Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Thursday, April 26, 2018 · Verizon Center

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3–2

25–34

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NBCSN · CBC · SN · TVAS

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 34–25.

Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin, Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel.

Matt Murray made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 22 of 25.

Goals
PIT	0	0	3	3	25
WSH	1	0	1	2	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)Alex Ovechkin (4), Tom Wilson (2)0–100:17 WSH

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (6)Tom Wilson (3), Dmitry Orlov (3)0–200:28 WSH
Patric Hornqvist (3)Justin Schultz (3), Jake Guentzel (8)1–202:59 PIT
Sidney Crosby (7)Jake Guentzel (9), Patric Hornqvist (5)2–205:20 PIT
Jake Guentzel (7)Sidney Crosby (8)3–207:48 PIT

Team stats

PITWSH

2534

43%57%

0/20/1

24

2444

2216

1414

109

Penalties

2:56 into the second periodTom Wilson · interference2 min
9:40 into the third periodChandler Stephenson · high sticking2 min
10:12 into the third periodJake Guentzel · high sticking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

59Jake GuentzelC	1	2	3	+1	3	2	1	2	–	19:00
72Patric HornqvistR	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:24
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	3	0	33	19:25
4Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	4	0	–	22:05
12Dominik SimonC	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	12:16
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	56	19:15
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	17:07
19Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	63	14:02
34Tom KuhnhacklR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:20
37Carter RowneyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	12:18
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	14:01
46Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:40
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:42
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:08
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	1	0	–	23:32
6Jamie OleksiakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	09:24
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	–	24:20
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	–	25:01

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Matt MurrayG	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	–	18:39
43Tom WilsonR	0	2	2	0	1	4	1	2	–	15:26
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	44	19:49
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	−1	1	4	2	0	–	21:18
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:17
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:52
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	−1	0	5	1	2	–	18:59
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	64	20:29
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	42	16:21
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	–	13:51
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:22
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	−1	2	5	2	0	100	21:18
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	77	09:10
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	3	0	–	22:14
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	–	20:41
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	12:08
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	16:05
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	25:50

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	25	22	3	.880	58:11