NHL - Playoffs - Pittsburgh Penguins @ Washington Capitals 2-1 - Saturday, April 30, 2016 - Game 2

Eric Fehr has scored in Verizon Center before, but this one was a little more special. Fehr, a forward who played nine seasons for the Capitals before joining the Penguins as a free agent this offseason. Fehr's goal with 4:28 remaining in the third period gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 2-1 win against the Washington Capitals in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Verizon Center on Saturday. The best-of-7-series is tied 1-1 with Game 3 at Consol Energy Center on Monday. Fehr tipped a pass from Evgeni Malkin over Holtby's glove for his second goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Murray made 23 saves, and Carl Hagelin scored for Pittsburgh.
Marcus Johansson scored for Washington, and Holtby made 33 saves. Pittsburgh led 14-5 in shots on goal after the first period. T.J. Oshie's shot with 1:03 left in the period was the last one for the Capitals until Alex Ovechkin put one on net with 5:12 to go in the second. Hagelin scored at 7:08 of second period to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. From behind the net, Nick Bonino connected with Hagelin in the slot, where he beat Holtby glove side for his second of the postseason. Johansson tied the game 1-1 at 4:08 of the third period with a power-play goal. He tapped in a rebound that trickled off Murray in the paint for his second of the playoffs.
Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta was injured 4:13 into the first period after a hit from Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik and did not return. Orpik, who played for the Penguins from 2002-14, was penalized for interference.

Pens Quotes

Eric Fehr: "It does feel a little bit different. Obviously I had a lot of years here, and to be able to get that one to tie up the series and bring it back home with a split is enormous for us. You don't want to come out of here down 2-0 against the Presidents' Trophy winners. That would be a tough battle. Now we gave ourselves a chance and we're excited to get back home."
"That was a big game for us. After they tied it up on the power play we could have folded and said it was a good try, but our team didn't give up. You gotta go hats off to [goalie Matt] Murray; he made some huge saves for us when the game was tied and gave us the opportunity to get the win."
Sidney Crosby: "Murray was really good," Penguins captain  said. "I mean, he made some big saves, especially in the third after we didn't give him a ton of work. We generated a lot, we didn't have to play in our own end a lot, but it's not easy for a goalie to kind of be sitting there waiting for those big chances, and they've got guys who can score. He was really strong. The ultimate goal is to win and we all have that in mind. We know taking that hit or taking that punch is going to go a long way. Hopefully we keep getting some power plays here and find a way to convert on them."
Mike Sullivan: "I thought we managed the puck through the neutral zone the right way. We tried not to feed their transition game. We tried to make the right decisions. When we do that we're a team that can be hard to play against, we can control territory. I thought for long stretches in the first two periods that's exactly what we did."

Caps Quotes

Justin Williams: "Call what it was: The first two periods the ice was tilted a little bit. No doubt. Good for them, they came in desperately. We didn't answer until the third. It turned out to be too late."
Karl Alzner: "We’ve just got to keep it simple. They had five [defensemen] tonight for the majority of the night, so we knew they were going to be a little bit tired, so that means get pucks in deep, finish your checks and cycle. When we got to the third period you could see it was icings and high flips and that's what you like to see. We need to leave more of a mark earlier in the game."

Other Series

NY Islanders @ Tampa Bay - Series Tied 1-1
Jonathan Drouin scored his first Stanley Cup Playoff goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the New York Islanders 4-1 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Amalie Arena on Saturday. The best-of-7 series is tied 1-1 with Game 3 at Barclays Center on Tuesday. Tyler Johnson scored twice, and Victor Hedman had a goal for the Lightning. Ben Bishop made 19 saves. Drouin became the fourth Lightning player to have his first NHL playoff goal stand as a game-winner, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Nikolay Kulemin scored his first goal of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Islanders, who managed eight shots on goal in the final two periods after holding a 12-5 advantage after the first. Thomas Greiss made 27 saves. Johnson's goal at 6:03 in the first period gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead. The play began when Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck and defenseman Nick Leddy collided, disrupting the Islanders defense. Ondrej Palat took advantage and started a 2-on-1 with a pass to Johnson, who beat Greiss with a backhand. Lightning coach Jon Cooper made the decision to put "The Triplets" line of Johnson, Palat and Nikita Kucherov back together during practice Friday.

Drouin made it 2-0 at 11:55 of the first period. He put a backhand between Greiss' pads off an assist by Valtteri Filppula. At 21 years, 34 days old, Drouin is the youngest Lightning player to score a game-winning playoff goal. New York scored on its third power play of the first period at 15:15 to make it 2-1. Thomas Hickey took a shot from the center point and Kulemin redirected it past Bishop. The Lightning made it 3-1 on the power play 11:59 into the second period with Hedman's first goal of the playoffs. He took a slap shot from center point that appeared to hit the skate of Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan before getting past Greiss. Drouin got his sixth assist of the playoffs. Johnson scored his second of the game and fourth in the playoffs with 2:18 remaining in the third period into an empty net. Tampa Bay outshot New York 26-8 in the last two periods.