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Second Round · Game 2

Penguins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 WSH leads 4–2

Capitals, Second Round Game 2, beat Penguins 4–1 at Capital One Arena on April 29, 2018.

PIT – WSH
33–32
Shots on goal
0/3–1/3
Power play
31–33
Hits
24–31
Blocked shots
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The game

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Second Round — Best of 7

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

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Lars Eller
3 A
13:12 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
4 shots · 18:28 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 01:26
Unassisted · beat Matt Murray
0–1
🦅 Jakub Vrana PP 1st · 14:54
Assists: Lars Eller, Braden Holtby · beat Matt Murray
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Brett Connolly 2nd · 02:08
Assists: Lars Eller · beat Matt Murray
0–3
🐧 Kris Letang 2nd · 13:04
Assists: Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel · beat Braden Holtby
1–3
3rd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom Empty net 3rd · 19:53
Assists: Tom Wilson, Lars Eller
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Hornqvist 22:32
L2 Sheahan · Kessel · Rust 18:25
L3 Sheary · Brassard · Simon 13:06
L4 Aston-Reese · Rowney · Kuhnhackl 7:35
D1 Schultz · Letang 26:52
D2 Maatta · Oleksiak 21:36
D3 Ruhwedel · Dumoulin 10:04
🦅Capitals
L1 Backstrom · Kuznetsov · Oshie 21:15
L2 Ovechkin · Stephenson · Wilson 18:28
L3 Eller · Smith-Pelly · Connolly 11:03
L4 Vrana · Beagle · Chiasson 8:03
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 24:20
D2 Orlov · Kempny 19:56
D3 Orpik · Djoos 13:15

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
33 Shots on goal 32
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
31 Hits 33
24 Blocked shots 31
5 Takeaways 16
4 Giveaways 17
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 3.0% (1/33) WSH shooting 12.5% (4/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 57:48 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 01:26 · 0–1 Jakub Vrana · 1st 14:54 · 0–2 Brett Connolly · 2nd 02:08 · 0–3 Kris Letang · 2nd 13:04 · 1–3 Nicklas Backstrom · 3rd 19:53 · 1–4
PIT WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-0-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-10-1 (15% win rate, 13 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 15-0 (100% win rate, 15 games)

Last meetings

All →
Apr 262018 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Apr 12018 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Feb 22018 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–7 Nov 102017 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Oct 112017 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2
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PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 29, 2018?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Penguins 1, Capitals 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Kris Letang.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Brett Connolly, Jakub Vrana, Nicklas Backstrom.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeApr 26 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterMay 1 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 26 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterMay 1 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–3
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