National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 6, Pittsburgh 3
Saturday, May 5, 2018 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 58:36
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 2 0 15:57
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 E 0 2 18:25
Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 -2 0 2 21:16
Jamie Oleksiak D 1 0 1 E 0 2 17:27
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 18:28
Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 E 2 0 13:29
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14:52
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:53
Derick Brassard C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 12:27
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 11:41
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 11:42
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23:17
Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 19:34
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13:03
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -4 0 4 18:10
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 -4 0 8 16:58
Phil Kessel RW 0 2 2 -4 0 2 16:51
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 -2 2 3 19:43
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 +3 2 2 25:10
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 E 0 2 16:45
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 +2 4 3 18:53
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 22:20
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 11:37
Jakub Vrana LW 1 2 3 +3 0 2 10:52
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:29
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15:55
Lars Eller C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 16:22
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 4 1 13:55
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:42
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 9:21
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 16:35
Shane Gersich LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5:42
John Carlson D 1 0 1 +2 0 4 25:47
T.J. Oshie RW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 21:12
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14:06
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 2 3 +2 0 2 20:10
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray L (27-16-3) 30 26 4 .867 0 58:36
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (34-16-4) 39 36 3 .923 0 60:00