Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, May 5, 2018 · Verizon Center
NBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 39–32.
Goals came from Jamie Oleksiak, John Carlson, Brett Connolly, Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jakub Vrana, T.J. Oshie and Lars Eller.
Braden Holtby made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jamie Oleksiak (1)Derick Brassard (3), Justin Schultz (6)1–002:23 PIT
John Carlson (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (6), T.J. Oshie (3)1–118:22 WSH · 
Brett Connolly (2)Jakub Vrana (2), Lars Eller (4)1–218:55 WSH
2nd period
Sidney Crosby (9)Phil Kessel (7), Justin Schultz (7)2–204:43 PIT · 
Patric Hornqvist (5)Evgeni Malkin (4), Phil Kessel (8)3–207:45 PIT ·
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (6)Jakub Vrana (3), Matt Niskanen (3)3–300:52 WSH
Jakub Vrana (2)Alex Ovechkin (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)3–415:22 WSH
T.J. Oshie (5)Unassisted3–518:29 WSH · 
Lars Eller (3)Unassisted3–619:54 WSH ·
Team stats
PITWSH
3932
51%49%
2/51/3
610
2826
1712
1215
77
Penalties
- 7:15 into the first period
Matt Niskanen · holding2 min - 10:04 into the first period
Chad Ruhwedel · hooking2 min - 17:11 into the first periodDominik Simon · tripping2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
- 4:24 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodDevante Smith-Pelly · tripping2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodDevante Smith-Pelly · tripping2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodSidney Crosby · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | 18:10 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 8 | 16:58 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:41 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:03 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 10:52 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 21:12 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:37 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 25:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 25:47 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:21 |
| 63Shane GersichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:42 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 22:20 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |