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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Playoffs Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Thursday, April 27, 2017 on the road.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 50-21-11
at Washington Capitals 2 55-19-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 2 1 3
Washington Capitals 0 1 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 11 6 21
Washington Capitals 6 13 16 35

Three stars

  1. N. Bonino, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  2. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  3. A. Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 00:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (3) Jake Guentzel (2), Patric Hornqvist (2) Even strength PIT 1, WSH 0
2nd 01:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (4) Patric Hornqvist (3), Olli Maatta (2) Even strength PIT 2, WSH 0
2nd 18:17 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (4) Lars Eller (3), T.J. Oshie (5) Even strength PIT 2, WSH 1
3rd 08:05 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Matt Niskanen (2) Even strength PIT 2, WSH 2
3rd 12:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bonino (2) Scott Wilson (1), Ian Cole (4) Even strength PIT 3, WSH 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 21 35
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 0
Penalty minutes 2 6
Hits 17 41
Blocked shots 29 8
Giveaways 11 6
Takeaways 9 7
Faceoffs won 31/57 (54.4%) 26/57 (45.6%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.4% 13:50
13 N. Bonino C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 50% 15:02
14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 12:59
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 14:12
23 S. Wilson C 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 12:31
34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:11
43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 12:21
59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 2 16:54
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 75% 17:41
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 2 2 +2 0 2 2 2 18:18
81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:57
87 S. Crosby C 2 0 2 +2 0 5 0 0 46.7% 17:25
3 O. Maatta D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 20:03
4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:53
6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 20:05
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 19:31
28 I. Cole D 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 17:01
65 R. Hainsey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:06
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 35 33 2 .943 60:00 Win

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 0 2 3 6 0 19:11
10 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 06:07
14 J. Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:45
19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 23.5% 19:33
20 L. Eller C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 45.5% 15:21
26 D. Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:20
43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 0 13:42
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:40
77 T. Oshie R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 100% 19:48
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 60% 08:56
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 16:42
92 E. Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 60% 18:39
2 M. Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 2 5 3 0 20:46
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 20:05
22 K. Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 2 19:01
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 19:16
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 20:32
88 N. Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 18:35
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 21 18 3 .857 58:01 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:38 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Interference 2
2nd 19:41 Washington Capitals Kevin Shattenkirk Roughing 2
2nd 19:41 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson Roughing 2
3rd 12:45 Washington Capitals Matt Niskanen Slashing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Dan O'Halloran, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen
Shane Heyer, Brad Kovachik
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mark Streit, Matt Murray, Carter Rowney, Chad Ruhwedel
Washington Capitals scratches
Taylor Chorney, Karl Alzner, Paul Carey, Chandler Stephenson

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final/SO Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Washington Capitals 7 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins 8 Final/OT Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Washington Capitals 0 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 27

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 1 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Playoffs Game page

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