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# Washington [](/r/caps) Capitals (17-11-6) at Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (18-13-4)
#PPG Paints Arena
##Time
|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:30PM|5:30PM|6:30PM|7:30PM|8:30PM|12:30AM|##Game Info:
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|TV|TVAS, SNE, SNO, ESPN+, HULU|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020576) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020576/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020576/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020576/playbyplay)|
##In-Game Updates
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##Projected Lineups
||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|Sidney Crosby|Rickard Rakell|[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Tom Wilson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Reilly Smith|Evgeni Malkin|Bryan Rust|[WSH](/r/caps)|Aliaksei Protas|Connor McMichael|Anthony Mantha|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Drew O’Connor|Lars Eller|Valtteri Puustinen|[WSH](/r/caps)|Hendrix Lapierre|Dylan Strome|Matthew Phillips|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jansen Harkins|Noel Acciari|Jeff Carter|[WSH](/r/caps)|Beck Malenstyn|Nic Dowd|Nicolas Aube-Kubel|
||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Kris Letang|[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|John Carlson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Graves|Erik Karlsson|[WSH](/r/caps)|Joel Edmundson|Ethan Bear|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|John Ludvig|Chad Ruhwedel|[WSH](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|Trevor van Riemsdyk|
||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|[WSH](/r/caps)|Hunter Shepard|
[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations/)
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##Injuries
||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Pierre-Olivier Joseph|30 Dec 2023|Illness|DTD|Joseph (illness) won’t play Sunday against the New York Islanders.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Bryan Rust|06 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Rust (upper body) returned to practice in a regular jersey Friday, according to Michelle Crechiolo of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ official site.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Matt Nieto|02 Dec 2023|Lower Body|IR|Nieto (lower body) skated for the first time since suffering his injury Friday, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jesse Puljujarvi|10 Dec 2023|Hip|OUT|Puljujarvi (hip) signed a professional tryout agreement with Pittsburgh on Sunday.|27 Jan 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|29 Dec 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Fehervary (upper body) practiced on the top pairing with John Carlson during Monday’s practice, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.|unknown|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|29 Dec 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Lindgren (upper body) will sit out Tuesday’s contest against the Pittsburgh Penguins and Wednesday’s game versus New Jersey, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.|05 Jan 2024|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|T.J. Oshie|17 Dec 2023|Lower Body|IR|Oshie (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, per Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network.|unknown|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|14 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Milano (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network reports.|11 Jan 2024|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|01 Nov 2023|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Cam Allen||Shoulder|OUT|Surgery|03 Jan 2024|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|09 Oct 2023|Achilles|IR-LT|Surgery|03 Jan 2024|
[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/pittsburgh-penguins/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/washington-capitals/injuries)
##Team Stats
|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|35|18|13|4|40|0.571|3.00|2.63|13.39|82.88|32.94|30.77|55.28|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|34|17|11|6|40|0.588|2.29|2.79|11.46|82.08|28.09|30.91|46.95|
[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)
##Team Leaders
|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|20|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|13|
|A|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|24|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|18|
|P|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|40|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin|21|
|+/-|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|19|[WSH](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|7|
|PIM|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|36|[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|70|
|TOI|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|24:42|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|25:44|
[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=5 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)
## Goalie Breakdown
||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|24|24|11|11|2|4|2.47|0.916|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|11|10|6|2|2|1|2.49|0.924|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|18|17|8|8|2|0|3.16|0.892|
|[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|15|14|7|3|3|2|2.27|0.928|
[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=5 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=15 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)
##Season Series
|Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|13 Oct 2023|[PIT](/r/penguins)|[WSH](/r/caps)|7:30PM EDT|PIT (**4**) – (0) WSH|
|02 Jan 2024|[WSH](/r/caps)|[PIT](/r/penguins)|7:30PM EST|TVAS, SNE, SNO, ESPN+, HULU|
|07 Mar 2024|[WSH](/r/caps)|[PIT](/r/penguins)|7:00PM EST|MNMT, SN-PIT|
|04 Apr 2024|[PIT](/r/penguins)|[WSH](/r/caps)|7:00PM EDT|SNE, SNO, SNP, MNMT, SN-PIT|
[Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020576/landing)
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Please win.
Ovi hatty as an extra FU would be nice.
ESPN killed my erection.
Big game tonight. Can’t say I’m very optimistic but who knows!