Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 04/12/26

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals will play the 2nd half of a home-and-home on Sunday afternoon, with the Capitals taking an unsurprising 6-3 win on Saturday. While the Penguins have been a much better team than the Capitals overall this season, Pittsburgh’s place in the standings allowed them to sit nearly all their top players in the first matchup. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Ben Kindel, Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang headlined the group that sat and watched their team take on Alexander Ovechkin in what could be his last game in Pittsburgh.

It is unclear whether the Penguins will dress any of those players on Sunday, but with them failing to do it at home, it’s hard to see them go on the road and play 24 hours later. The decision wouldn’t be a popular one for hockey fans who want to see a Crosby vs Ovechkin matchup one more time, but if the cards fall correctly for the Capitals, we could see it in the first round of the playoffs.

The Capitals’ fate is in the Philadelphia Flyers’ hands, as they’d need the Flyers to record just one of a possible 4 points over their final 2 games, with the Capitals needing to win both games. Given the circumstances of the game Sunday in Pittsburgh, I’m going to take Washington to continue to take care of their own business on Sunday afternoon.

Penguins vs Capitals prediction: Capitals ML (-165) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number. 

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