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NHL : ATS Matchup
Monday 5/2/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
WASHINGTON
 
PITTSBURGH
PK  

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5
 
2
Final
3

WASHINGTON (61-21-0-8, 130 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (53-27-0-9, 115 pts.)
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Monday, 5/2/2016 8:05 PM
Eastern Conference Semifinals - Best of 7 - Game 3 - Series tied at 1-1
#1 GOALTENDERS: WASHINGTON - BRADEN HOLTBY, PITTSBURGH - MATT MURRAY
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
17WASHINGTON+115Ov 5,-120+120Ov 5,-120
18PITTSBURGH-135Un 5,+100-140Un 5,+100
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games61-29-0+18.961-29+18.935-353.030.62.328.5
Team Stats (Road Games)29-15-0+10.129-15+10.120-163.029.52.328.8
Last 5 Games2-3-0-3.52-3-3.51-41.432.81.828.4
Playoff Games5-3-0-0.55-3-0.52-52.430.61.429.4
vs. Division25-13-0+4.725-13+4.716-143.130.62.328.8
WASHINGTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)902715893108121827559.8%2846422.5%451
Team Stats (Road Games)4413131504288129610.1%1393323.7%222
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)57123101644.3%1616.2%9
Team Stats (Playoffs)819369102457.8%33927.3%32
Team Stats (vs. Division)3811624424466116210.0%1163025.9%185
Stats Against (All Games) 20461666981025668.0%2863913.6%346
Stats Against (Road Games) 1033229384512698.1%1482416.2%183
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 9153011426.3%1815.6%16
Stats Against (Playoffs) 11263012354.7%3113.2%20
Stats Against (vs. Division) 872920335510957.9%121129.9%144
WASHINGTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (All Games)221652348091.8%17-9-4.87-9-0-35-11
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Road Games)11825923791.5%14-4-14-4-003-5
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (vs. Division)42847994.0%01-1-0.21-1-001-1
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Last 4 Games)43827287.8%10-3-3.80-3-0-30-3
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
BRADEN HOLTBY (All Games)74742035188492.6%354-20+23.754-20-0+2530-24
BRADEN HOLTBY (Road Games)3636100793192.5%125-11+11.125-11-0+1217-11
BRADEN HOLTBY (vs. Division)3636100893192.4%124-12+4.924-12-0+515-13
BRADEN HOLTBY (Last 4 Games)4411611094.8%02-2-22-2-0-21-3
BRADEN HOLTBY (Playoff Games)8823422495.7%15-3-0.55-3-0-12-5

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games53-36-0+7.353-36+7.340-363.033.22.429.8
Team Stats (Home Games)28-16-0+2.928-16+2.924-133.335.62.630.3
Last 5 Games4-1-0+3.24-1+3.22-23.834.21.829.6
Playoff Games5-2-0+2.45-2+2.44-23.733.32.130.4
vs. Division24-13-0+6.424-13+6.413-173.132.92.028.6
PITTSBURGH Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)892716211782101829559.2%2915619.2%452
Team Stats (Home Games)441473965385915689.4%1553220.6%247
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)5195950117111.1%18527.8%31
Team Stats (Playoffs)72661190223311.2%28828.6%44
Team Stats (vs. Division)3711428483441012179.4%1202621.7%191
Stats Against (All Games) 21870706991226498.2%2824315.2%365
Stats Against (Home Games) 1134332344413348.5%1352317.0%192
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 9323101486.1%17211.8%13
Stats Against (Playoffs) 15356102137.0%25312.0%23
Stats Against (vs. Division) 752124273210607.1%1231814.6%128
PITTSBURGH - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (All Games)58581665153392.1%535-23+3.935-23-0+624-23
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Home Games)313190283192.1%421-10+4.621-10-0+614-10
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (vs. Division)202055151493.3%213-7+2.413-7-0+34-10
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Last 4 Games)44988990.8%03-1+0.23-1-002-1
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MATT MURRAY (All Games)181850346993.2%013-5+7.413-5-0+79-8
MATT MURRAY (Home Games)7722020392.3%05-2+1.85-2-0+25-2
MATT MURRAY (vs. Division)141438135793.7%010-4+5.810-4-0+67-6
MATT MURRAY (Last 4 Games)4413112393.9%03-1+2.23-1-0+22-1
MATT MURRAY (Playoff Games)5514813993.9%04-1+3.24-1-0+32-2
JEFF ZATKOFF (All Games)161347343391.5%35-8-45-8-0-57-5
JEFF ZATKOFF (Home Games)7621119090.0%02-4-3.52-4-0-45-1
JEFF ZATKOFF (vs. Division)4312611490.5%11-2-1.81-2-0-22-1
JEFF ZATKOFF (Last 4 Games)431099789.0%01-2-1.81-2-0-23-0
JEFF ZATKOFF (Playoff Games)22655990.8%01-1-0.81-1-0-12-0
Average power rating of opponents played: WASHINGTON 3.17,  PITTSBURGH 3.07
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
WASHINGTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
4/5/2016NY ISLANDERS3-4L0, -185L5 ovO
4/7/2016PITTSBURGH3-4L0, -130L5.5 unO
4/9/2016at ST LOUIS5-1W0, +120W5 ovO
4/10/2016ANAHEIM0-2L0, +100L5 ovU
4/14/2016PHILADELPHIA2-0W0, -230W5 evU
4/16/2016PHILADELPHIA4-1W0, -230W5 unP
4/18/2016at PHILADELPHIA6-1W0, -135W5 unO
4/20/2016at PHILADELPHIA1-2L0, -155L5 unU
4/22/2016PHILADELPHIA0-2L0, -260L5 evU
4/24/2016at PHILADELPHIA1-0W0, -170W5 unU
4/28/2016PITTSBURGH4-3W0, -125W5 ovO
4/30/2016PITTSBURGH1-2L0, -135L5 ovU
5/2/2016at PITTSBURGH 
5/4/2016at PITTSBURGH 
5/7/2016PITTSBURGH 

PITTSBURGH - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
4/5/2016at OTTAWA5-3W0, -180W5.5 unO
4/7/2016at WASHINGTON4-3W0, +110W5.5 unO
4/9/2016at PHILADELPHIA1-3L0, +170L5.5 unU
4/13/2016NY RANGERS5-2W0, -145W5 ovO
4/16/2016NY RANGERS2-4L0, -175L5.5 unO
4/19/2016at NY RANGERS3-1W0, -120W5.5 unU
4/21/2016at NY RANGERS5-0W0, -115W5 ovP
4/23/2016NY RANGERS6-3W0, -180W5 ovO
4/28/2016at WASHINGTON3-4L0, +105L5 ovO
4/30/2016at WASHINGTON2-1W0, +115W5 ovU
5/2/2016WASHINGTON 
5/4/2016WASHINGTON 
5/7/2016at WASHINGTON 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
WASHINGTON: LAST SEASON: 45-26-11, 101 points. Second in Metropolitan Division. Lost to New York Rangers in Eastern Conference semifinals.
COACH: Barry Trotz (second season, 17th NHL season).
ADDED: F T.J. Oshie, F Justin Williams.
LOST: D Mike Green, F Troy Brouwer, F Joel Ward, F Eric Fehr, F Curtis Glencross, D Tim Gleason.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Ovechkin. When it comes to the Capitals, it's always about the three-time NHL MVP and man of many nicknames - "Alexander the Great," "The Great 8," "Ovi." He just turned 30, and while he jokes about how he isn't keeping count, at some point there will arrive a time when his aggressive style of hit-and-be-hit play will take a toll. Still, Ovechkin scored 53 goals last season, his sixth season getting to the half-century mark.
OUTLOOK: Not much new here: For a half-dozen years or so, the Capitals have entered the season with high expectations, often lived up to them during the regular season, then flopped in the playoffs. Ovechkin has said it's time to stop talking about potential and start doing something when the games count the most. He's never been past the second round of the playoffs and is 3-6 in Game 7s, so not until spring will everything be evaluated.
PITTSBURGH: LAST SEASON: 43-27-12, 98 points. Finished fourth in Metropolitan Division. Lost to New York Rangers in Eastern Conference semifinals.
COACH: Mike Johnston (second season).
ADDED: F Phil Kessel, F Eric Fehr, F Matt Cullen, F Sergei Plotnikov, D Adam Clendening.
LOST: D Paul Martin, D Christian Ehrhoff, F Brandon Sutter, F Blake Comeau, F Steve Downie, F Nick Spaling, G Thomas Greiss.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Phil Kessel. The Penguins brought in the three-time All Star from the Maple Leafs to give franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin some much-needed support. The 28-year-old is hoping a fresh start away from the crucible in Toronto will help him put up the kind of numbers he only occasionally flirted with during his six seasons in Canada.
OUTLOOK: Injuries and an offense that struggled to score goals - a stunning development for a team with two of the game's biggest stars - led to Pittsburgh's quiet five-game loss to the Rangers in the first round last spring. General manager Jim Rutherford provided needed depth by adding Eric Fehr, Matt Cullen and young Russian Sergei Plotnikov to give the bottom six some punch. If Kessel can develop chemistry with either Malkin or Crosby and the defense led by Kris Letang keeps the crease in front of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury clear, the Penguins will be in the postseason for a 10th straight year. Another quick exit, however, could lead to widespread changes.
PREVIEW
Capitals-Penguins Preview
By ALAN FERGUSON STATS Writer

A heady effort from a short-handed defense corps allowed the Pittsburgh Penguins to grab home-ice advantage away from the Washington Capitals.

The Penguins, though, likely won't have one of their top D-men in Olli Maatta as they look to move ahead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series Monday night in Pittsburgh.

The Capitals might be missing one of their top defensemen as well, with Brooks Orpik facing a possible suspension for his hit on Maatta.

Pittsburgh couldn't stop T.J. Oshie from recording a hat trick in a 4-3 overtime loss Thursday, but bounced back by stifling nearly all of the Capitals' roster in a 2-1 victory in Game 2 on Saturday. The Penguins allowed the one goal while short-handed during Washington's 14-shot third period, paving the way for Eric Fehr to score the winner against his former team with 4:28 to go.

Pittsburgh limited the Capitals to 10 shots over the first two periods despite losing Maatta less than five minutes into the game. Orpik knocked his former teammate out with a high hit.

"I thought it was a late hit," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "I thought it was a target to his head. I think it's the type of hit that everyone in hockey is trying to remove from the game. That's how I saw it."

Unsurprisingly, Washington coach Barry Trotz didn't.

''(Orpik) just finished on a hit,'' Trotz said. ''There's a little size difference, and I think Maatta was leaning over a little bit. We'll let the league handle it.''

Orpik had a hearing with the NHL's department of player safety Sunday.

The Penguins are looking for their third win in four home games in these playoffs and fourth in five overall matchups against Washington.

Pittsburgh began that stretch with a 6-2 rout March 20 that ended a three-game home losing streak against the Capitals. Marc-Andre Fleury was in net for the Penguins in that game but is expected to remain out due to a concussion, likely giving 21-year-old rookie Matt Murray a sixth consecutive start.

Murray is 4-1-0 with a 1.74 goals-against average in that stretch.

"I thought Matt was real solid (in Game 2). It was a challenging game in that he didn't see a lot of shots early then in the third period obviously they pressed and he saw significantly some more action," Sullivan said. "I thought his focus was really good. When we needed him to be good down the stretch, he made that timely save for us."

Washington will try to give Braden Holtby a better chance to win by stifling Pittsburgh's prodigious shot production. The Penguins have a combined 80 shots on net in the two games and had another 38 blocked.

That's resulted in Holtby allowing five goals to Pittsburgh after giving up five in his six games against Philadelphia in the opening round. The Penguins would have had more if the Capitals hadn't denied them on all five power-play chances Saturday, moving them to 30 of 31 on the penalty kill this postseason.

"We know we can play better. We have had periods but not 60-minute games. We can't give a team like that as much time and space," Holtby said. "It will be a good thing to get on the road and play a more simple style. It seems like the road kind of does that to you. It will be good for us."

Phil Kessel and Patric Hornqvist have scored each of their three goals in this postseason in the Penguins' three home games. Kessel and Sidney Crosby both have a team-high five points in those contests.

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has one assist in his last seven games against the Penguins, including playoffs, and two points in his last five in Pittsburgh. Nicklas Backstrom has no points in his last four matchups.

"The ultimate goal is to win and we all have that in mind," Crosby told the NHL's official website. "We know taking that hit or taking that punch is going to go a long way."


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