Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Sunday, April 29, 2018 · Verizon Center
NBC · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 33–32.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Jakub Vrana, Brett Connolly, Kris Letang and Nicklas Backstrom.
Braden Holtby made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 28 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (7)Unassisted0–101:26 WSH
Jakub Vrana (1)Lars Eller (1), Braden Holtby (1)0–214:54 WSH ·
2nd period
Brett Connolly (1)Lars Eller (2)0–302:08 WSH
Kris Letang (2)Justin Schultz (4), Jake Guentzel (10)1–313:04 PIT
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (3)Tom Wilson (4), Lars Eller (3)1–419:53 WSH ·
Team stats
PITWSH
3332
56%44%
0/31/3
1010
3133
2431
417
516
Penalties
- 6:57 into the first period
Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min - 12:59 into the first period
Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min - 11:14 into the second periodPatric Hornqvist · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodDmitry Orlov · roughing2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodT.J. Oshie · interference2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodKris Letang · holding2 min
- 14:48 into the third periodDerick Brassard · tripping2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodEvgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodPatric Hornqvist · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodDevante Smith-Pelly · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:24 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 26:21 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:35 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:29 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:37 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:08 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:28 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:24 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:03 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:03 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:15 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:36 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:17 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 25:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |