National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 6, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, May 5, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1203
Washington 2046
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:23 - Penguins Jamie Oleksiak (EV) Assists: Derick Brassard , Justin Schultz
18:22 - Capitals John Carlson (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , T.J. Oshie
18:55 - Capitals Brett Connolly (EV) Assists: Jakub Vrana , Lars Eller
Penalties
7:15 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Holding
10:04 - Penguins Chad Ruhwedel (2) Hooking
17:11 - Penguins Dominik Simon (2) Tripping
19:58 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:43 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (PP) Assists: Phil Kessel , Justin Schultz
7:45 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Phil Kessel
Penalties
4:24 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Slashing
6:57 - Capitals Devante Smith-Pelly (2) Tripping
16:39 - Capitals Devante Smith-Pelly (2) Tripping
17:22 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:52 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Jakub Vrana , Matt Niskanen
15:22 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Evgeny Kuznetsov
18:29 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (EV) (EN) Unassisted
19:54 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 58:36 48:52 5:50 3:54 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 15:57 15:02 0:00 0:55 0 0 2 - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 18:25 14:06 2:10 2:09 0 0 4 2 - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 -2 0 2 29 21:16 18:24 2:50 0:02 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jamie Oleksiak D 1 0 1 E 0 2 25 17:27 16:11 0:00 1:16 0 0 3 3 - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 28 18:28 16:45 0:00 1:43 0 0 - 2 - - -
Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 13:29 13:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 14:52 11:43 0:00 3:09 0 0 5 2 5 7 42
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 12:53 12:13 0:00 0:40 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Derick Brassard C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 12:27 10:12 2:15 0:00 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 11:41 9:56 0:00 1:45 0 0 4 - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 19 11:42 9:32 2:10 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 30 23:17 18:34 3:00 1:43 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 25 19:34 17:17 2:15 0:02 0 0 2 - - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 13:03 11:10 0:00 1:53 0 0 3 3 1 0 100
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -4 0 4 25 18:10 14:27 3:40 0:03 0 0 1 - 6 3 67
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 -4 0 8 24 16:58 13:23 3:35 0:00 1 0 2 1 - - -
Phil Kessel RW 0 2 2 -4 0 2 23 16:51 12:57 3:40 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 -2 2 3 28 19:43 16:06 3:35 0:02 1 0 - - 17 18 49
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:16 3:54 5:50 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 +3 2 2 30 25:10 21:28 0:32 3:10 0 0 2 2 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 16:45 15:50 0:00 0:55 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 +2 4 3 22 18:53 15:31 3:22 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 26 22:20 20:13 0:32 1:35 0 0 3 1 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 17 11:37 11:19 0:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 1 2 3 +3 0 2 16 10:52 10:50 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 17:29 13:57 0:00 3:32 0 0 1 - 7 5 58
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 15:55 11:15 3:35 1:05 0 0 - 2 1 2 33
Lars Eller C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 23 16:22 15:04 0:19 0:59 0 0 2 - 8 11 42
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 4 1 21 13:55 12:16 0:08 1:31 0 0 5 1 1 1 50
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 10:42 10:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 9:21 8:36 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 20 16:35 12:20 0:00 4:15 0 0 1 1 - - -
Shane Gersich LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9 5:42 5:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
John Carlson D 1 0 1 +2 0 4 29 25:47 20:27 3:35 1:45 1 0 2 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 23 21:12 17:44 3:28 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 3 25
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 14:06 10:32 0:00 3:34 0 0 2 - 9 7 56
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 2 3 +2 0 2 25 20:10 16:17 3:39 0:14 0 0 2 1 9 7 56
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray L (6-5-0) 30 26 4 .867 0 58:36
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (7-2-1) 39 36 3 .923 0 60:00