Five different Pittsburgh Penguins had multi-point games, led by three points each from Jake Guentzel (2-1-3) and Phil Kessel (2-1-3), to propel them to a 2-0 series lead against the Washington Capitals.
* Guentzel -- who scored his League-leading sixth and seventh goals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs -- surpassed Bryan Rust (6 G in 23 GP in 2016) for most goals by a Penguins rookie in a single postseason. He also moved into a tie with Michel Briere as the only rookies in Penguins history to score three game-winning goals in the playoffs.
* Per Elias, Guentzel became the third player since 1943-44 to score at least seven goals in his first seven playoff games, joining Maurice Richard (10 in 1943-44) and Dino Ciccarelli (7 in 1980-81).
* Sidney Crosby (1-1-2), who has at least one point in each of his past six games (4-7-11), had his 52nd multi-point game in the playoffs (all w/ PIT) to pass Mario Lemieux for the most in Penguins history.
* Crosby (53-95-148 in 131 GP) surpassed Jaromir Jagr (65-82-147 in 140 GP) for sole possession of second on the Penguins all-time playoff points list, behind Lemieux (76-96-172 in 107 GP).
* Four Penguins sit atop the playoff scoring race, with Evgeni Malkin (3-10-13), who had multiple points for the fifth time in seven games, Kessel (4-7-11), Crosby (4-7-11) and Guentzel (7-3-10) occupying the top four spots, respectively.
