Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Saturday, May 6, 2017 · Verizon Center

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22–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 32–22.

Goals came from Carl Hagelin, Andre Burakovsky, Phil Kessel, Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin.

Braden Holtby made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 of 32.

Goals
PIT	1	1	0	2	22
WSH	1	0	3	4	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Carl Hagelin (1)Nick Bonino (1), Ron Hainsey (3)1–010:24 PIT
Andre Burakovsky (1)Kevin Shattenkirk (5), Lars Eller (4)1–119:30 WSH

2nd period

Phil Kessel (5)Evgeni Malkin (13), Sidney Crosby (8)2–104:20 PIT ·

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (5)Andre Burakovsky (3)2–202:49 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)Marcus Johansson (6), John Carlson (2)2–307:20 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (5)Lars Eller (5), Nate Schmidt (3)2–407:47 WSH

Team stats

PITWSH

2232

61%39%

1/20/3

64

1538

2017

1214

310

Penalties

3:01 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
6:13 into the first periodTom Wilson · charging2 min
13:52 into the first periodIan Cole · tripping2 min
3:32 into the second periodNate Schmidt · holding2 min
15:59 into the second periodBrian Dumoulin · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

13Nick BoninoC	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	75	16:51
62Carl HagelinL	1	0	1	−2	3	3	0	0	–	12:08
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	−2	2	1	3	2	53	17:49
81Phil KesselC	1	0	1	−2	1	0	0	0	–	14:46
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	68	19:10
65Ron HainseyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	–	23:57
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	29	12:25
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	09:25
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	15:17
34Tom KuhnhacklR	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	13:04
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:03
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:33
72Patric HornqvistR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	17:41
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	1	0	–	16:33
4Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	0	–	20:59
6Trevor DaleyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	11:09
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	–	23:54
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	2	2	–	19:34

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	32	28	4	.875	57:42
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Lars EllerC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	50	13:36
65Andre BurakovskyL	1	1	2	+2	4	1	1	0	–	17:55
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	4	6	1	0	–	17:46
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	32	19:02
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	+1	3	5	0	0	–	20:50
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	40	18:56
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	0	–	19:44
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	19:54
88Nate SchmidtD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:47
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	16:42
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:55
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	2	–	16:45
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+2	2	7	1	0	67	20:22
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	10:42
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	21:13
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	17:07
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	09:35
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	10:21

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00