Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Saturday, April 29, 2017 · Verizon Center

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6–2

24–36

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NBC · CBC · TVAS

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 36–24.

Phil Kessel scored twice and Jake Guentzel scored twice. Matt Cullen, Matt Niskanen, Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeni Malkin also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 11 of 14.

Goals
PIT	0	3	3	6	24
WSH	0	1	1	2	36

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Matt Cullen (1)Unassisted1–001:15 PIT ·
Matt Niskanen (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (5)1–102:09 WSH ·
Phil Kessel (3)Sidney Crosby (6), Jake Guentzel (3)2–113:04 PIT
Jake Guentzel (6)Sidney Crosby (7)3–116:14 PIT

3rd period

Phil Kessel (4)Justin Schultz (4), Evgeni Malkin (10)4–102:19 PIT ·
Nicklas Backstrom (3)Alex Ovechkin (2), T.J. Oshie (6)4–203:44 WSH
Evgeni Malkin (3)Ian Cole (5), Phil Kessel (7)5–205:31 PIT
Jake Guentzel (7)Matt Cullen (3), Olli Maatta (3)6–219:17 PIT ·

Team stats

PITWSH

2436

45%55%

1/31/5

1016

1937

3310

413

69

Penalties

4:18 into the first periodTrevor Daley · hooking2 min
17:43 into the first periodIan Cole · interference2 min
0:29 into the second periodJake Guentzel · hooking2 min
2:15 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · slashing2 min
9:45 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · hooking2 min
1:32 into the third periodKevin Shattenkirk · delaying game puck over glass2 min
10:38 into the third periodTom Wilson · roughing2 min
10:38 into the third periodTom Wilson · misconduct10 min
16:22 into the third periodTom Kuhnhackl · delaying game2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

59Jake GuentzelC	2	1	3	+2	3	1	2	2	–	18:00
81Phil KesselC	2	1	3	+2	4	0	0	0	–	16:42
7Matt CullenC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	3	0	29	12:41
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	1	2	22	14:23
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	0	58	20:12
3Olli MaattaD	0	1	1	+2	2	3	6	0	–	17:54
4Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	17:12
28Ian ColeD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	2	–	19:18
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	50	20:56
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:17
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	–	18:56
34Tom KuhnhacklR	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	2	–	11:31
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:50
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	11:36
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	05:02
6Trevor DaleyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	17:27
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	24:07
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	22:16

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	36	34	2	.944	60:00
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	−2	3	4	2	0	–	23:19
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	−2	3	1	0	0	50	20:16
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	−2	0	5	1	0	71	22:16
2Matt NiskanenD	1	0	1	−1	5	3	1	0	–	21:53
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	−3	2	1	1	0	100	18:09
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	77	14:09
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	09:08
28Paul CareyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:40
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	–	10:30
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:00
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	40	09:22
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	−3	1	2	0	0	–	17:32
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	−3	3	0	0	0	52	18:10
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	18:51
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	−2	3	0	2	2	–	17:35
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	13:50
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	−1	2	5	0	0	–	22:08
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	17:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		9	7	2	.778	18:34
70Braden HoltbyG	L	14	11	3	.786	40:00