Pittsburgh Penguins 3 — 6 Washington Capitals
2018-05-05 · Verizon Center · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | PIT | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | 18 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby start | WSH | W | 36 | 39 | 3 | 27/28 | 8/10 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
| Matt Murray start | PIT | L | 26 | 30 | 4 | 23/26 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 58:36 |
PIT skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Schultz | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:16 |
| Phil Kessel | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| Patric Hornqvist | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:58 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17:27 |
| Derick Brassard | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:34 |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13:03 |
| Kris Letang | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:17 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| Olli Maatta | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18:25 |
| Tom Kuhnhackl | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:41 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14:52 |
| Bryan Rust | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| Chad Ruhwedel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:57 |
| Dominik Simon | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:29 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20:10 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:12 |
| Lars Eller | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| John Carlson | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25:47 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25:10 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22:20 |
| Alex Chiasson | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:21 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| Shane Gersich | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:42 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13:55 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| Jay Beagle | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:06 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:55 |
| Christian Djoos | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:42 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | 2025-26 | PIT | 0 | WSH | 3 | |
| 2026-04-11 | 2025-26 | WSH | 6 | PIT | 3 | |
| 2025-11-06 | 2025-26 | WSH | 3 | PIT | 5 | |
| 2025-04-17 | 2024-25 | WSH | 2 | PIT | 5 | |
| 2025-02-22 | 2024-25 | WSH | 8 | PIT | 3 | |
| 2025-01-18 | 2024-25 | PIT | 1 | WSH | 4 | |
| 2024-11-08 | 2024-25 | PIT | 4 | WSH | 2 | |
| 2024-04-04 | 2023-24 | PIT | 4 | WSH | 1 | |
| 2024-03-07 | 2023-24 | WSH | 6 | PIT | 0 | |
| 2024-01-02 | 2023-24 | WSH | 4 | PIT | 3 |