Capitals 2-1 Penguins (8 May, 2018) Box Score

Washington Capitals

49-26-7

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

47-29-6

Washington Capitals


forwards
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Travis BoydT. Boyd#72
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
Nathan WalkerN. Walker#79
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	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	18	11:05	0:00	1:15	9:50	4	6	40.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	12:12	0:09	0:00	12:03	5	4	55.6
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9:27	0:00	0:00	9:27	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	12:26	0:38	0:00	11:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	27	22:11	1:22	0:36	20:13	5	4	55.6
1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	27	21:48	1:51	0:00	19:57	5	18	21.7
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	21:33	1:22	0:58	19:13	0	4	0.0
0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	28	23:03	1:51	0:00	21:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	18	12:53	0:00	0:26	12:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	20:31	0:00	0:45	19:46	1	2	33.3
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	27	20:18	0:38	0:00	19:40	2	1	66.7
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	8:29	0:00	0:00	8:29	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	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	29	23:20	1:51	1:04	20:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	11:47	0:00	0:00	11:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	29	20:05	0:00	0:00	20:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	33	29:38	0:09	0:56	28:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	33	27:50	0:09	1:04	26:37	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	25	16:39	0:00	0:56	15:43	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	1	21	.955	0	0	0	0	0	65:27	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Derick BrassardD. Brassard#19
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Tom KuhnhacklT. Kuhnhackl#34
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
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	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:10	0:53	0:00	10:17	2	5	28.6
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	28	20:36	1:07	0:00	19:29	18	9	66.7
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	21:19	0:53	0:00	20:26	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	23	15:24	0:00	1:05	14:19	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	28	22:16	1:07	0:00	21:09	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	27	16:24	1:07	0:00	15:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	21	13:47	0:00	1:29	12:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	28	19:55	1:07	0:00	18:48	5	4	55.6
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	27	17:18	0:00	0:31	16:47	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	14:00	0:00	0:55	13:05	11	5	68.8
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:09	0:53	0:00	10:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:08	0:00	0:00	12:08	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	2	32	25:40	0:00	0:31	25:09	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	4	1	3	35	28:26	1:09	0:42	26:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	0	22	18:44	0:53	0:00	17:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1	27	19:12	0:00	1:18	17:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	21	16:19	0:00	1:29	14:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	28	21:28	0:51	0:00	20:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
Matt MurrayM. Murray#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	0	0	0	0	0	65:27	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	OT	T
	Capitals	0	1	0	1	2
	Penguins	0	1	0	0	1

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			WSH	PIT
2:13		Alex Chiasson (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nathan Walker (1), Jay Beagle (3)	1	0
11:52		Kris Letang (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brian Dumoulin (6), Sidney Crosby (12)	1	1

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			WSH	PIT
5:27		Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (7), Dmitry Orlov (5)	2	1

0:44

Game 6 loss stings for Crosby

0:44

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

PPG Paints Arena

12:00 AM, 8 May 2018

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,621

Referees:
Eric Furlatt

Linesmen:
Matt MacPherson

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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