The meeting, held in Washington, ended with a score of 4: 3 in favor of the guests.
Pittsburgh victory brought the pucks of Sam Lafferty, Patrick Hernquist, Dominic Simon and Brandon Tanev. Evgeni Malkin scored an assist.
As part of the “Washington” distinguished Lars Eller, who scored a double, and Eugene Kuznetsov. Alexander Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov did not score points. Goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov scored 29 of 33 shots on goal.
Kuznetsov said earlier that he wants to win the Stanley Cup at least once more.