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Washington 6, Pittsburgh 5

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
WAS(43-31-8)	2	2	1	1	6
PIT(47-27-8)	2	2	1	0	5

Final

SO

7:30 PM ET, January 21, 2008

Mellon Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THREE STARS

A. Ovechkin
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 1

E. Malkin
Penguins (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 1

N. Backstrom
Capitals (C )

Goals: 0
Assists: 4

Game Information
Arena: Mellon Arena Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Referees: MikeHasenfratz, SteveKozari Linesmen: DerekAmell, DerekNansen
Attendance: 17,050 (100.5% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Pittsburgh

Total Shots
	30
	15

PIM
	16
	12

Hits
	24
	24

Giveaways
	6
	3

Takeaways
	3
	6

Faceoffs Won
	40
	28

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:30		Maxime Talbot (8) Assists: Jordan Staal, Erik Christensen	Pittsburgh 1-0
10:43		Tomas Fleischmann (6) Assists: Boyd Gordon, Alexander Semin	Game tied 1-1
16:04		Viktor Kozlov (7) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom	Washington 2-1
16:49		Evgeni Malkin (25) Assists: Ryan Malone	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:36		Alexander Semin: 2 Minutes for Hooking Chris Minard
13:26		Nicklas Backstrom: 2 Minutes for Hooking Maxime Talbot
20:00		Jarkko Ruutu: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Tom Poti

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:48		Alex Ovechkin (37) (Power Play) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Nicklas Backstrom	Washington 3-2
3:34		Evgeni Malkin (26) (Power Play) Assists: Ryan Malone, Sergei Gonchar	Game tied 3-3
6:13		Petr Sykora (14) (Power Play) Assists: Ryan Whitney, Sergei Gonchar	Pittsburgh 4-3
7:58		Alex Ovechkin (38) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Milan Jurcina	Game tied 4-4
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:18		Brooks Laich: 2 Minutes for Hooking Erik Christensen
5:55		Alexander Semin: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Kris Letang
11:44		Rob Scuderi: 2 Minutes for Hooking Dave Steckel
15:28		Ryan Whitney: 2 Minutes for Hooking Donald Brashear
15:55		Mike Green: 2 Minutes for Interference of Ryan Malone

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:04		Ryan Malone (11) (Power Play) Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin	Pittsburgh 5-4
15:29		Viktor Kozlov (8) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Pettinger, Nicklas Backstrom	Game tied 5-5
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:44		Matt Bradley: 2 Minutes for Hooking Brooks Orpik
6:38		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Tripping Alex Ovechkin
9:09		Ty Conklin: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game (Served by Jonathan Filewich)
13:50		Jordan Staal: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Tom Poti

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:01		Tom Poti: 2 Minutes for Slashing Jordan Staal
1:54		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for Hooking Evgeni Malkin

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Erik Christensen shootout attempt against Olaf Kolzig with a Wide of Net results in a MISS.
	Viktor Kozlov shootout attempt against Ty Conklin with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Kris Letang shootout attempt against Olaf Kolzig with a Hit Crossbar results in a MISS.
	Alexander Ovechkin shootout attempt against Ty Conklin with a Backhand results in a GOAL.
	Jarkko Ruutu shootout attempt against Olaf Kolzig with a Backhand results in a GOAL.
	Alexander Semin shootout attempt against Ty Conklin with a Backhand results in a GOAL.

Player Summary

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Backstrom C	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	24	21:29	7:04	0:04	14:21	12	7	63.2
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	14	10:02	0:00	0:00	10:02	0	1	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	12	8:32	0:00	0:00	8:32	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	11:21	0:00	0:00	11:21	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	29	19:51	0:00	3:09	16:42	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	13:57	4:38	0:00	9:19	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	15:33	0:40	2:58	11:55	11	4	73.3
M. Green D	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	27	25:50	9:03	0:00	16:47	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	23	17:52	0:00	3:33	14:19	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20:35	5:16	0:00	15:19	3	1	75.0
B. Laich C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	15:19	3:26	2:46	9:07	5	8	38.5
Q. Laing LW	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	22	14:27	0:00	4:20	10:07	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	2	1	1	11	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	23	28:48	9:54	0:04	18:50	0	0	00.0
M. Pettinger LW	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	11:03	2:16	0:52	7:55	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	30	20:32	0:51	3:33	16:08	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	22:53	0:00	4:13	18:40	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	1	0	3	4	0	2	4	0	0	0	18	18:36	6:22	0:00	12:14	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:39	0:00	5:24	10:15	9	7	56.3
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
C Clark									Groin
S Morrisonn									Healthy

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
T. Brent C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4:34	0:00	0:00	4:34	3	2	60.0
E. Christensen C	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:28	1:57	0:00	13:31	2	4	33.3
J. Filewich RW	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	7:27	0:31	0:00	6:56	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	32	30:05	5:57	5:53	18:15	0	0	00.0
G. Laraque RW	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	10:31	1:00	0:00	9:31	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	19:43	4:29	0:41	14:33	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	29	23:48	6:36	1:40	15:32	10	12	45.5
R. Malone LW	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	33	24:08	4:32	6:03	13:33	1	1	50.0
C. Minard C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	4:35	0:00	0:00	4:35	0	0	00.0
B. Orpik D	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	20	15:28	0:00	0:00	15:28	0	0	00.0
J. Ruutu LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	21	15:24	0:07	3:15	12:02	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	29	22:41	0:19	5:10	17:12	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	0	0	28	20:20	0:38	4:45	14:57	10	13	43.5
D. Sydor D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	31	20:25	2:17	4:03	14:05	0	0	00.0
P. Sykora RW	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	19:25	5:25	0:00	14:00	0	0	00.0
J. Taffe C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	16	13:02	1:00	0:00	12:02	1	3	25.0
M. Talbot C	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	21:56	1:00	4:28	16:28	1	5	16.7
R. Whitney D	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	33	23:20	5:01	4:01	14:18	0	0	00.0
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
C Armstrong									Hip Injury
R Stone									Healthy
T Kennedy									Illness

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
O. Kolzig	15	5	10	.667	64:53	0

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
T. Conklin	17	1	16	.941	36:37	2
D. Sabourin	13	4	9	.692	27:42	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Washington	9	10	11	0	30
Pittsburgh	6	5	3	1	15

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Washington	2 of 0
Pittsburgh	3 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Monday, January 21st

Carolina	3	Final
NY Islanders	2	OT

Buffalo	2	Final
Phoenix	6

St. Louis	3	Final
Nashville	6

Washington	6	Final
Pittsburgh	5	SO

Minnesota	4	Final
Vancouver	2

ESPN NHL

Washington 6, Pittsburgh 5

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Monday, January 21st