Capitals 5, Penguins 3

Pittsburgh 1 2 0 — 3 Washington 2 2 1 — 5

First Period: 1, Washington, Beauvillier 1 (Strome), 0:23. 2, Pittsburgh, Rust 1 (Kindel, Girard), 1:19. 3, Washington, Wilson 1 (Dubois), 11:51.

Second Period: 4, Washington, Dubois 1 (Wilson), 4:42. 5, Washington, Tuch 3 (Wilson), 13:14. 6, Pittsburgh, Novak 3, 14:05. 7, Pittsburgh, Robertson 3 (Korczak, Lizotte), 18:01.

Third Period: 8, Washington, Leonard 2 (Kyrou, Hutson), 3:55 (pp).

Shots on goal: Pittsburgh 4-13-13: 30. Washington 14-5-8: 27.

Power-play opportunities: Pittsburgh 0 of 3. Washington 1 of 4.

Goalies: Pittsburgh, Silovs 2-1-0 (27 shots-22 saves). Washington, Thompson 2-0-0 (30-27).

A: 18,347 (18,277). T: 2:28.

Referees: Garrett Rank, Kelly Sutherland; Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Libor Suchanek.