Braden Holtby stopped 16 to send the series back to Washington for the deciding game on Wednesday night. PITTSBURGH—Andre Burakovsky scored twice, Nicklas Backstrom got his sixth of the playoffs and the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Monday night to force a Game 7 in their taut Eastern Conference semifinal. The Capitals appeared on the verge of another unceremonious exit at the hands of the Penguins going into the third period of Game 5. This is the fourth time the Penguins and Capitals will meet in a Game 7. Pittsburgh has won each of the three previous deciding games, the last in 2009 in Washington on its way to the Stanley Cup.

Source: thestar May 09, 2017 02:48 UTC