🦅 Away Capitals 3-2 in series
5–2
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🐧 Home Penguins 2-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Penguins — Second Round Game 6

Capitals, Second Round Game 6, beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on May 8, 2017.

🗓 Mon, May 8, 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
Andre Burakovsky
2 G
3 shots · 13:52 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
T.J. Oshie
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:19 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:06 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
26 Shots on goal 18
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
38 Hits 32
12 Blocked shots 13
8 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 19.2% (5/26) PIT shooting 11.1% (2/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 59:33 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 61-22-10 (66% win rate, 93 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 57-23-12 (62% win rate, 92 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 61-22-10 (66% win rate, 93 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 57-23-12 (62% win rate, 92 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Backstrom · Williams 19:06
L2 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 17:26
L3 Burakovsky · Eller · Wilson 13:52
L4 Winnik · Beagle 11:42
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 23:16
D2 Orlov · Shattenkirk 16:52
D3 Alzner · Schmidt 11:46
D4 Orpik 11:09
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Hornqvist 18:22
L2 Sheary · Bonino · Kessel 16:05
L3 Kunitz · Guentzel · Rust 13:53
L4 Hagelin · Cullen · Kuhnhackl 10:26
D1 Schultz · Dumoulin 21:44
D2 Maatta · Cole 19:52
D3 Hainsey · Ruhwedel 16:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 6, 2017
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
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

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on May 8, 2017?

Capitals won 5–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 5, Penguins 2.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 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 · May 6
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Next game · May 10
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–0 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 6
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Next game · May 10
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–0 · PIT won
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