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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Sunday, April 1, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Steve Miller
Attendance: 18639
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1113
Pittsburgh 0011
Periods:
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1
Washington   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  0:29 Sidney Crosby hits Tom Wilson.
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:37  
Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net 0:46  
  1:20 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Patric Hornqvist. 1:21  
Jakub Vrana hits Conor Sheary. 1:40  
  1:48 Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 1:48  
  1:55 Zach Aston-Reese hits Dmitry Orlov.
  2:01 Takeaway by Jamie Oleksiak.
Chandler Stephenson hits Tom Kuhnhackl. 2:06  
  2:21 Tom Kuhnhackl hits Matt Niskanen.
  2:23 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jay Beagle.
  2:29 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Michal Kempny hits Bryan Rust. 2:50  
  3:17 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  3:22 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 3:44  
Shot by Jakub Jerabek misses the net 3:48  
  4:00 Patric Hornqvist hits T.J. Oshie.
  4:19 Riley Sheahan hits Andre Burakovsky.
Jakub Jerabek shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 4:43  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 4:43  
Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 4:58  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:01  
  5:06 Zach Aston-Reese hits John Carlson.
Tom Wilson hits Justin Schultz. 5:40  
Tom Wilson blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 5:59  
  6:07 Bryan Rust hits Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Michal Kempny hits Sidney Crosby. 6:15  
T.J. Oshie scores. and Andre Burakovsky and John Carlson. 6:25  
Jay Beagle wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 6:25  
Chandler Stephenson penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Riley Sheahan. 6:47  
  6:47 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jay Beagle.
Matt Niskanen hits Sidney Crosby. 7:00  
John Carlson blocks shot from Kris Letang. 8:14  
Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net 8:23  
  8:32 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Jay Beagle blocks shot from Kris Letang. 8:39  
  8:44 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Chandler Stephenson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 8:53  
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Brian Dumoulin. 8:59  
  9:05 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Michal Kempny blocks shot from Riley Sheahan. 9:09  
  9:44 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
Tom Wilson hits Tom Kuhnhackl. 10:00  
  10:00 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  10:02 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Jay Beagle hits Brian Dumoulin. 10:06  
  10:15 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  10:17 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  10:18 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 10:35  
T.J. Oshie hits Olli Maatta. 10:42  
  10:50 Carl Hagelin hits John Carlson.
Giveaway by Michal Kempny. 10:55  
Takeaway by Andre Burakovsky. 10:57  
  11:45 Conor Sheary penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Lars Eller.
  11:45 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin. 12:31  
  12:33 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
  12:34 Olli Maatta hits Evgeny Kuznetsov.
John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:47  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:57  
Andre Burakovsky shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 13:38  
  13:39 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 13:49  
  13:50 Jake Guentzel wins the faceoff against Jay Beagle.
Devante Smith-Pelly blocks shot from Matt Hunwick. 13:55  
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Jamie Oleksiak. 14:09  
Dmitry Orlov hits Bryan Rust. 14:14  
Shot by Devante Smith-Pelly misses the net 14:16  
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin. 14:49  
Michal Kempny blocks shot from Kris Letang. 15:08  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:13  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:14  
Alex Ovechkin hits Brian Dumoulin. 15:17  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 15:21  
  15:26 Carl Hagelin blocks shot from Andre Burakovsky.
Jakub Jerabek hits Olli Maatta. 15:52  
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Patric Hornqvist. 16:03  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 16:05  
Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov. 16:14  
  16:27 Patric Hornqvist hits Dmitry Orlov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:48  
  16:49 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  16:55 Jake Guentzel hits Michal Kempny.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jake Guentzel. 16:55  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:03  
Michal Kempny shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 17:07  
  17:15 Kris Letang blocks shot from John Carlson.
  17:26 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  17:27 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  17:43 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 18:13  
  18:20 Patric Hornqvist blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov.
  18:31 Patric Hornqvist hits Lars Eller.
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Jamie Oleksiak. 18:45  
  18:58 Tom Kuhnhackl shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  18:59 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  19:06 Josh Jooris shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Zach Aston-Reese. 19:07  
  19:24 Zach Aston-Reese hits Brooks Orpik.
Nicklas Backstrom hits Zach Aston-Reese. 19:32  
Brooks Orpik shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:41  
2
Washington   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:23  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:24  
Andre Burakovsky blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 0:42  
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 1:03  
Michal Kempny shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 1:07  
Andre Burakovsky shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 1:08  
  1:10 Carl Hagelin penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nicklas Backstrom.
  1:10 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
Alex Ovechkin hits Tom Kuhnhackl. 1:17  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 1:35  
Giveaway by John Carlson. 2:04  
  2:29 Tom Kuhnhackl shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Shot by Lars Eller misses the net 3:16  
Shot by Brett Connolly misses the net 3:27  
Shot by Devante Smith-Pelly misses the net 3:47  
  3:55 Bryan Rust hits Chandler Stephenson.
  4:20 Jake Guentzel hits Jakub Jerabek.
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Jake Guentzel. 4:37  
  4:57 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  5:04 Matt Hunwick hits Tom Wilson.
Michal Kempny hits Patric Hornqvist. 5:22  
  5:35 Patric Hornqvist hits Tom Wilson.
  5:46 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Team penalty for Washington too many men on ice - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Brett Connolly. 5:57  
  5:57 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  6:07 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  6:08 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  6:09 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:10  
  6:35 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
Matt Niskanen penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor). 6:37  
  6:37 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  6:50 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  7:20 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
John Carlson blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 7:26  
  7:35 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  7:36 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  7:48 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  7:56 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  8:02 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Tom Wilson wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 8:03  
  8:54 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
Jakub Jerabek hits Josh Jooris. 9:12  
Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net 9:23  
  9:35 Josh Jooris hits Jakub Jerabek.
  9:50 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
  10:03 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  10:32 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from John Carlson.
  11:01 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  11:02 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Tom Wilson penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 11:38  
  11:38 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  11:55 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  11:56 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Lars Eller blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 12:20  
  12:30 Shot by Phil Kessel misses the net
  12:49 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Devante Smith-Pelly penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Patric Hornqvist. 12:50  
  12:50 Patric Hornqvist penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Devante Smith-Pelly.
T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 12:50  
John Carlson blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 13:09  
  13:13 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  13:27 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 13:31  
Dmitry Orlov scores. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 13:46  
  13:46 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  14:07 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  14:15 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 14:52  
  14:58 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Alex Ovechkin penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Zach Aston-Reese. 15:08  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:08  
  15:14 Patric Hornqvist hits Lars Eller.
  15:32 Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net
  15:42 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
Brooks Orpik blocks shot from Phil Kessel. 16:07  
Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 16:19  
Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 16:20  
Chandler Stephenson wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 16:22  
Andre Burakovsky hits Josh Jooris. 17:27  
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 17:33  
  17:38 Jamie Oleksiak hits Andre Burakovsky.
  18:16 Matt Hunwick blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  18:17 Zach Aston-Reese penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jakub Jerabek.
  18:17 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  19:34 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
  19:41 Carl Hagelin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 19:49  
  19:56 Riley Sheahan hits Andre Burakovsky.
Shot by Matt Niskanen misses the net 19:58  
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:59  
3
Washington   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Tom Wilson scores. Assisted by Matt Niskanen. 0:23  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:23  
  0:23 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  0:39 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  0:45 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
  0:47 Jake Guentzel hits Andre Burakovsky.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 0:49  
Shot by John Carlson misses the net 1:02  
  1:20 Matt Hunwick hits Nicklas Backstrom.
  1:59 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  2:01 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Lars Eller hits Evgeni Malkin. 2:09  
  2:38 Kris Letang blocks shot from Devante Smith-Pelly.
  3:09 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
Jakub Jerabek shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:16  
Takeaway by Tom Wilson. 3:44  
Brooks Orpik hits Conor Sheary. 4:07  
Giveaway by Tom Wilson. 4:22  
Alex Ovechkin hits Evgeni Malkin. 4:25  
  4:59 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Andre Burakovsky shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:12  
  5:28 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Devante Smith-Pelly.
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Justin Schultz. 5:29  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 5:30  
Lars Eller hits Josh Jooris. 5:42  
Brooks Orpik blocks shot from Josh Jooris. 5:57  
Brooks Orpik hits Zach Aston-Reese. 6:02  
  6:04 Shot by Jamie Oleksiak misses the net
  6:13 Giveaway by Matt Hunwick.
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Zach Aston-Reese. 6:22  
  6:43 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  7:10 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  7:32 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  7:32 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
Giveaway by Andre Burakovsky. 7:54  
Takeaway by Lars Eller. 8:19  
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 8:21  
Jakub Vrana wins the faceoff against Zach Aston-Reese. 8:22  
  8:53 Josh Jooris hits Lars Eller.
  9:12 Justin Schultz hits Lars Eller.
  9:18 Tom Kuhnhackl hits Brooks Orpik.
  9:33 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Chandler Stephenson.
Chandler Stephenson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 9:45  
Chandler Stephenson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:46  
  10:22 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  10:57 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 11:25  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 11:26  
T.J. Oshie hits Josh Jooris. 11:39  
  11:46 Zach Aston-Reese hits Nicklas Backstrom.
  11:50 Tom Kuhnhackl shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Conor Sheary. 11:55  
Brooks Orpik hits Jake Guentzel. 12:52  
Lars Eller blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 12:53  
  13:10 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  13:12 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  13:27 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  13:27 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
  13:29 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Tom Wilson hits Carl Hagelin. 13:45  
Alex Ovechkin hits Justin Schultz. 13:56  
  14:03 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 15:22  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:33  
  15:51 Bryan Rust hits Tom Wilson.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:57  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 15:58  
  16:06 Evgeni Malkin blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov.
  16:13 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  16:15 Patric Hornqvist scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Evgeni Malkin.
  16:15 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Takeaway by T.J. Oshie. 16:57  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:16  
  17:22 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  17:28 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  17:36 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Philipp Grubauer.
  17:39 Patric Hornqvist penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brooks Orpik.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 17:39  
  18:20 Evgeni Malkin blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov.
Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net 18:44  
  18:59 Evgeni Malkin penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by T.J. Oshie.
  18:59 Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by T.J. Oshie.
T.J. Oshie penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 18:59  
  18:59 Evgeni Malkin penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Game Misconduct).
  18:59 Phil Kessel penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Game Misconduct).
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 18:59  
  19:26 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom.
  19:26 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:42  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 19:43  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:57