The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Washington Capitals, 4 to 3, in Game 3 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Second Round on May 1, 2018.
Final
2nd period
WSH
PIT
John Carlson (PP) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom
1
0
Jake Guentzel (EV) assisted by Justin Schultz and Sidney Crosby
1
1
Patric Hornqvist (PP) assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel
1
2
Chandler Stephenson (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie
2
2
Sidney Crosby (EV) assisted by Jake Guentzel and Kris Letang
2
3
3rd period
WSH
PIT
Matt Niskanen (EV) assisted by Dmitry Orlov and Tom Wilson
3
3
Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom
4
3
Capitals
Penguins
Goals
4
3
Shots
22
22
Penalty Minutes
12
12
Power-Play Goals
1
1
Power-Play Opportunities
4
4
Faceoff Wins
23
36
Hits
41
52
Giveaways
4
9
Takeaways
7
6
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Holtby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | .864 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Backstrom | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:29 |
J. Beagle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:20 | |
J. Carlson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29:17 | |
A. Chiasson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:48 | |
B. Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:42 | ||
C. Djoos | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:17 | ||
L. Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
M. Kempny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 | |
E. Kuznetsov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
M. Niskanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:12 | |
D. Orlov | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20:39 | ||
B. Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 | |
T.J. Oshie | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:05 |
A. Ovechkin | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:24 | |
D. Smith-Pelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | |
C. Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 |
J. Vrana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 | |
T. Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:25 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Murray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18 | .818 | 4 | 4.04 | 0 | 59 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z. Aston-Reese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:37 | ||
D. Brassard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
S. Crosby | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:41 |
B. Dumoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 | |
J. Guentzel | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:07 |
P. Hornqvist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 | |
P. Kessel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:21 |
T. Kuhnhackl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 | |
K. Letang | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:53 | ||
O. Maatta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21:46 | |
E. Malkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:07 |
J. Oleksiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:12 | |
C. Ruhwedel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:32 | ||
B. Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 | |
J. Schultz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:12 | |
R. Sheahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:11 | |
C. Sheary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | ||
D. Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:58 |
More Penguins Stats
Team Rankings
G/GP
3.02
16th
GA/GP
3.63
32nd
PP%
25.6
5th
PK%
81.7
12th
2024-25 Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Capitals | 26 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 41 |
 Devils | 24 | 15 | 3 | 51 | 27 |
 Hurricanes | 24 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 21 |
 Penguins | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41 | -27 |
 Blue Jackets | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 | -8 |
 Flyers | 17 | 18 | 5 | 39 | -21 |
 Rangers | 18 | 20 | 1 | 37 | -10 |
 Islanders | 15 | 18 | 7 | 37 | -20 |
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NHL 2024-25 Leaders
NHL 2024-25 Rankings
NHL 2024-25 Betting
NHL 2024-25 Division Standings
Jets 
Wild 
Stars 
Kings 
Oilers | Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maple Leafs | 26 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 16 |
 Panthers | 24 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 11 |
 Bruins | 20 | 17 | 5 | 45 | -20 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
| Capitals | 26 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 41 |
| Devils | 24 | 15 | 3 | 51 | 27 |
| Hurricanes | 24 | 14 | 2 | 50 | 21 |
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