{"id":550406,"date":"2026-04-11T15:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550406\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:42:37","slug":"playoff-bound-penguins-face-off-against-capitals-pregame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550406\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff bound Penguins face off against Capitals: Pregame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Penguins are looking for another victory after securing their playoff spot.The Pens beat the Devils Thursday night in New Jersey. Today, they&#8217;re back home to take on another division opponent, the Washington Capitals, at PPG Paints Arena.Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 will have all the pregame action ahead of puck drop. You can watch our breakdown before the game in the video player above at 2 p.m. Saturday&#8217;s game could be one of the final two meetings between longtime team captains Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.Penguins clinch playoff spotThe Penguins are heading back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in four years.  Pittsburgh is currently the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division. The Penguins have 98 points, six ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers. After Saturday&#8217;s game, there will only be two games left in the regular season. Tickets for Pittsburgh&#8217;s first two home playoff games at PPG Paints Arena are on sale to the general public. Click here for ticket information. Where the Capitals standWashington is 40-30-9 overall with a 14-7-2 record in Metropolitan Division games. The Capitals have a 16-7-1 record in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.Saturday marks the second time the Penguins and Capitals face off this season. Pittsburgh won the last meeting in November, with Crosby scoring two goals in a 5-3 victory.You can tune in after the game for all the highlights on WTAE.com.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins are looking for another victory after securing their playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Pens beat the Devils Thursday night in New Jersey. Today, they&#8217;re back home to take on another division opponent, the Washington Capitals, at PPG Paints Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 will have all the pregame action ahead of puck drop. You can watch our breakdown before the game in the video player above at 2 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s game could be one of the final two meetings between longtime team captains Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.<\/p>\n<p>Penguins clinch playoff spot<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/pittsburgh-penguins-clinch-playoff-spot\/70978386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heading back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in four years<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh is currently the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division. The Penguins have 98 points, six ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers. After Saturday&#8217;s game, there will only be two games left in the regular season. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Pittsburgh&#8217;s first two home playoff games at PPG Paints Arena are on sale to the general public. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=109350X1567041&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fpittsburgh-penguins-tickets%2Fartist%2F806005%3Fbrand%3Dpenguins%26venueId%3D180938&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtae.com%2Farticle%2Fpenguins-capitals-pregame%2F70987498&amp;xcust=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for ticket information<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Where the Capitals stand<\/p>\n<p>Washington is 40-30-9 overall with a 14-7-2 record in Metropolitan Division games. The Capitals have a 16-7-1 record in games they have fewer penalties than their opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday marks the second time the Penguins and Capitals face off this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/penguins-capitals-crosby-rust-mantha-dewar\/69281760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pittsburgh won the last meeting<\/a> in November, with Crosby scoring two goals in a 5-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>You can tune in after the game for all the highlights on WTAE.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Penguins are looking for another victory after securing their playoff spot.The Pens beat the Devils Thursday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[191,5,4,118,49667,190,109,5222],"class_list":{"0":"post-550406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-capitals","8":"tag-capitals","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-penguins","12":"tag-pens-on-4","13":"tag-washington","14":"tag-washington-capitals","15":"tag-washingtoncapitals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116386840337702797","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}