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Game Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins (24-15-8) at Washington Capitals (25-19-6) – 26 Jan 2023 – 07:00PM EST



#Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (24-15-8) at Washington [](/r/caps) Capitals (25-19-6)

#Capital One Arena

**[Comment with all tables](/r/caps/comments/10ltskm/game_thread_pittsburgh_penguins_24158_at/j5yvikt/)**

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|TV|NBCSWA, ATTSN-PT|
|Listen|[PIT](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099915) – [WSH](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999115)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://Penguins.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020773) – [Boxscore](http://Penguins.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020773) – [Recap](http://Penguins.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020773)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022020773) – [Boxscore](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022020773) – [Recap](http://Capitals.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022020773)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020773)|

#In-Game Updates

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by HockeyMod

8 Comments

  1. HockeyMod

    ###Projected Lineups

    ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Dylan Strome|Nicolas Aube-Kubel|[](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|Sidney Crosby|Bryan Rust|
    |[](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano|Evgeny Kuznetsov|Tom Wilson|[](/r/penguins)|Jason Zucker|Evgeni Malkin|Rickard Rakell|
    |[](/r/caps)|Anthony Mantha|Aliaksei Protas|Conor Sheary|[](/r/penguins)|Brock McGinn|Teddy Blueger|Jeff Carter|
    |[](/r/caps)|Marcus Johansson|Lars Eller|Garnet Hathaway|[](/r/penguins)|Drew O’Connor|Ryan Poehling|Danton Heinen|

    ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[](/r/penguins)|Brian Dumoulin|Kris Letang|
    |[](/r/caps)|Dmitry Orlov|Nick Jensen|[](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Jeff Petry|
    |[](/r/caps)|Matt Irwin|Martin Fehervary|[](/r/penguins)|Pierre-Olivier Joseph|Chad Ruhwedel|

    ||Goalies||Goalies|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[](/r/penguins)|Casey DeSmith|
    |[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[](/r/penguins)|Dustin Tokarski|

    ###Injuries

    ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|24 Jan 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Wilson (lower body) won’t return to Tuesday’s game versus the Colorado Avalanche.|unknown|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom|24 Jan 2023|Illness|DTD|Backstrom (illness) won’t play Tuesday versus the Colorado Avalanche.|unknown|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|T.J. Oshie|23 Jan 2023|Personal|DTD|Oshie left the team’s road trip for the birth of his child and won’t be available against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, Samantha Pell of The Washington Post reports.|unknown|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nic Dowd|16 Jan 2023|Lower Body|IR|Dowd (lower body) won’t be available for Tuesday’s tilt with Minnesota, Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|23 Dec 2022|Face|IR-LT|Carlson (face) was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday, Samantha Pell of The Washington Post reports.|26 Feb 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Kody Clark||Quadriceps|IR-NR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Connor Brown|14 Jan 2023|Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 May 2023|
    |[WSH](/r/caps)|Carl Hagelin|28 Dec 2022|Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|31 Jan 2023|
    |–|–|–|–|–|
    |[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|24 Jan 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Jarry (upper body) will be sidelined for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ next two games in the lead-up to the All-Star break, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Wednesday.|07 Feb 2023|
    |[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kasperi Kapanen|20 Jan 2023|Lower Body|IR|Kapanen (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|07 Feb 2023|
    |[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jan Rutta|16 Jan 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Rutta (upper body) is skating but hasn’t been cleared to practice with the team, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Tuesday.|14 Feb 2023|
    |[PIT](/r/penguins)|Filip Hallander|06 Jan 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Hallander (undisclosed) was released from the hospital Saturday after he was stretchered off the ice in AHL action Friday night.|28 Jan 2023|
    |[PIT](/r/penguins)|Josh Archibald|19 Dec 2022|Lower Body|IR-LT|Archibald (lower body) practiced without limitations Tuesday but won’t be in action versus the Florida Panthers, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.|unknown|
    |[PIT](/r/penguins)|Samuel Poulin|07 Dec 2022|Not Injury Related|OUT|Poulin will take a leave of absence from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.|01 Apr 2023|

    ###Team Stats

    |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[Capitals](/r/caps)|50|25|19|6|56|56.0|3.16|2.8|20.2|81.6|31.7|30.0|49.7|
    |[Penguins](/r/penguins)|47|24|15|8|56|59.5|3.27659|3.06382|22.1|81.1|32.59574|33.70212|52.1|

    ###Team Leaders

    |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |G|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|31|[](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|23|
    |A|[](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|34|[](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|34|
    |P|[](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|53|[](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|57|
    |+/-|[](/r/caps)|Erik Gustafsson|11|[](/r/penguins)|Josh Archibald|8|
    |PIM|[](/r/caps)|Garnet Hathaway|46|[](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|30|
    |TOI|[](/r/caps)|John Carlson|23:23|[](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|24:36|

    ### Goalie Breakdown

    ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |[](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|32|32|14|13|4|5|2.56|0.91576|
    |[](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|21|18|11|6|2|0|2.66|0.9078|
    |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
    |[](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|27|27|16|5|5|1|2.65|0.92099|
    |[](/r/penguins)|Casey DeSmith|20|19|7|9|3|0|3.34|0.90047|

    ###Season Series

    |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
    |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
    |09 Nov 2022|[](/r/penguins)|[](/r/caps)|07:30PM EST|PIT (4) – WSH (1)|
    |26 Jan 2023|[](/r/penguins)|[](/r/caps)|07:00PM EST|NBCSWA, ATTSN-PT|
    |25 Mar 2023|[](/r/caps)|[](/r/penguins)|08:00PM EDT|ESPN+, ABC|

  2. _SCHULTZY_

    Per Tarik:

    >Backstrom and Oshie are on the ice for the morning skate ahead of PIT. Wilson, however, is not.

  6. _SCHULTZY_

    Caps Lines at practice:

    Ovechkin-Strome-Oshie

    Mantha-Kuznetsov-Sheary

    Milano-Backstrom-Johansson

    NAK-Eller-Hathaway

    Gustafsson-TVR

    Orlov-Jensen

    Irwin-Fehervary

    Kuemper in net. Wilson Game Time Decision.

    Per Sammi Silber

  7. bleached_n_tiedyed

    Don’t let them party on the steps . Let’s win please

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