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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 7, 2016
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Steve Kozari, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1001
Washington 1203
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Conor Sheary shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:49  
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:50  
Ben Lovejoy shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 1:00  
  1:00 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  1:52 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
Bryan Rust penalty for Hooking - 2 mins. 3:56  
  3:56 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  4:04
(0-1) 		Alex Ovechkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom. Assisted by T.J. Oshie.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 4:04  
  4:10 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  5:22 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  5:40 Andre Burakovsky shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  5:47 Nicklas Backstrom penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 5:47  
Phil Kessel shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:26  
Phil Kessel shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:27  
  6:30 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:52  
Chris Kunitz shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:56  
Phil Kessel shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:07  
Chris Kunitz scores a power play goal. Assisted by Phil Kessel. Assisted by Sidney Crosby. 7:08
(1-1) 		 
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 7:08  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 7:49  
  8:12 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Conor Sheary shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:32  
Bryan Rust wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 9:33  
Phil Kessel shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:34  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Marcus Johansson. 11:46  
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:11  
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 13:53  
Sidney Crosby shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:35  
  15:36 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:55  
  15:56 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Carl Hagelin.
  16:05 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
Matt Cullen penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 16:42  
  16:42 Justin Williams penalty for Slashing - 2 mins.
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 16:42  
Pittsburgh team penalty for Too many men on ice - 2 mins. 18:34  
  18:34 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  19:27 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
2
Pittsburgh   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  0:53 Jay Beagle shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Ben Lovejoy shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:08  
  2:25 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Ian Cole penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 2:54  
  2:54 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  2:58 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  3:59 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  4:00
(1-2) 		T.J. Oshie scores a power play goal. Assisted by Alex Ovechkin. Assisted by John Carlson.
  4:00 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  5:11 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  5:15 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
  5:19 Dmitry Orlov shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 6:18  
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 6:25  
  7:40 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  8:37 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Matt Cullen wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 9:29  
  9:58
(1-3) 		Justin Williams scores.
  9:58 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:30  
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 10:54  
  11:36 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Justin Schultz shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:07  
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 12:37  
Chris Kunitz shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:43  
Chris Kunitz wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:44  
Evgeni Malkin penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 12:48  
  12:48 T.J. Oshie wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Evgeni Malkin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:39  
Patric Hornqvist shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:06  
Justin Schultz shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:23  
Matt Cullen shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:24  
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 16:25  
Brian Dumoulin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:31  
  17:38 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 18:26  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 18:34  
3
Pittsburgh   Washington
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:00  
Kris Letang shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 0:36  
  0:40 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:52  
  1:30 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
Ben Lovejoy shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:58  
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 2:59  
Brian Dumoulin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:04  
  3:39 Karl Alzner shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  4:44 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  5:30 Nate Schmidt penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
  5:30 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 6:39  
Chris Kunitz shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:11  
  7:24 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Nick Bonino.
  8:07 Nicklas Backstrom wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
  8:27 Matt Niskanen shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 8:28  
Evgeni Malkin shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 9:10  
  9:25 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Nick Bonino penalty for High sticking - 2 mins. 9:29  
  9:29 Justin Williams wins the face-off against Matt Cullen.
  9:36 Alex Ovechkin shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
  11:24 Justin Williams shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 11:26  
  11:30 Marcus Johansson shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 12:44  
  13:07 Jason Chimera shoots. Saved by Matthew Murray.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Jay Beagle. 13:09  
Justin Schultz shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:22  
Ben Lovejoy shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:06  
  15:07 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the face-off against Evgeni Malkin.
Nick Bonino wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 15:25  
  16:23 Jay Beagle wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin wins the face-off against Nicklas Backstrom. 16:40  
Kris Letang shoots. Saved by Braden Holtby. 17:17  
  17:18 Mike Richards wins the face-off against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby wins the face-off against Mike Richards. 18:52