Pittsburgh 6, Washington 3

First Period_1, Washington, Kuznetsov 2 (Eller, Schultz), 5:18 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Rust 4 (Matheson, Crosby), 10:29. 3, Pittsburgh, Tanev 4 (Ruhwedel, Ceci), 11:01. Penalties_Letang, PIT (Slashing), 0:26; Zucker, PIT (Slashing), 3:38; Backstrom, WSH (Roughing), 13:59.

Second Period_4, Washington, Vrana 4, 3:26. 5, Pittsburgh, Rust 5 (Guentzel, Letang), 6:44 (pp). 6, Pittsburgh, Guentzel 5 (Rust, Ceci), 10:44. 7, Washington, Backstrom 7 (Ovechkin, Carlson), 17:49. Penalties_Dowd, WSH (High Sticking), 6:17; Letang, PIT (Delay of Game), 8:25; Ruhwedel, PIT (Tripping), 13:06.

Third Period_8, Pittsburgh, Aston-Reese 2 (Jarry, Letang), 18:57 (en). 9, Pittsburgh, Crosby 5 (Guentzel), 19:11 (en). Penalties_None.

Shots on Goal_Washington 9-14-8_31. Pittsburgh 10-11-17_38.

Power-play opportunities_Washington 1 of 4; Pittsburgh 1 of 2.

Goalies_Washington, Vanecek 5-3-2 (36 shots-32 saves). Pittsburgh, Jarry 3-4-1 (31-28).

A_0 (18,387). T_2:29.

Referees_Ghislain Hebert, Jon Mclsaac. Linesmen_Shandor Alphonso, Tony Sericolo.