
T.J. Oshie hits Brian Dumoulin. 5:10  
Shot by Nicklas Backstrom misses the net 5:15  
  5:25 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
T.J. Oshie hits Brian Dumoulin. 5:36  
Martin Fehervary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 5:44  
  6:19 Taylor Fedun hits Craig Smith.
Takeaway by John Carlson. 6:36  
Shot by Nicolas Aube-Kubel misses the net 6:44  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel hits Jake Guentzel. 6:54  
Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:06  
  7:14 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  7:32 Josh Archibald shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  7:40 Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net
Giveaway by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. 7:44  
  7:58 Shot by Jeff Carter misses the net
  8:05 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
  8:19 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Tom Wilson.
Tom Wilson blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 8:34  
  8:42 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 8:50  
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:59  
  9:05 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  9:17 Bryan Rust hits Rasmus Sandin.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 9:40  
  9:52 Ryan Poehling blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:00  
  10:03 Danton Heinen blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  10:10 Ryan Poehling scores. Assisted by Danton Heinen.
  10:10 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Aliaksei Protas wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 10:17  
  10:31 Jeff Carter hits Martin Fehervary.
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:36  
  10:41 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  10:45 Josh Archibald hits Nicklas Backstrom.
Giveaway by Nick Jensen. 11:14  
  11:15 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Shot by Martin Fehervary misses the net 11:25  
  11:43 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  12:17 Chad Ruhwedel scores. Assisted by Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund.
  12:17 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Alex Ovechkin hits Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 12:28  
  12:38 Jake Guentzel hits Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  12:50 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  12:53 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Giveaway by Dylan Strome. 13:01  
Giveaway by Dylan Strome. 13:24  
  13:25 Danton Heinen shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 13:26  
  13:41 Mikael Granlund hits Nick Jensen.
Nic Dowd hits Taylor Fedun. 13:55  
Nic Dowd hits Taylor Fedun. 14:01  
Conor Sheary hits Mikael Granlund. 14:10  
  14:40 Pierre-Olivier Joseph blocks shot from Aliaksei Protas.
  14:56 Danton Heinen shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  15:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  15:13 Bryan Rust hits Martin Fehervary.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:21  
Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 15:33  
  16:17 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Rasmus Sandin hits Drew O'Connor. 16:28  
Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Josh Archibald. 16:53  
Giveaway by John Carlson. 17:02  
Rasmus Sandin penalty for fighting against Josh Archibald - 5 mins (Major). 17:03  
  17:03 Josh Archibald penalty for fighting against Rasmus Sandin - 5 mins (Major).
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 17:03  
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 17:13  
Alex Ovechkin hits Kris Letang. 17:29  
Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin. 17:40  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 17:46  
  17:55 Danton Heinen hits John Carlson.
John Carlson hits Ryan Poehling. 18:06  
  18:11 Jason Zucker blocks shot from Nic Dowd.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:12  
  18:21 Jake Guentzel hits Martin Fehervary.
  18:28 Chad Ruhwedel hits John Carlson.
  18:37 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Nic Dowd hits Sidney Crosby. 18:37  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Mikael Granlund. 18:39  
Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 18:46  
Nicklas Backstrom penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mikael Granlund. 18:52  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:52  
Tom Wilson blocks shot from Kris Letang. 19:20  
  19:21 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  19:23 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  19:23 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:24  
  19:37 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  19:45 Evgeni Malkin hits Martin Fehervary.
  19:51 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Martin Fehervary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:55  
Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:57  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:59  
3
Washington   Pittsburgh
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
  0:25 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  0:27 Jake Guentzel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Rickard Rakell.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 0:27  
  0:38 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  0:44 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:25  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:56  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:00  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 2:01  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:02  
  2:14 Takeaway by Ryan Poehling.
  2:19 Mark Friedman shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  2:27 Giveaway by Drew O'Connor.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 2:47  
Shot by Trevor van Riemsdyk misses the net 3:06  
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 3:13  
  3:18 Mark Friedman blocks shot from Trevor van Riemsdyk.
Alex Ovechkin penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 3:42  
  3:42 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  3:53 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
Nick Jensen hits Jake Guentzel. 4:13  
  4:19 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  4:20 Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nic Dowd.
  4:20 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
  4:38 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
  4:54 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  5:14 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Tom Wilson scores. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 5:19  
  5:19 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  5:32 Giveaway by Chad Ruhwedel.
  5:56 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  6:16 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits T.J. Oshie.
  6:38 Kris Letang hits Nicklas Backstrom.
  6:46 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by Anthony Mantha. 6:49  
  6:55 Taylor Fedun hits Tom Wilson.
Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net 7:37  
Nick Jensen hits Evgeni Malkin. 8:23  
Martin Fehervary hits Drew O'Connor. 8:26  
  8:53 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 9:19  
  9:26 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  9:35 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 10:04  
Takeaway by T.J. Oshie. 11:01  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:44  
  11:45 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Dylan Strome.
Dylan Strome wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 12:07  
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:17  
  12:26 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 12:33  
  13:13 Ryan Poehling blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  13:14 Ryan Poehling penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anthony Mantha.
T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 13:14  
Alex Ovechkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by John Carlson and Dylan Strome. 13:18  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 13:18  
Shot by Alexander Alexeyev misses the net 14:15  
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 14:23  
Shot by Nicolas Aube-Kubel misses the net 14:33  
Nicolas Aube-Kubel hits Kris Letang. 14:34  
  14:50 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
  14:54 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
  14:55 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  14:56 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Martin Fehervary blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 14:57  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 14:58  
Giveaway by Nick Jensen. 15:18  
  15:19 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
Takeaway by Tom Wilson. 15:24  
  15:27 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  15:45 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Shot by Nicklas Backstrom misses the net 15:46  
  16:13 Jason Zucker hits Martin Fehervary.
  16:21 Takeaway by Jason Zucker.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 16:27  
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 16:36  
  16:52 Chad Ruhwedel hits Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
Nick Jensen hits Mikael Granlund. 17:04  
  17:11 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Dylan Strome.
Dylan Strome shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 17:13  
Dylan Strome scores. Assisted by Conor Sheary and Nicolas Aube-Kubel. 17:16  
  17:16 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
T.J. Oshie hits Brian Dumoulin. 17:36  
  17:42 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Aliaksei Protas.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 17:48  
  17:51 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  18:05 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  18:18 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  18:20 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
  18:32 Mikael Granlund hits Nick Jensen.
  18:39 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  18:40 Evgeni Malkin scores.
T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:40  
T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:51  
  18:58 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
  18:59 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Darcy Kuemper.
Alex Ovechkin blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 19:15  
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:30  
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:35  
Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net 19:50  
  19:56 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom.