Capitals 5-2 Penguins (May 8, 2017) Box Score

Washington Capitals

55-19-8

	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	3	5
PIT	0	0	2	2

Pittsburgh Penguins

50-21-11

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44
Nate SchmidtN. Schmidt#88
Kevin ShattenkirkK. Shattenkirk#22

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	28	19:06	3:40	0:58	14:28	10	8	55.6
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	19	12:22	0:00	2:58	9:24	11	4	73.3
2	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	21	13:52	2:32	0:00	11:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	22	13:15	0:00	2:04	11:11	6	9	40.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	20:53	2:55	0:00	17:58	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	0	0	25	18:24	3:35	0:00	14:49	4	10	28.6
1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	17:19	3:40	0:09	13:30	1	5	16.7
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	17:26	5:15	0:00	12:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	27	18:33	2:50	0:00	15:43	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	25	15:16	0:00	2:53	12:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	15	11:03	0:18	2:58	7:47	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	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	19	12:12	0:00	3:14	8:58	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	34	22:49	2:25	3:09	17:15	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	23:43	1:15	2:46	19:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	18:06	0:07	0:00	17:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	19	11:09	0:00	2:46	8:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	11:20	0:00	0:00	11:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:39	3:58	0:05	11:36	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
18	2	16	.889	0	0	0	0	0	59:33	0

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Nick BoninoN. Bonino#13
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Matt CullenM. Cullen#7
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Carl HagelinC. Hagelin#62
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#72
Phil KesselP. Kessel#81
Tom KuhnhacklT. Kuhnhackl#34
Chris KunitzC. Kunitz#14
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#43
defensemen
Ian ColeI. Cole#28
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Ron HainseyR. Hainsey#65
Olli MaattaO. Maatta#3
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	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	25	16:13	1:27	4:25	10:21	12	11	52.2
0	1	-1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	25	19:57	4:23	0:00	15:34	12	15	44.4
0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	18	10:49	0:20	1:46	8:43	5	2	71.4
1	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	22	14:31	2:25	0:00	12:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	9:19	0:07	0:29	8:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	22	18:22	3:21	0:00	15:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:05	4:13	0:00	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	10:26	0:07	1:45	8:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	20	13:53	0:00	3:31	10:22	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	23	18:00	4:35	0:00	13:25	7	5	58.3
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	24	13:14	0:00	1:04	12:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	15:23	1:30	0:00	13:53	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	26	19:05	0:00	3:41	15:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	31	21:15	0:43	3:41	16:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	28	18:52	0:07	2:49	15:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	30	20:39	1:34	2:49	16:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	22	13:14	0:42	0:00	12:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	22:13	4:26	0:00	17:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Marc-Andre FleuryM. Fleury#29

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	5	21	.808	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.

NBCSN		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	1	3	5
	Penguins	0	0	2	2

1st Period			WSH	PIT
12:41		T.J. Oshie (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), Nicklas Backstrom (7)	1	0

2nd Period			WSH	PIT
6:36		Andre Burakovsky (2) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	2	0

3rd Period		WSH	PIT
0:16	Nicklas Backstrom (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (8), Dmitry Orlov (3)	3	0
11:17	John Carlson (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)	4	0
12:29	Andre Burakovsky (3) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	5	0
16:38	Jake Guentzel (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Sidney Crosby (9)	5	1
17:30	Evgeni Malkin (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Conor Sheary (3), Brian Dumoulin (2)	5	2

Penguins
3
Capitals
2

Game 1

4/27

Penguins
6
Capitals
2

Game 2

4/29

Capitals
3
Penguins
2

Game 3

5/1

Capitals
2
Penguins
3

Game 4

5/3

Penguins
2
Capitals
4

Game 5

5/6

Capitals
5
Penguins
2

Game 6

5/8

Penguins
2
Capitals
0

Game 7

5/10

PPG Paints Arena

7:30 PM, May 8, 2017Coverage: NBCSN

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,594

Referees:
Francois St. Laurent

Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	15	7	2	32
Carolina	15	5	1	31
Washington	14	6	1	29
NY Rangers	12	7	1	25
NY Islanders	8	9	5	21
Philadelphia	9	10	3	21
Columbus	9	9	2	20
Pittsburgh	7	12	4	18

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