🦅 Away Capitals 2-0 in series
3–2
Final / OT
PIT leads 4–3
🐧 Home Penguins 0-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Capitals at Penguins — Second Round Game 3

Capitals, Second Round Game 3, beat Penguins 3–2 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on May 1, 2017.

🗓 Mon, May 1, 2017 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2016-17 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

PIT vs WSH · PIT leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
Final · PIT
Game 2
6–2
Final · PIT
Game 3
3–2
OT · WSH
Game 4
2–3
Final · PIT
Game 5
2–4
Final · WSH
Game 6
5–2
Final · WSH
Game 7
2–0
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 22:13 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:33 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Justin Williams
2 A
1 shots · 16:47 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
33 Shots on goal 30
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
31 Hits 36
14 Blocked shots 18
3 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 12
23 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 9.1% (3/33) PIT shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 63:13 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 61:22 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 59-21-10 (66% win rate, 90 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 56-22-11 (63% win rate, 89 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 59-21-10 (66% win rate, 90 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 56-22-11 (63% win rate, 89 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 21:40
L2 Johansson · Winnik · Kuznetsov 17:23
L3 Beagle · Williams · Wilson 15:06
L4 Burakovsky · Eller 10:52
D1 Carlson · Alzner 23:34
D2 Orpik · Orlov 18:34
D3 Schmidt · Shattenkirk 17:20
D4 Niskanen 2:09
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Malkin · Kessel 22:11
L2 Bonino · Rust · Hornqvist 19:11
L3 Kunitz · Hagelin · Cullen 17:15
L4 Sheary · Crosby · Kuhnhackl 4:01
D1 Schultz · Dumoulin 21:32
D2 Hainsey · Cole 19:42
D3 Maatta · Daley 17:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 29, 2017
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
6–2 · Penguins won
Apr 27, 2017
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · Penguins won
Jan 16, 2017
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
7–8 (OT) · Penguins won
Jan 11, 2017
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · Capitals won
Nov 16, 2016
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
1–7 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on May 1, 2017?

Capitals won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 3, Penguins 2, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 29
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
6–2 · PIT won
Next game · May 3
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 29
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
6–2 · PIT won
Next game · May 3
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
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