Final · April 11, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : WSH 32 — PIT 11 · PPG Paints Arena
Three stars
- 1★
A. OvechkinWSH · L · 1B 0A - 2★
I. ProtasWSH · L · 1B 2A - 3★
K. HayesPIT · R · 1B 0A
WSHGame statsPIT 
- 32Shots on goal11
- 57 %Faceoff win %43 %
- 1/2Power play0/0
- 0Penalty minutes4
- 17Hits21
- 15Blocked shots16
- 17Giveaways18
- 3Takeaways3
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 11 | 14 | 7 | 32 |
| PIT | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
Season seriesWSH 2 – 1 PIT
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← WSH 6 / 32 / 483 / 11 / 27 PIT →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
2nd period
Aliaksei ProtasWSH · 01:39Assists : Ilya Protas1 – 0▶ Watch
Anthony ManthaPIT · 02:05Assists : Ryan Shea, Tommy Novak1 – 1▶ Watch
Ryan LeonardWSH · 06:02Assists : Pierre-Luc Dubois, Connor McMichael2 – 1▶ Watch
Tom WilsonWSH · 08:08Assists : Ilya Protas, Aliaksei Protas3 – 1▶ Watch
Noel AcciariPIT · 11:47Assists : Elmer Soderblom, Samuel Girard3 – 2▶ Watch- Ryan LeonardWSH · 11:58Assists : Cole Hutson, Justin Sourdif4 – 2▶ Watch
- Kevin HayesPIT · 16:50Assists : Ryan Shea4 – 3▶ Watch
3rd period
- Ilya ProtasWSH · 05:56 · PPAssists : Cole Hutson, Dylan Strome5 – 3▶ Watch
- Alex OvechkinWSH · 16:22Assists : Tom Wilson6 – 3▶ Watch
Penalties
2nd period
- 14:43PITKevin Hayes — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Miroshnichenko
3rd period
- 05:16PITJustin Brazeau — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Martin Fehérváry
- 08:10WSHDylan Strome — Ps hooking on breakaway · drawn by Anthony Mantha
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14:59 |
| R. LeonardR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14:00 |
| D. StromeC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 20:01 |
| A. ProtasL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:24 |
| B. DuhaimeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:42 |
| C. McMichaelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| J. SourdifC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:54 |
| T. WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16:44 |
| I. ProtasL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:06 |
| I. MiroshnichenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11:54 |
| A. BeauvillierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:56 |
| P. DuboisC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:02 |
| M. RoyD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:53 |
| J. ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:09 |
| R. SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:35 |
| M. FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| C. HutsonD | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 19:02 |
| T. van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:00 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson(W) | 8/11 | 72.7 % | 60:00 |
| M. Gibson | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. McGroartyR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 14:49 |
| K. HayesR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| J. KoppanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| J. BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:27 |
| T. NovakC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| E. SoderblomL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| A. ManthaR | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 13:19 |
| V. KoivunenR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 |
| N. AcciariC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| E. ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 16:08 |
| R. RakellR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 16:57 |
| A. HayesR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 15:22 |
| J. St. IvanyD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| R. SheaD | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25:12 |
| I. SolovyovD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 15:42 |
| R. GravesD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 |
| S. GirardD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 20:43 |
| C. CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24:10 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Silovs(L) | 26/31 | 83.9 % | 59:06 |
| S. Skinner | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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