Penguins 3-2 Capitals (27 Apr, 2018) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

47-29-6

	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	3	3
WSH	1	0	1	2

Washington Capitals

49-26-7

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#46
Derick BrassardD. Brassard#19
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Tom KuhnhacklT. Kuhnhackl#34
Carter RowneyC. Rowney#37
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Riley SheahanR. Sheahan#15
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
Dominik SimonD. Simon#12
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
Jamie OleksiakJ. Oleksiak#6
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#2
Justin SchultzJ. Schultz#4

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	6:40	0:00	0:00	6:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	14:02	0:46	0:00	13:16	5	3	62.5
1	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	29	19:25	1:56	0:00	17:29	10	20	33.3
1	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	28	19:00	1:46	0:00	17:14	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	17:24	1:46	0:00	15:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	26	18:42	1:40	0:00	17:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:20	0:00	0:00	9:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	16	12:18	0:00	0:00	12:18	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	22	17:07	0:00	0:32	16:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	24	19:15	0:00	0:32	18:43	9	7	56.3
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:01	0:36	0:00	13:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	19	12:16	0:36	0:00	11:40	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	34	24:20	0:16	0:00	24:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	32	25:01	0:46	0:00	24:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	4	1	2	31	23:32	0:46	0:32	22:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	16	9:24	0:00	0:00	9:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	20	14:08	0:00	0:32	13:36	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	29	22:05	1:46	0:00	20:19	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt MurrayM. Murray#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	2	32	.941	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Alex ChiassonA. Chiasson#39
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#18
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	20:29	0:32	0:26	19:31	9	5	64.3
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	9:10	0:00	1:43	7:27	10	3	76.9
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	6:22	0:00	0:10	6:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:17	0:00	0:00	13:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	23	16:21	0:00	1:09	15:12	5	7	41.7
1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	19:49	0:30	0:00	19:19	7	9	43.8
0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	24	21:18	0:32	0:00	20:46	2	0	100.0
1	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	27	18:39	0:30	0:00	18:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	21	13:51	0:00	1:11	12:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	26	18:59	0:02	0:25	18:32	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	5:52	0:00	0:00	5:52	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	3	0	24	15:26	0:00	0:00	15:26	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	28	25:50	0:30	0:49	24:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	12:08	0:00	0:00	12:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	25	20:41	0:00	0:00	20:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0	3	1	0	28	22:14	0:02	1:43	20:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	1	29	21:18	0:02	0:49	20:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	22	16:05	0:00	1:43	14:22	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	3	22	.880	0	0	0	0	0	58:11	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	0	0	3	3
	Capitals	1	0	1	2

1st Period			PIT	WSH
0:17		Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (4), Tom Wilson (2)	0	1

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period		PIT	WSH
0:28	Alex Ovechkin (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (3), Dmitry Orlov (3)	0	2
2:59	Patric Hornqvist (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Justin Schultz (3), Jake Guentzel (8)	1	2
5:20	Sidney Crosby (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jake Guentzel (9), Patric Hornqvist (5)	2	2
7:48	Jake Guentzel (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Sidney Crosby (8)	3	2

Penguins
3
Capitals
2

Game 1

27/4

Penguins
1
Capitals
4

Game 2

29/4

Capitals
4
Penguins
3

Game 3

2/5

Capitals
1
Penguins
3

Game 4

4/5

Penguins
3
Capitals
6

Game 5

6/5

Capitals
2
Penguins
1

Game 6

8/5

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 27 April 2018

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Brad Meier
Dan O'Halloran

Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

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