Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Thursday, April 27, 2017 · Verizon Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 21–35

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NBCSN · SN · TVAS2

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 35-21.

Sidney Crosby scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nick Bonino also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 18 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	2	1	3	21
WSH	0	1	1	2	35

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Sidney Crosby (3)Jake Guentzel (2), Patric Hornqvist (2)1–000:12 PIT
Sidney Crosby (4)Patric Hornqvist (3), Olli Maatta (2)2–001:04 PIT
Alex Ovechkin (4)Lars Eller (3), T.J. Oshie (5)2–118:17 WSH

3rd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)Matt Niskanen (2)2–208:05 WSH
Nick Bonino (2)Scott Wilson (1), Ian Cole (4)3–212:36 PIT

Team stats

PITWSH

21Shots on goal35

54%Faceoff %46%

0/2Power play0/0

2Penalty minutes6

17Hits41

29Blocked shots8

11Giveaways6

9Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 03:38Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
2nd 19:41Kevin Shattenkirk · roughing2 min
2nd 19:41Scott Wilson · roughing2 min
3rd 12:45Matt Niskanen · slashing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

72Patric HornqvistR	0	2	2	+2	2	2	2	0	–	18:18
87Sidney CrosbyC	2	0	2	+2	5	0	0	0	47	17:25
13Nick BoninoC	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	50	15:02
23Scott WilsonC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	–	12:31
59Jake GuentzelC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	2	0	–	16:54
3Olli MaattaD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:03
28Ian ColeD	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	0	–	17:01
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	13:50
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	12:59
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	14:12
34Tom KuhnhacklR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	12:11
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	12:21
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	75	17:41
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:57
4Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	19:53
6Trevor DaleyD	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	–	20:05
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	19:31
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	21:06

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	3	6	0	2	–	19:11
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	45	15:21
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	100	19:48
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	60	18:39
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	0	5	3	0	2	–	20:46
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	06:07
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:45
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	24	19:33
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:20
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	0	–	13:42
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:40
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	08:56
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	16:42
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	20:05
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	2	–	19:01
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	19:16
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	–	20:32
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	18:35

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	21	18	3	.857	58:01