🐧 Away Penguins 3-1 in series
2–4
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Penguins at Capitals — Second Round Game 5

Capitals, Second Round Game 5, beat Penguins 4–2 at Capital One Arena on May 6, 2017.

🗓 Sat, May 6, 2017 · 18:15 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 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
Andre Burakovsky
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:55 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Lars Eller
2 A
2 shots · 13:36 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
4 shots · 17:46 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
22 Shots on goal 32
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
15 Hits 38
20 Blocked shots 17
3 Takeaways 10
12 Giveaways 14
6 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 9.1% (2/22) WSH shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 57:42 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 57-22-12 (63% win rate, 91 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 60-22-10 (65% win rate, 92 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 57-22-12 (63% win rate, 91 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 60-22-10 (65% win rate, 92 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Hornqvist 17:49
L2 Guentzel · Bonino · Rust 16:51
L3 Sheary · Kessel · Kuhnhackl 14:03
L4 Hagelin · Kunitz · Cullen 12:08
D1 Hainsey · Dumoulin 23:56
D2 Schultz · Cole 20:16
D3 Maatta · Daley 13:51
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Backstrom · Oshie 20:22
L2 Burakovsky · Ovechkin · Kuznetsov 17:55
L3 Eller · Wilson · Williams 16:42
L4 Winnik · Beagle 10:18
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 20:34
D2 Shattenkirk · Orlov 18:26
D3 Schmidt · Orpik 13:34
D4 Alzner 9:35

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 3, 2017
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · Penguins won
May 1, 2017
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–2 (OT) · Capitals won
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

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on May 6, 2017?

Capitals won 4–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 4.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 3
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 8
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · May 3
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 8
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · WSH won
Also on May 6, 2017
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
4–5 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule