Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 3, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena
NBCSN · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 38–18.
Goals came from Patric Hornqvist, Jake Guentzel, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nate Schmidt and Justin Schultz.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 15 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patric Hornqvist (3)Olli Maatta (4), Matt Cullen (4)0–104:39 PIT
2nd period
Jake Guentzel (8)Unassisted0–203:51 PIT
Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)Justin Williams (6), Marcus Johansson (5)1–207:21 WSH
Nate Schmidt (1)T.J. Oshie (7), Kevin Shattenkirk (4)2–208:33 WSH
Justin Schultz (2)Evgeni Malkin (12), Jake Guentzel (4)2–311:24 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3818
45%55%
0/41/5
1412
3040
1124
45
510
Penalties
- 8:11 into the first period
Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min - 13:06 into the first periodLars Eller · holding the stick2 min
- 19:09 into the first period
Brian Dumoulin · hooking2 min - 10:45 into the second periodJohn Carlson · roughing2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodIan Cole · closing hand on puck2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodChris Kunitz · roughing2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodTom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 18:00 into the second periodMatt Cullen · high sticking double minor4 min
- 0:41 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 7:00 into the third periodTom Wilson · holding2 min
- 7:00 into the third periodOlli Maatta · interference2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:56 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:41 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 14:38 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:05 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 14:00 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 24:53 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 18 | 3 | .833 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:20 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:49 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:15 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:56 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |