Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3, 8 Oct 2026

NHL Thursday, 8 October 2026

Washington Capitals 16th place · GP 4 · W 3 · PTS 6

5–3 Final

Pittsburgh Penguins 11th place · GP 6 · W 3 · PTS 7

VenueCapital One Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off8 Oct · 00:30 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match

Our pick

52% Washington Capitals Home

48% Pittsburgh Penguins Away

52% 48%

Our pick Washington Capitals Low confidence Correct

Capitals are 12th with 4 points from 3 games, Penguins 10th with 4 points from 4 games
Capitals form is WLW, Penguins form is WWLL, so both teams have mixed recent results
Capitals won 2 of the last 3 meetings, including 5-2 and 5-3 wins

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

NHL

Washington CapitalsPittsburgh Penguins

27Shots on goal30

58%Face-off %42%

1/4Power play0/3

25%Power play %0%

8Penalty minutes8

22Hits7

15Blocked shots18

11Giveaways21

6Takeaways3

NHL

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
T. WilsonR	1	2	3	3	2	19:49
P. DuboisC	1	1	2	3	3	17:41
A. TuchR	1	0	1	2	6	18:35
C. HutsonD	0	1	1	-1	3	16:29
R. LeonardR	1	0	1	0	2	13:53
D. StromeC	0	1	1	1	1	13:31
J. KyrouR	0	1	1	-3	1	11:58
A. BeauvillierR	1	0	1	2	1	10:46

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
B. RustR	1	0	1	0	3	19:09
T. NovakC	1	0	1	1	3	15:17
B. KindelC	0	1	1	1	2	19:36
N. RobertsonL	1	0	1	1	1	08:32
B. LizotteC	0	1	1	1	1	10:53
K. KorczakD	0	1	1	2	1	17:23
S. GirardD	0	1	1	1	1	19:00
E. KarlssonD	0	0	0	-1	4	24:44

NHL

Time	Team	Scorer	Assists	Score
P1 00:23	WSH	A. Beauvillier	D. Strome	1–0
P1 01:19	PIT	B. Rust	B. Kindel, S. Girard	1–1
P1 11:51	WSH	T. Wilson	P. Dubois	2–1
P2 04:42	WSH	P. Dubois	T. Wilson	3–1
P2 13:14	WSH	A. Tuch	T. Wilson	4–1
P2 14:05	PIT	T. Novak	unassisted	4–2
P2 18:01	PIT	N. Robertson	K. Korczak, B. Lizotte	4–3
P3 03:55	WSH	R. Leonard (PP)	J. Kyrou, C. Hutson	5–3