Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Monday, May 2, 2016 · CONSOL Energy Center
NBCSN · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Monday, May 2, 2016 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 49–23.
Goals came from Patric Hornqvist, Tom Kuhnhackl, Carl Hagelin, Alex Ovechkin and Justin Williams.
Matt Murray made 47 saves on 49 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patric Hornqvist (4)Trevor Daley (4), Conor Sheary (2)0–106:37 PIT
Tom Kuhnhackl (2)Matt Cullen (2), Kris Letang (6)0–207:37 PIT
2nd period
Carl Hagelin (3)Nick Bonino (8), Phil Kessel (5)0–315:03 PIT
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (4)Matt Niskanen (3), Nicklas Backstrom (6)1–308:02 WSH
Justin Williams (1)Alex Ovechkin (4), John Carlson (6)2–319:04 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
4923
51%49%
0/40/3
68
5825
619
85
411
Penalties
- 8:35 into the first period
Justin Williams · interference2 min - 10:08 into the first period
Derrick Pouliot · hooking2 min - 15:41 into the first periodKris Letang · interference2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodDaniel Winnik · slashing2 min
- 19:22 into the first periodPhil Kessel · slashing2 min
- 6:30 into the second periodJustin Williams · tripping2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodCarl Hagelin · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 24:21 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:09 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 27:59 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:54 |
| 26Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:20 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:08 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:20 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 17:53 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:20 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 27:57 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:19 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 12:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 49 | 2 | .959 |