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Pittsburgh 2, Washington 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	0	2
WAS	2	0	1	3

Final

1:00 PM ET, May 2, 2009

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

S. Varlamov
Capitals (G )

Saves: 34
Save Pct.: .944

D. Steckel
Capitals (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

S. Crosby
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Jean Morin
Attendance: 18,277 (97.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Pittsburgh

Washington

Total Shots
	36
	26

PIM
	4
	10

Hits
	20
	24

Giveaways
	6
	22

Takeaways
	6
	18

Faceoffs Won
	32
	28

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:09		Sidney Crosby (5) Assists: Bill Guerin, Sergei Gonchar	Pittsburgh 1-0
13:50		Dave Steckel (1) Assists: Matt Bradley, Brooks Laich	Game tied 1-1
17:03		Alex Ovechkin (4) (Power Play) Assists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom	Washington 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
10:44		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Interference of Jordan Staal
15:14		Sergei Gonchar: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
16:15		Matt Cooke: 2 Minutes for Hooking Alex Ovechkin
19:47		Chris Clark: 2 Minutes for Holding Ruslan Fedotenko

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
12:54		Mark Eaton (3) Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Chris Kunitz	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
6:29		Chris Clark: 2 Minutes for Tripping Tyler Kennedy

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:46		Tomas Fleischmann (2) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin	Washington 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:29		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Holding Tyler Kennedy
12:22		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for Tripping Chris Kunitz

Player Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Adams RW	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	7:19	0:00	1:20	5:59	0	1	00.0
M. Cooke LW	0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	18	11:54	0:00	0:29	11:25	0	0	00.0
S. Crosby C	1	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	25	24:12	6:43	0:12	17:17	12	12	50.0
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	6:44	0:00	0:32	6:12	0	0	00.0
M. Eaton D	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	24	14:28	0:39	0:32	13:17	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	10:36	0:00	0:00	10:36	0	0	00.0
H. Gill D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:59	0:00	1:37	16:22	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	0	1	1	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	25	28:38	10:00	0:00	18:38	0	0	00.0
B. Guerin RW	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	19:07	4:46	0:00	14:21	0	0	00.0
T. Kennedy C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:42	0:00	0:00	15:42	0	1	00.0
C. Kunitz LW	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	18:58	4:47	0:12	13:59	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	20	21:25	8:34	0:00	12:51	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	20	20:49	7:14	0:00	13:35	5	3	62.5
B. Orpik D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	22	18:15	0:47	1:04	16:24	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:27	0:00	2:01	16:26	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:26	2:53	1:45	15:48	10	7	58.8
P. Sykora RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	11:23	3:37	0:00	7:46	0	0	00.0
M. Talbot C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	14	11:04	0:00	1:32	9:32	5	4	55.6
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Satan									Undisclosed
P Boucher									Undisclosed
E Godard									Undisclosed

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	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	22	17:56	2:27	1:39	13:50	4	11	26.7
M. Bradley RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18	12:54	0:00	1:27	11:27	0	0	00.0
C. Clark RW	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	11	5:23	0:00	0:00	5:23	1	0	100.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	1	2	8	0	2	28	18:19	0:00	2:40	15:39	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	21	15:08	0:34	0:00	14:34	7	8	46.7
E. Fehr RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	6:49	0:44	0:00	6:05	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	16:29	1:29	2:53	12:07	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	10:32	0:00	3:29	7:03	1	4	20.0
M. Green D	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	2	4	32	26:17	2:33	4:22	19:22	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	28	16:02	0:28	2:58	12:36	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	19	14:42	0:41	0:00	14:01	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	14:41	0:53	3:21	10:27	2	2	50.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	32	22:52	0:00	4:22	18:30	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	1	0	-1	9	3	2	0	0	2	1	2	21	21:13	2:33	0:00	18:40	2	0	100.0
B. Pothier D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	23	13:32	0:00	0:00	13:32	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	32	20:41	0:28	5:38	14:35	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	19	17:24	2:20	1:28	13:36	0	1	00.0
D. Steckel C	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	25	19:11	0:00	5:43	13:28	11	6	64.7
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Nylander									Undisclosed
D Brashear									Suspended Nhl
J Schultz									Undisclosed

Goaltending Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	26	3	23	.885	58:45	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
S. Varlamov	36	2	34	.944	59:55	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Pittsburgh	11	12	13	36
Washington	8	12	6	26

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Pittsburgh	0 of 0
Washington	1 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.

Playoff Series

Pittsburgh won 4-3

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NHL Scores

Saturday, May 2nd

Pittsburgh	2	Final
Washington	3

Chicago	6	Final
Vancouver	3

ESPN NHL

Pittsburgh 2, Washington 3

Final

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Saturday, May 2nd