National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Greg Devorski
Attendance: 18634
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0224
Pittsburgh 0303
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
3:56 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) Tripping
 4:39 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (2) Tripping
 7:47 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Holding
 16:30 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Interference
 18:50 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
0:48 - Capitals John Carlson (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
4:33 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz , Sidney Crosby
6:49 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Phil Kessel
11:04 - Capitals Chandler Stephenson (EV) Assists: T.J. Oshie , Nicklas Backstrom
16:27 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Kris Letang
Penalties
5:36 - Capitals Brooks Orpik (2) Hooking
 13:15 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Cross checking
 13:15 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 13:15 - Penguins Jamie Oleksiak (2) Cross checking
 15:55 - Capitals Michal Kempny (2) Hooking
 15:55 - Penguins Tom Kuhnhackl (2) Holding the stick
 18:58 - Penguins Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
5:06 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Tom Wilson
18:53 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
None.
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 47:23 6:41 5:56 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 E 0 3 23 21:12 16:05 0:50 4:17 0 0 1 1 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 E 2 2 21 17:41 17:30 0:11 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 +1 2 2 24 20:24 14:38 5:46 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 24 20:39 18:30 0:50 1:19 0 0 3 3 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 11 6:42 5:47 0:55 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 10:21 9:31 0:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 24 14:43 12:41 0:00 2:02 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 +2 0 2 29 22:29 15:57 5:40 0:52 0 0 - 1 6 9 40
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 14:15 10:38 1:00 2:37 0 0 2 - 5 6 45
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 10:36 8:36 0:00 2:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 9:17 9:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:48 5:37 0:00 0:11 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +2 2 1 21 17:25 15:37 0:00 1:48 0 0 9 - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 2 1 20 15:59 12:08 0:00 3:51 0 0 5 4 - - -
John Carlson D 1 0 1 E 0 4 32 29:17 21:01 5:51 2:25 1 0 2 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 30 22:05 16:19 5:46 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 2 50
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 10:20 7:58 0:00 2:22 0 0 1 - 4 6 40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 21:34 15:48 5:46 0:00 0 0 4 - 5 10 33
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 59:22 46:45 5:56 6:41 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 12:32 10:15 0:00 2:17 0 0 8 3 - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 E 0 2 32 21:46 18:22 1:02 2:22 0 0 - 1 - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 4 33 23:12 18:40 4:22 0:10 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 11:12 10:39 0:00 0:33 0 0 4 - - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 32 19:59 15:45 0:05 4:09 0 0 3 1 - - -
Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 5:58 5:58 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 15:11 10:00 0:00 5:11 0 0 3 1 10 5 67
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 24 17:21 12:09 0:00 5:12 0 0 4 3 - - -
Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 14:32 12:40 1:23 0:29 0 0 2 - 5 7 42
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 16 8:45 7:11 0:05 1:29 0 0 6 - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 12:50 11:34 1:16 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zach Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 5:37 3:52 0:44 1:01 0 0 2 - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 32 26:53 21:19 1:43 3:51 0 0 6 2 - - -
Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 +1 0 1 25 16:07 15:40 0:27 0:00 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -2 2 2 25 19:07 14:27 4:40 0:00 0 0 3 - 7 3 70
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 E 2 2 26 19:36 14:56 4:40 0:00 1 0 3 - - - -
Phil Kessel RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 24 19:21 14:41 4:40 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 27 20:41 16:08 4:33 0:00 0 0 1 - 13 7 65
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (6-1-1) 22 19 3 .864 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray L (5-4-0) 22 18 4 .818 0 59:22