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

Pittsburgh Penguins

47-29-6

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

Penguins erase 2-goal deficit, beat Capitals 3-2 in Game 1

Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel scored in a 4:49 span to help the Pittsburgh Penguins rally to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the second-round series.

Apr 27, 2018, 04:00 am - Associated Press

		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

CAPITALS

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

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Stars of the Game

Jake GuentzelLW - PIT

Sidney CrosbyC - PIT

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

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