Capitals 4-1 Penguins (29 Apr, 2018) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

47-29-6

	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1
WSH	2	1	1	4

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	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	12	7:35	0:00	0:31	7:04	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	20	14:08	2:39	0:00	11:29	6	4	60.0
0	0	-1	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	25	23:37	3:39	0:03	19:55	15	9	62.5
0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	22:32	3:39	0:00	18:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	3	2	4	5	1	1	24	19:29	3:31	0:00	15:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18:31	3:33	0:00	14:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	15	9:11	0:16	1:53	7:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	6:18	0:00	1:57	4:21	3	4	42.9
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	14:22	0:16	3:02	11:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	25	18:25	0:16	3:26	14:43	6	7	46.2
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	13:06	1:36	0:00	11:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	10:00	1:36	0:00	8:24	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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	8:59	0:16	1:18	7:25	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	5	0	6	1	2	1	1	0	29	26:21	2:52	2:14	21:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	28	22:20	1:42	2:25	18:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	7	1	0	27	20:51	0:00	1:36	19:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	11:08	0:09	2:40	8:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	27:24	2:32	0:39	24:13	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt MurrayM. Murray#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	3	28	.903	0	0	0	0	0	57:48	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%
1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	26	22:35	4:02	1:25	17:08	9	10	47.4
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	10:11	0:00	2:08	8:03	5	5	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:03	0:00	0:35	7:28	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:24	1:34	0:00	8:50	0	0	0.0
0	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	18	13:12	1:24	0:36	11:12	5	6	45.5
0	0	1	0	2	0	2	4	0	1	3	21	19:07	4:02	0:00	15:05	4	5	44.4
0	0	-1	1	0	4	1	2	3	1	1	24	21:15	3:52	0:09	17:14	1	0	100.0
1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	19	18:28	5:05	0:00	13:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	16	11:03	0:00	2:03	9:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	26	18:34	0:00	2:16	16:18	0	4	0.0
1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7:38	1:24	0:00	6:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	7	1	3	21	16:27	0:00	1:50	14:37	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	3	5	1	27	25:09	3:54	2:07	19:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	10:30	0:00	0:00	10:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	1	1	22	17:36	0:00	0:00	17:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	0	2	3	1	26	23:31	0:21	3:24	19:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	26	22:17	1:32	1:53	18:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	16	16:00	0:00	3:38	12:22	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	1	32	.970	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	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	1	0	1
	Capitals	2	1	1	4

1st Period			PIT	WSH
1:26		Alex Ovechkin (7) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	0	1
14:54		Jakub Vrana (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (1), Braden Holtby (1)	0	2

2nd Period			PIT	WSH
2:08		Brett Connolly (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (2)	0	3
13:04		Kris Letang (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Justin Schultz (4), Jake Guentzel (10)	1	3

3rd Period			PIT	WSH
19:53		Nicklas Backstrom (3) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (4), Lars Eller (3)	1	4

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

8:00 PM, 29 April 2018

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Mark Shewchyk

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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