National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Pittsburgh 1
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, April 29, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0101
Washington 2114
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:26 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Unassisted
14:54 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (PP) Assists: Lars Eller , Braden Holtby
Penalties
6:57 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Tripping
 12:59 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:08 - Capitals Brett Connolly (EV) Assists: Lars Eller
13:04 - Penguins Kris Letang (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz , Jake Guentzel
Penalties
11:14 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (2) Roughing
 11:14 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
19:53 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) (EN) Assists: Tom Wilson , Lars Eller
Penalties
5:38 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Interference
 11:37 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Holding
 14:48 - Penguins Derick Brassard (2) Tripping
 16:19 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Slashing
 18:17 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (2) Roughing
 18:17 - Capitals Devante Smith-Pelly (2) Roughing
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 57:48 47:48 4:34 5:26 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 11:08 8:19 0:09 2:40 0 0 - 1 - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 22:20 18:13 1:42 2:25 0 0 1 3 - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 1 30 27:24 24:13 2:32 0:39 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 27 20:51 19:15 0:00 1:36 0 0 7 3 - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 8:59 7:25 0:16 1:18 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 10:00 8:24 1:36 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 18:25 14:43 0:16 3:26 0 0 2 - 6 7 46
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 14:22 11:04 0:16 3:02 0 0 1 - - - -
Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 14:08 11:29 2:39 0:00 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 9:11 7:02 0:16 1:53 0 0 3 2 - - -
Carter Rowney RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 6:18 4:21 0:00 1:57 0 0 1 1 3 4 43
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:06 11:30 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 E 0 3 12 7:35 7:04 0:00 0:31 0 0 4 1 1 0 100
Kris Letang D 1 0 1 -2 2 5 29 26:21 21:15 2:52 2:14 0 0 1 6 - - -
Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 25 22:32 18:53 3:39 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Patric Hornqvist RW 0 0 0 -1 4 4 24 19:29 15:58 3:31 0:00 0 0 5 3 - - -
Phil Kessel RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 18:31 14:58 3:33 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 25 23:37 19:55 3:39 0:03 0 0 2 2 15 9 62
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 1 1 0 1 60:00 49:03 5:26 5:31 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 26 23:31 19:46 0:21 3:24 0 0 2 3 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 22 17:36 17:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 4 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 19 18:28 13:23 5:05 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 2 3 26 22:17 18:52 1:32 1:53 0 0 - 3 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 15 10:24 8:50 1:34 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 10 7:38 6:14 1:24 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 18:34 16:18 0:00 2:16 0 0 2 - 0 4 0
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 E 0 2 26 22:35 17:08 4:02 1:25 0 0 1 1 9 10 47
Lars Eller C 0 3 3 +2 0 0 18 13:12 11:12 1:24 0:36 0 0 1 1 5 6 45
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 16 11:03 9:00 0:00 2:03 0 0 4 1 - - -
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 10:30 10:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11 8:03 7:28 0:00 0:35 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 21 16:27 14:37 0:00 1:50 0 0 7 1 0 1 0
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 16 16:00 12:22 0:00 3:38 0 0 3 5 - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 27 25:09 19:08 3:54 2:07 0 0 3 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 24 21:15 17:14 3:52 0:09 0 0 3 4 1 0 100
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 10:11 8:03 0:00 2:08 0 0 - 2 5 5 50
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 +1 4 0 21 19:07 15:05 4:02 0:00 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray L (5-4-0) 31 28 3 .903 0 57:48
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (6-1-1) 33 32 1 .970 0 60:00