NHL-Highlights of Monday's NHL game

May 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's NHL playoff game.

Capitals 5, Penguins 2

The Washington Capitals avoided elimination on Monday with a 5-2 pasting of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semi-final series at PPG Paints Arena.

A deciding Game 7 will be played on Wednesday at the Verizon Center in Washington, with the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins going against this season's Presidents' Trophy-winning Capitals.

The winner advances to the Eastern Conference final to face the New York Rangers or Ottawa. The Senators lead that series 3-2 going into Game 6 on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh led their series 3-1 and missed a second straight chance to close out the Capitals.

Andre Burakovsky scored twice, T.J. Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom each had a goal and an assist, and John Carlson also scored for Washington.

Evgeny Kuznetsov added two assists as the Capitals broke open the game with three third-period goals to take a 5-0 lead. Pittsburgh's Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin scored in the final four minutes.

Braden Holtby made 16 saves for the Capitals. Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was busier, stopping 21 of 26 Washington shots.

(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)