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Washington 2, Pittsburgh 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

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

Final

OT

7:00 PM ET, May 6, 2009

Mellon Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THREE STARS

E. Malkin
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

K. Letang
Penguins (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

S. Varlamov
Capitals (G )

Saves: 39
Save Pct.: .929

Game Information
Arena: Mellon Arena Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Mike Leggo Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Steve Miller
Attendance: 17,132 (101.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Pittsburgh

Total Shots
	23
	42

PIM
	14
	4

Hits
	31
	44

Giveaways
	3
	11

Takeaways
	2
	10

Faceoffs Won
	37
	29

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:23		Alex Ovechkin (8) Assists: Mike Green	Washington 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
9:38		Sergei Gonchar: 2 Minutes for Interference of Sergei Fedorov
12:47		Michael Nylander: 2 Minutes for Interference of Kris Letang
19:34		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
9:29		Ruslan Fedotenko (2) Assists: Maxime Talbot, Kris Letang	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
10:05		Mike Green: 2 Minutes for Slashing Jordan Staal
19:16		Semyon Varlamov: 2 Minutes for Slashing Evgeni Malkin (Served by Viktor Kozlov)

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
15:01		Evgeni Malkin (5) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar	Pittsburgh 2-1
18:10		Nicklas Backstrom (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:54		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Interference of Sidney Crosby
14:10		Alexander Semin: 2 Minutes for Hooking Evgeni Malkin
17:32		Pascal Dupuis: 2 Minutes for Interference of Tom Poti

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
11:23		Kris Letang (1) Assists: Mark Eaton, Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:15		Brian Pothier: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game

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	1	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	23:58	1:37	1:59	20:22	10	7	58.8
M. Bradley RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	23	16:36	0:01	2:48	13:47	0	0	00.0
C. Clark RW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	6:35	0:00	0:00	6:35	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	22	15:52	1:00	0:00	14:52	4	6	40.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	14:37	0:59	2:00	11:38	0	1	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	14:48	0:01	6:25	8:22	7	2	77.8
M. Green D	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	42	28:01	1:43	4:45	21:33	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	8	1	0	40	22:43	0:00	5:16	17:27	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	23	18:54	1:00	0:00	17:54	0	1	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	20:34	1:38	4:11	14:45	3	2	60.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	40	23:28	0:00	5:08	18:20	0	0	00.0
M. Nylander C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	10	7:27	0:00	0:00	7:27	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	1	1	1	5	3	0	1	2	7	1	1	24	23:44	2:38	0:00	21:06	0	1	00.0
B. Pothier D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	24	18:22	0:54	0:00	17:28	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	40	27:18	0:01	8:08	19:09	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	1	-1	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	26	20:01	1:37	1:08	17:16	0	1	00.0
T. Sloan D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	28	20:24	0:00	2:25	17:59	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	30	20:42	0:01	7:11	13:30	13	8	61.9
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Brashear									Suspended Nhl
J Erskine									Right Leg
E Fehr									Undisclosed
J Schultz									Upper Body
K Alzner									Scratched

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	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	6:45	0:00	0:27	6:18	2	0	100.0
M. Cooke LW	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	20	16:32	0:09	1:09	15:14	0	1	00.0
S. Crosby C	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	29	28:32	11:57	0:00	16:35	13	18	41.9
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	13	10:06	0:00	1:02	9:04	0	0	00.0
M. Eaton D	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	17:31	1:09	0:27	15:55	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	23	17:46	0:00	0:00	17:46	0	0	00.0
H. Gill D	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	26	23:45	0:00	2:11	21:34	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	2	28	29:30	12:07	0:00	17:23	0	0	00.0
B. Guerin RW	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	26	23:21	9:59	0:00	13:22	1	0	100.0
T. Kennedy C	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	19	14:36	0:09	0:00	14:27	2	0	100.0
C. Kunitz LW	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	25	17:38	2:43	0:00	14:55	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27	26:12	11:42	0:00	14:30	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	1	0	1	9	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	29	29:38	12:04	0:00	17:34	4	4	50.0
B. Orpik D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	29	21:21	0:44	0:27	20:10	0	0	00.0
M. Satan RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	7:13	0:38	0:00	6:35	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	26	24:36	0:00	2:11	22:25	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	26	19:33	0:54	2:11	16:28	4	8	33.3
M. Talbot C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	26	19:42	0:00	0:27	19:15	3	6	33.3
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Boucher									Scratched
P Sykora									Scratched
E Godard									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
S. Varlamov	42	3	39	.929	71:23	2

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	23	2	21	.913	71:23	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Washington	8	4	6	5	23
Pittsburgh	8	15	11	8	42

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

Wednesday, May 6th

Washington	2	Final
Pittsburgh	3	OT

Boston	2	Final
Carolina	3	OT

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Washington 2, Pittsburgh 3

Final

OT

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Wednesday, May 6th