Toronto 2, 
Pittsburgh 3
7:30 PM ET, September 24, 2008
Mellon Arena
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Game Information | |
| Arena: Mellon Arena Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Referees: Chris Ciamaga , Stephane Auger Linesmen: Andy Mcelman , Scott Cherrey |
| Attendance: 15,731 (92.8% full) | |
| First Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
 | 2:05 | Petr Sykora - power play (Assist: Miroslav Satan, Evgeni Malkin) |
| 7:52 | Ruslan Fedotenko - power play --Unassisted (Unassisted) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
 | 1:23 | J Frogren (tripping) |
| 5:49 | K Newbury (double minor roughing) |
| 13:20 | J Staal (slashing) |
| 18:56 | P Bissonnette (major fighting) |
| 18:56 | J Mayers (major fighting) |
| Second Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 1:10 | Evgeni Malkin - shorthanded (Assist: Jordan Staal) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| :14 | R Fedotenko (elbowing) |
| 6:56 | P Bissonnette ( misconduct) |
| 10:47 | E Malkin (hooking) |
| 12:32 | M Eaton (tripping) |
| 12:48 | T Stapleton (tripping) |
| 14:30 | J Blake (slashing) |
| 16:46 | J Blake (hooking) |
| Third Period Summary | ||
| TEAM | TIME | SCORING DETAIL |
| 15:22 | Alexei Ponikarovsky - power play (Assist: Josef Boumedienne, Mike Van Ryn) |
| 19:49 | Mikhail Grabovski (Assist: Nikolai Kulemin, Jason Blake) |
| TEAM | TIME | PENALTY DETAIL |
| :15 | A Stralman (high sticking) |
| 5:49 | J Staal (hooking) |
| 8:23 | T Stapleton (high sticking) |
| 8:23 | D Sydor (holding) |
| 9:33 | A Ponikarovsky (slashing) |
| 11:35 | D Sydor (slashing) |
| 14:03 | B Orpik (interference) |
| PLAYER SUMMARY | |
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| Shots On Goal | |||||
| TEAM | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
| Toronto | 5 | 7 | 17 | 29 | |
| Pittsburgh | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 | |
| POWER PLAY SUMMARY | |
| TEAM | PPG / PPO |
| Toronto | 1 of 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 2 of 8 |
* - 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
Wednesday, September 24th
| Washington | 4 | Final |
| Carolina | 1 |
| NY Rangers | 2 | Final |
| New Jersey | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | Final |
| Ottawa | 3 |
| Montreal | 3 | Final |
| Detroit | 2 | SO |
| Toronto | 2 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Columbus | 1 | Final |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Florida | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton | 2 | SO |
| Los Angeles | 4 | Final |
| Colorado | 3 | SO |
| Calgary | 3 | Final |
| Phoenix | 2 |
| San Jose | 4 | Final |
| Anaheim | 6 |
