Putting It Home Against the Pens: Tom Wilson Has Scored More Goals Against the Penguins Than Any Other Opponent In His Career

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Tom Wilson broke Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith’s shutout bid in the third period of the Washington Capitals’ nationally-televised tilt against their longtime rivals from the Steel City.

With the Capitals trailing 3-0, a pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov led to Wilson putting the puck past DeSmith for his ninth goal of the 2022-23 season and breaking the shutout hopes for Pittsburgh.

Evgeny Kuznetsov spins around the net and sets up Tom Wilson for a 4-on-4 goal, Capitals back within 2!#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/GUurQA1dE5

— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) March 26, 2023

The goal marked Wilson’s tenth goal against the Pens in his career, marking the most against any opponent in 10 seasons as an NHLer.

It marks Wilson’s 10th goal in 38 games against Pittsburgh, the most goals he has scored against a single opponent in his career.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) March 26, 2023

In addition, Wilson has five points in his past four games.

By Michael Fleetwood

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Michael Fleetwood was born into a family of diehard Capitals fans and has been watching games as long as he can remember. He was born the year the Capitals went to their first Stanley Cup Final, and is a diehard Caps fan, the owner of the very FIRST Joe Beninati jersey and since then, has met Joe himself. Michael joined the NoVa Caps team in 2015, and is most proud of the growth of the NoVa Caps community in that time. An avid photographer, Michael resides in VA.

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