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Washington 3, Pittsburgh 5

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
WAS	1	1	1	3
PIT	3	0	2	5

Final

7:00 PM ET, May 8, 2009

Mellon Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THREE STARS

S. Crosby
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

R. Scuderi
Penguins (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

M. Talbot
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Mellon Arena Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Referees: Brad Watson, Tim Peel Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 17,132 (101.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Pittsburgh

Total Shots
	22
	28

PIM
	12
	8

Hits
	28
	29

Giveaways
	2
	7

Takeaways
	3
	2

Faceoffs Won
	28
	22

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:36		Nicklas Backstrom (2) Assists: Alexander Semin	Washington 1-0
3:55		Sergei Gonchar (2) (Power Play) Unassisted	Game tied 1-1
10:47		Bill Guerin (3) Assists: Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz	Pittsburgh 2-1
15:25		Ruslan Fedotenko (3) Assists: Jordan Staal, Rob Scuderi	Pittsburgh 3-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:58		Chris Clark: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Maxime Talbot
13:45		Brooks Orpik: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Brooks Laich
14:55		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Tripping Sergei Gonchar
19:37		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Elbowing Milan Jurcina

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
15:08		Chris Clark (1) Assists: Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin	Pittsburgh 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:53		Sergei Fedorov: 2 Minutes for Holding Evgeni Malkin
6:49		Nicklas Backstrom: 2 Minutes for Interference of Sidney Crosby
9:48		Pascal Dupuis: 2 Minutes for Slashing Viktor Kozlov
11:51		Tomas Fleischmann: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Craig Adams
18:33		Rob Scuderi: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Alexander Semin

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:16		Sidney Crosby (9) Assists: Miroslav Satan, Bill Guerin	Pittsburgh 4-2
6:23		Milan Jurcina (2) (Shorthanded) Assists: Boyd Gordon, Matt Bradley	Pittsburgh 4-3
14:46		Maxime Talbot (2) Assists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Rob Scuderi	Pittsburgh 5-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:30		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for Tripping Chris Kunitz

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	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	26	21:27	5:45	1:19	14:23	8	7	53.3
J. Beagle C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3:21	0:00	0:00	3:21	0	0	00.0
M. Bradley RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	11:27	0:00	3:31	7:56	0	0	00.0
C. Clark RW	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	11	8:40	0:00	0:00	8:40	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	23	19:55	0:00	4:57	14:58	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	-2	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	22	16:12	1:25	0:00	14:47	9	8	52.9
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14	11:20	2:25	1:30	7:25	1	0	100.0
B. Gordon C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	9:34	0:00	5:13	4:21	3	2	60.0
M. Green D	0	1	-2	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	25	26:09	6:22	3:42	16:05	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	14:42	0:00	3:09	11:33	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	19	13:48	1:23	0:00	12:25	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	24	19:32	4:35	3:39	11:18	1	0	100.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	24	17:46	0:00	3:59	13:47	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	23	25:22	6:22	0:03	18:57	0	0	00.0
B. Pothier D	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:29	0:48	0:07	13:34	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	19:46	1:21	6:20	12:05	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	1	-3	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	22	21:21	5:24	2:04	13:53	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:08	0:00	4:55	10:13	6	5	54.5
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Brashear									Suspended Nhl
T Sloan									Healthy
J Erskine									Leg Injury
E Fehr									Undisclosed
J Schultz									Upper Body

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:01	0:00	4:47	8:14	7	4	63.6
M. Cooke LW	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	19	14:24	0:11	3:34	10:39	0	0	00.0
S. Crosby C	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	15	18:06	9:24	0:00	8:42	7	9	43.8
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	12	7:15	0:00	0:16	6:59	0	0	00.0
M. Eaton D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	22:00	5:19	3:55	12:46	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	14:10	2:06	0:00	12:04	0	1	00.0
H. Gill D	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	27	22:25	0:07	5:15	17:03	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6:10	1:57	0:38	3:35	0	0	00.0
B. Guerin RW	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	15	16:24	6:51	0:00	9:33	0	0	00.0
T. Kennedy C	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	10:02	0:00	0:00	10:02	0	0	00.0
C. Kunitz LW	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	18	14:10	4:00	0:00	10:10	0	1	00.0
K. Letang D	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	21	23:30	10:33	0:00	12:57	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	0	0	-1	4	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	19	20:05	9:08	0:07	10:50	2	4	33.3
B. Orpik D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	6	0	0	25	20:00	1:31	1:53	16:36	0	0	00.0
M. Satan RW	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	11:22	2:38	0:00	8:44	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	2	3	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	28	23:24	0:07	2:39	20:38	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	26	19:38	1:36	3:53	14:09	6	6	50.0
M. Talbot C	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	16:01	0:07	1:50	14:04	0	3	00.0
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
P Boucher									Healthy
P Sykora									Healthy
E Godard									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
S. Varlamov	28	5	23	.821	58:04	0

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	22	3	19	.864	59:53	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Washington	10	5	7	22
Pittsburgh	13	4	11	28

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Washington	0 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

Friday, May 8th

Washington	3	Final
Pittsburgh	5

Boston	1	Final
Carolina	4

ESPN NHL

Washington 3, Pittsburgh 5

Final

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Friday, May 8th