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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 7, Washington 6
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 4, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 18627
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Washington 31206
Pittsburgh 23117
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • OT
1
Washington   Pittsburgh
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
T.J. Oshie hits Brian Dumoulin. 0:23  
  0:28 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Brett Connolly.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:36  
Chandler Stephenson blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 1:18  
Christian Djoos hits Phil Kessel. 1:28  
  1:49 Jamie Oleksiak scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel.
  1:49 Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  2:05 Jamie Oleksiak hits Nic Dowd.
  2:24 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
  2:24 Bryan Rust hits Nic Dowd.
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Brian Dumoulin. 2:29  
  2:33 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Chandler Stephenson blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 2:45  
Chandler Stephenson hits Brian Dumoulin. 2:48  
Giveaway by Andre Burakovsky. 3:06  
  3:08 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 3:09  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 3:15  
  3:28 Jack Johnson blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom.
Jakub Vrana scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie. 3:30  
  3:30 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Christian Djoos hits Brian Dumoulin. 4:02  
Brooks Orpik scores. 4:18  
  4:18 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  4:52 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Jakub Vrana.
  5:30 Shot by Dominik Simon misses the net
  5:45 Dominik Simon hits Dmitry Orlov.
Matt Niskanen penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Derick Brassard. 5:47  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 5:47  
  6:10 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
John Carlson blocks shot from Phil Kessel. 6:39  
Devante Smith-Pelly hits Evgeni Malkin. 6:46  
Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Daniel Sprong. 7:25  
  7:27 Jake Guentzel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Daniel Sprong and Justin Schultz.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 7:27  
  7:40 Giveaway by Justin Schultz.
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 7:41  
  7:42 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:00  
Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Christian Djoos and Evgeny Kuznetsov. 8:00  
  8:10 Olli Maatta hits Nicklas Backstrom.
  8:18 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  9:20 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  9:30 Takeaway by Carl Hagelin.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. 9:50  
  9:58 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  10:15 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
Brooks Orpik hits Jake Guentzel. 10:29  
Brooks Orpik hits Jake Guentzel. 10:33  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 10:33  
  10:46 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
  11:01 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  11:03 Shot by Carl Hagelin misses the net
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 11:17  
  11:44 Giveaway by Jamie Oleksiak.
  11:51 Giveaway by Justin Schultz.
  11:59 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Shot by Brett Connolly misses the net 12:22  
Nathan Walker shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:52  
Devante Smith-Pelly wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 12:52  
Devante Smith-Pelly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 13:11  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. 13:12  
Madison Bowey hits Derick Brassard. 13:28  
  14:15 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 14:16  
  14:28 Kris Letang blocks shot from T.J. Oshie.
Shot by Dmitry Orlov misses the net 14:30  
Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom. 14:43  
  14:47 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  14:51 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:15  
Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 15:25  
  15:26 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  15:56 Jake Guentzel hits Alex Ovechkin.
  16:10 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 16:16  
Andre Burakovsky hits Riley Sheahan. 16:46  
  16:47 Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  16:48 Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Shot by Devante Smith-Pelly misses the net 16:59  
Nathan Walker hits Justin Schultz. 17:22  
  17:26 Derick Brassard hits Nic Dowd.
Devante Smith-Pelly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 17:28  
Nic Dowd hits Derick Brassard. 17:30  
  17:53 Kris Letang hits Nicklas Backstrom.
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 18:03  
Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom. 18:07  
  18:11 Carl Hagelin penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jakub Vrana.
  18:11 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
  19:39 Olli Maatta blocks shot from Jakub Vrana.
  19:40 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
2
Washington   Pittsburgh
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:16  
Giveaway by Matt Niskanen. 0:21  
  0:27 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  0:30 Kris Letang scores. Assisted by Sidney Crosby and Brian Dumoulin.
  0:30 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:37  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:41  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:42  
Brett Connolly hits Olli Maatta. 0:54  
Brett Connolly hits Olli Maatta. 1:03  
  1:19 Olli Maatta hits Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  1:28 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. 1:29  
Madison Bowey hits Justin Schultz. 1:46  
  1:51 Dominik Simon hits Andre Burakovsky.
Lars Eller hits Jamie Oleksiak. 1:55  
  2:22 Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Devante Smith-Pelly blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 2:27  
  2:28 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  2:44 Kris Letang hits Nathan Walker.
Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 2:49  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:50  
  3:28 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:31  
  3:41 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  3:51 Jamie Oleksiak hits Brett Connolly.
John Carlson scores. Assisted by Brett Connolly. 3:54  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 3:54  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 4:12  
  4:13 Phil Kessel penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  4:13 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  4:18 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  4:23 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  4:34 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  4:38 Carl Hagelin hits Alex Ovechkin.
Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net 4:51  
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin. 5:08  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:29  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:36  
  5:37 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Brett Connolly.
  5:44 Takeaway by Derick Brassard.
  5:48 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  6:11 Jack Johnson hits Jakub Vrana.
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:17  
Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:35  
  6:54 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
  6:56 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Brooks Orpik blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 7:17  
  7:18 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  7:23 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Lars Eller penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 7:24  
  7:24 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Matt Niskanen blocks shot from Phil Kessel. 7:29  
  7:46 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 8:55  
  9:29 Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  9:57 Olli Maatta blocks shot from Lars Eller.
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:20  
  10:53 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  11:06 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Madison Bowey blocks shot from Patric Hornqvist. 11:14  
  11:18 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  11:24 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  11:34 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Jamie Oleksiak. 12:07  
  12:21 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 12:37  
Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Carl Hagelin. 12:44  
  12:51 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:52  
  12:53 Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Dmitry Orlov hits Olli Maatta. 13:11  
Evgeny Kuznetsov blocks shot from Bryan Rust. 13:21  
  13:34 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  13:40 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  13:43 Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  13:46 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  14:01 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  14:33 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Chandler Stephenson.
  14:43 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  14:52 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  15:02 Sidney Crosby hits Matt Niskanen.
  15:09 Jake Guentzel scores. Assisted by Justin Schultz and Patric Hornqvist.
  15:09 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Giveaway by Jakub Vrana. 15:21  
Brooks Orpik blocks shot from Dominik Simon. 16:48  
  16:56 Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  16:58 Derick Brassard scores. and Dominik Simon and Brian Dumoulin.
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 16:58  
Dmitry Orlov hits Justin Schultz. 17:17  
Shot by Devante Smith-Pelly misses the net 17:30  
Alex Ovechkin hits Jack Johnson. 18:30  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 18:32  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. 18:33  
  18:40 Riley Sheahan blocks shot from Madison Bowey.
Brooks Orpik hits Derick Brassard. 19:04  
  19:11 Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  19:12 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Madison Bowey blocks shot from Bryan Rust. 19:13  
Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:20  
  19:40 Shot by Phil Kessel misses the net
  19:44 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:52  
  19:53 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  19:59 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from John Carlson.
3
Washington   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 0:20  
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 0:29  
  0:30 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Brett Connolly penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Bryan Rust. 0:39  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:39  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:27  
  2:04 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  2:20 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  2:28 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
  2:45 Evgeni Malkin scores. Assisted by Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby.
  2:45 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 2:56  
  3:21 Jack Johnson hits Alex Ovechkin.
  3:29 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
Giveaway by Brett Connolly. 3:44  
  3:51 Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Alex Ovechkin hits Derick Brassard. 3:52  
Madison Bowey penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Dominik Simon. 3:53  
  3:53 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
John Carlson blocks shot from Phil Kessel. 4:22  
Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 4:54  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. 4:55  
Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:02  
Matt Niskanen hits Jake Guentzel. 5:18  
  5:23 Derick Brassard hits Matt Niskanen.
  5:37 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Jamie Oleksiak. 6:21  
  6:27 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  6:36 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 7:10  
  7:15 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  7:21 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  7:26 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Alex Ovechkin hits Carl Hagelin. 7:31  
Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 7:39  
Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Brian Dumoulin. 7:48  
  7:50 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
John Carlson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 7:51  
  7:59 Phil Kessel blocks shot from John Carlson.
  8:13 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  8:14 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  8:23 Jack Johnson blocks shot from Jakub Vrana.
T.J. Oshie hits Olli Maatta. 8:33  
Jakub Vrana hits Jack Johnson. 8:39  
Jakub Vrana penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Johnson. 8:40  
Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:40  
Nic Dowd blocks shot from Kris Letang. 9:14  
  9:18 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
Devante Smith-Pelly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 9:22  
  9:29 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
  9:34 Patric Hornqvist hits John Carlson.
Brooks Orpik hits Jake Guentzel. 10:07  
  10:43 Giveaway by Dominik Simon.
Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:52  
Dmitry Orlov shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 11:13  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 11:14  
  11:19 Kris Letang blocks shot from Brett Connolly.
  11:53 Shot by Riley Sheahan misses the net
Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov. 12:33  
  12:53 Carl Hagelin hits Matt Niskanen.
  12:59 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
T.J. Oshie scores. 13:01  
  13:01 Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
T.J. Oshie scores. Assisted by John Carlson. 13:22  
  13:22 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
T.J. Oshie hits Jamie Oleksiak. 13:26  
  13:57 Evgeni Malkin hits Matt Niskanen.
Shot by Lars Eller misses the net 14:09  
  14:09 Carl Hagelin hits Chandler Stephenson.
  14:34 Olli Maatta hits Lars Eller.
John Carlson blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 14:47  
Andre Burakovsky blocks shot from Olli Maatta. 14:49  
Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Patric Hornqvist. 14:56  
Brooks Orpik hits Bryan Rust. 15:16  
  15:32 Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  15:36 Shot by Matt Cullen misses the net
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:37  
T.J. Oshie hits Patric Hornqvist. 16:10  
  16:14 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  16:36 Giveaway by Matt Murray.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 17:11  
Devante Smith-Pelly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 17:15  
  17:19 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:46  
  17:55 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  19:11 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by T.J. Oshie. 19:32  
  19:46 Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
  19:50 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
1 OT
Washington   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  0:18 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Braden Holtby.
Evgeny Kuznetsov penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sidney Crosby. 0:19  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:19  
  1:20 Kris Letang scores a power play goal. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel.