The best team of the regular season made the first application to the conference finals.
The first period has passed under dictation of the owners – players “Washington” made 15 shots on goal, and successful was shot Burakovsky, dobivski the puck after another save from Murray.
“Pittsburgh” have increased significantly in the second period, “Penguins” every 57 seconds, was organized by two goals. To develop the advantage of guests are not allowed T. J. Oshi, quickly equalising.
In the final period continued to swing, “Washington” and “Pittsburgh” again exchanged productive attacks. The hosts could snatch a victory in normal time, but Niskanen, Chimera and Ovechkin their chances.
Overtime “Washington” held confidently and naturally scored the winning goal o’shea scored a hat-trick, finally established the status of the first star of the match.
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Washington — Pittsburgh 4:3 FROM (1:0, 1:2, 1:1, 1:0), the account in a series 1:0
Washer: 10:13 Burakovsky – 1:0, 30:40 Lovejoy – 1:1, 31:37, The Malkin – 1:2, 32:10 O’shea 2:2, 43:23 Oshi – 3:2, 48:42 Bonino – 3:3, 69:33 Oshi – 4:3
