Penguins/Capitals Recap: Pens dress stars, have little juice in 3-0 loss for potential last game against Ovechkin
Pregame The late-season roster shuffle continues. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust and Parker Wotherspoon all dress for this game after sitting out yesterday. Noel Acciari, Anthony Mantha, Ryan Shea and Connor Clifton all rotate out with official ‘undisclosed day-to-day injuries’.
How we're lining up in DC 👇 pic. twitter. com/6ThWhF80sa — x – Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 12, 2026 The home Capitals celebrate their final home game of the season and the potential last time to see Alex Ovechkin playing in DC with this lineup.
Lineys #CapsPens | @JackDaniels_US pic. twitter. com/dQBKt4XqJ0 — Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 12, 2026 Ovechkin and the Pens’ crew get a pregame faceoff.
No official announcements or anything but it sure looks like a lot of signs pointing to this being it for the Great 8. GREAT 8 🤝 BIG THREE pic. twitter.
com/frpzM2c5PQ — x – Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 12, 2026 First period Dylan Strome gets himself kicked out of the opening faceoff so that Ovechkin can line up for a faceoff against Crosby. The Penguin captain wins it cleanly and the game is on. Generational greatness.
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