Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, April 1, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
NBCSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Sunday, April 1, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 37–34.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov, Tom Wilson and Patric Hornqvist.
Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
T.J. Oshie (18)Andre Burakovsky (13), John Carlson (51)1–006:25 WSH
2nd period
Dmitry Orlov (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (53)2–013:46 WSH
3rd period
Tom Wilson (14)Matt Niskanen (22)3–000:23 WSH
Patric Hornqvist (27)Evgeni Malkin (54), Carl Hagelin (21)3–116:15 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
3437
49%51%
0/50/5
1424
3330
1512
712
46
Penalties
- 6:47 into the first period
Chandler Stephenson · hooking2 min - 11:45 into the first period
Conor Sheary · hooking2 min - 1:10 into the second periodCarl Hagelin · tripping2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodMatt Niskanen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 11:38 into the second periodTom Wilson · tripping2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodDevante Smith-Pelly · roughing2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodPatric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodZachary Aston-Reese · hooking2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodPatric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · interference2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · roughing2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodBench · game misconduct team staff0 min
- 18:59 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 20:50 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:58 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:47 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:54 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:22 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:28 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 20:22 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:00 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 16Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:43 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:42 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:51 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 21:42 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 25:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |