Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
NBCSN · SN · TVAS2
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena.
Goals came from John Carlson, Jake Guentzel, Patric Hornqvist, Chandler Stephenson, Sidney Crosby, Matt Niskanen and Alex Ovechkin.
Braden Holtby made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
John Carlson (2)Nicklas Backstrom (7), Alex Ovechkin (5)1–000:48 WSH · 
Jake Guentzel (8)Justin Schultz (5), Sidney Crosby (9)1–104:33 PIT
Patric Hornqvist (4)Evgeni Malkin (3), Phil Kessel (5)1–206:49 PIT · 
Chandler Stephenson (2)T.J. Oshie (2), Nicklas Backstrom (8)2–211:04 WSH
Sidney Crosby (8)Jake Guentzel (11), Kris Letang (7)2–316:27 PIT
3rd period
Matt Niskanen (1)Dmitry Orlov (4), Tom Wilson (5)3–305:06 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (8)Nicklas Backstrom (9)4–318:53 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
2222
39%61%
1/41/4
1212
4152
1212
49
76
Penalties
- 3:56 into the first period
Brett Connolly · tripping2 min - 4:39 into the first period
Patric Hornqvist · tripping2 min - 7:47 into the first periodT.J. Oshie · holding2 min
- 16:30 into the first periodKris Letang · interference2 min
- 18:50 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 5:36 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · hooking2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodTom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodJamie Oleksiak · cross checking2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodMichal Kempny · hooking2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodTom Kuhnhackl · holding the stick2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:05 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:12 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 29:17 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:36 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:12 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 26:53 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:58 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:37 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:46 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |