Andre Burakovsky scored twice, Nicklas Backstrom got his sixth of the playoffs and Washington beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 last night to force a Game 7 in their taut Eastern Conference semifinal.
John Carlson and T.J. Oshie also scored for the Capitals. Braden Holtby stopped 16 to send the series back to Washington for the deciding game tomorrow night.
Jake Guentzel picked up his playoff-leading ninth goal and Evgeni Malkin added another 52 seconds later late in the third period to make the score look somewhat better, but the Penguins were never in it. The Capitals controlled play throughout.
Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 21 saves.