2-1-0, 1-0-0 Away

1-1-0, 0-0-0 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals

Penguins

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Silovs	2	0	0	1	2.47	.886
S. Murashov	0	1	0	0	3.14	.912

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
C. Lindgren	0	1	0	0	2.08	.931
L. Thompson	1	0	0	0	2.00	.939

Capital One Arena

7:30 PM, October 7, 2026Coverage: TNT

Washington, DC

Penguins visit the Capitals in Metropolitan Division action

Pittsburgh Penguins (2-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Washington Capitals (1-1, in the Metropolitan Division)

Oct 6, 2026, 04:11 am - Data Skrive

PIT

WSH

Points

Evgeni MalkinC #71

4PTS

Jakob ChychrunD #6

3PTS

Goals

Declan CarlileD #72

0PPG

Alex TuchRW #89

0PPG

Assists

Erik KarlssonD #65

2PPA

3+/-

Jakob ChychrunD #6

0PPA

0+/-

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Bryan Rust RW	IR	Oct 7
Justin Brazeau RW	IR	Oct 7
Ryan Graves D	IR	Oct 24

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Matt Roy D	Day-To-Day	Oct 7
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	Oct 24
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-NR	Dec 26

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
PIT	5.00	2.67	33.3	26.0	18	4	40.0	0	100.0	1	0
WSH	3.00	2.50	24.0	31.5	41	1	25.0	1	88.9	0	0

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/5/26	vsWPG	L3-2
10/3/26	vsMTL	W6-5 OT
9/30/26	@PHI	W7-0
9/26/26	@BUF	W3-1
9/24/26	@CBJ	L4-0

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/3/26	@TB	L3-1
10/2/26	@CAR	W5-2
9/26/26	@PHI	W5-1
9/25/26	vsBOS	W3-2 OT
9/21/26	vsPHI	W5-2

2026-10-07T23:30ZOpenMLTotalSpread

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

(2-1-0)

(2-1-0, 1-0-0 Away)

o6.5

+114

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

(1-1-0)

(1-1-0, 0-0-0 Home)

-162

Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/7

Penguins
Capitals

Game 1

10/7

TNT

Capitals
Penguins

Game 2

1/18

TNT/truTV

Capitals
Penguins

Game 3

3/13

ABC

Penguins
Capitals

Game 4

4/4

ESPN

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	1	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	2	2	2

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals

Penguins visit the Capitals in Metropolitan Division action

Scoring Leaders

Evgeni MalkinC #71

Jakob ChychrunD #6

Declan CarlileD #72

Alex TuchRW #89

Erik KarlssonD #65

Jakob ChychrunD #6

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