vs
Game Date:
04/29/2018
3:00pm EST
Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5
Washington -1.5
Total:
Over
6 (-115)
Under 6 (-105)
Community Picks: Pittsburgh 0% vs Washington 0%
Pittsburgh and Washington Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
WASHINGTON (AP) A five-minute implosion made the Capitals look like the same old team in the playoffs. Washington did get as many quality scoring chances, if not more, than Pittsburgh, but those third-period goals by the top line of Patric Hornqvist , Crosby and Jake Guentzel tipped the balance. Continue to Article
April 27, 2018 3:52:pm EST
Alexander Ovechkin’s Capitals have never managed to make it past the second round of the NHL playoffs. Sidney Crosby is largely to blame. The playoff futility o… Continue to Article
April 27, 2018 11:24:am EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets played one more playoff game this season than last, but it’s all the same to general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and coach John Tortorella. “Everybody has to give skin here, from the coaches right on through, as far as what happened,” Tortorella said in his exit interview with reporters Thursday. The Blue Jackets promising season fizzled out in the end. Continue to Article
April 27, 2018 10:45:am EST
After trailing 2-0 to the Washington Capitals early in the third period, the Pittsburgh Penguins fought back to take a 3-2 lead. Late in Game 1, Pittsburgh netminder Matt Murray made a massive stop to keep the Penguins ahead. After stopping the initial Matt Niskanen point shot, Murray dove across the crease to stop Brett Connolly with the inner part of his blocker. Continue to Article
April 27, 2018 9:53:am EST
Jake Guentzel assisted on two goals and then scored the game-winner in less than five minutes of the third period as the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins wiped out a two-goal deficit for a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals Thursday night in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Game 2 is Sunday in Washington, with Pittsburgh gunning for a 2-0 series lead and its 10th series victory in 11 playoff meetings with the Capitals. Stifled for the first two periods by goalie Braden Holtby and Washington's tight defense, the Penguins showed why they have won two consecutive Stanley Cups. Continue to Article
April 27, 2018 12:27:am EST
