Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Saturday, May 7, 2016 · Verizon Center

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1–3

31–19

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 31–19.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Chris Kunitz, T.J. Oshie and Justin Williams.

Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 16 of 19.

Goals
PIT	1	0	0	1	31
WSH	1	2	0	3	19

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (5)Nicklas Backstrom (7), T.J. Oshie (4)0–104:04 WSH ·
Chris Kunitz (1)Phil Kessel (6), Sidney Crosby (7)1–107:08 PIT ·

2nd period

T.J. Oshie (5)Alex Ovechkin (5), John Carlson (7)1–204:00 WSH ·
Justin Williams (2)Unassisted1–309:58 WSH

Team stats

PITWSH

3119

49%51%

1/22/5

126

2826

1619

1413

1011

Penalties

3:56 into the first periodBryan Rust · hooking2 min
5:47 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
16:42 into the first periodMatt Cullen · slashing2 min
16:42 into the first periodJustin Williams · slashing2 min
18:34 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
2:54 into the second periodIan Cole · slashing2 min
12:48 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
5:30 into the third periodNate Schmidt · interference2 min
9:29 into the third periodNick Bonino · high sticking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

14Chris KunitzL	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	100	15:58
81Phil KesselC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	16:32
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	44	21:35
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	2	40	13:28
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	44	13:28
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	10:13
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	100	17:14
34Tom KuhnhacklR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	08:09
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	14:16
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:21
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	64	20:36
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	10:36
4Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	11:51
6Trevor DaleyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	21:18
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	2	0	–	20:32
12Ben LovejoyD	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	17:24
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	–	13:19
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	30:11

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Matt MurrayG	L	19	16	3	.842	56:45

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	0	6	3	1	0	–	19:59
77T.J. OshieR	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	100	20:53
14Justin WilliamsR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	2	100	15:06
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	56	20:45
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	24:50
10Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	44	09:20
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	16:24
26Daniel WinnikC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:36
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:20
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:23
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	60	15:49
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:56
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	17:38
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	27:28
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:27
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	15:42
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	4	0	–	25:02
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	09:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00