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Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	0	1	2	1	4
WAS	0	2	1	0	3

Final

OT

7:00 PM ET, May 9, 2009

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

E. Malkin
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

J. Staal
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

R. Fedotenko
Penguins (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: Bill McCreary, Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Derek Amell, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18,277 (97.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Pittsburgh

Washington

Total Shots
	42
	31

PIM
	6
	8

Hits
	30
	39

Giveaways
	16
	20

Takeaways
	9
	11

Faceoffs Won
	27
	33

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:41		Alexander Semin: 2 Minutes for Tripping Hal Gill
16:05		Bill Guerin: 2 Minutes for Hooking Boyd Gordon
20:00		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for Roughing Evgeni Malkin
20:00		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Roughing Brooks Orpik
20:00		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Roughing John Erskine
20:00		Brooks Orpik: 2 Minutes for Roughing Alex Ovechkin

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:17		Jordan Staal (1) Assists: Miroslav Satan, Brooks Orpik	Pittsburgh 1-0
6:16		Alex Ovechkin (9) Assists: Tom Poti	Game tied 1-1
14:35		Nicklas Backstrom (3) (Power Play) Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Alex Ovechkin	Washington 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
14:19		2-Minute Bench Penalty for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Evgeni Malkin)

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:51		Ruslan Fedotenko (4) Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang	Game tied 2-2
6:27		Matt Cooke (1) Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Jordan Staal	Pittsburgh 3-2
15:52		Alex Ovechkin (10) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green	Game tied 3-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:28		Evgeni Malkin (6) (Power Play) Assists: Chris Kunitz	Pittsburgh 4-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:29		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Tripping Evgeni Malkin

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	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:15	0:00	1:31	9:44	2	4	33.3
P. Boucher D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:03	0:58	0:00	12:05	0	0	00.0
M. Cooke LW	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	23	17:09	0:00	0:45	16:24	0	0	00.0
S. Crosby C	0	0	-2	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	26	21:58	3:26	0:00	18:32	9	14	39.1
M. Eaton D	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	19:14	0:20	0:54	18:00	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	1	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	24	17:57	0:14	0:00	17:43	0	0	00.0
H. Gill D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	25	22:00	0:00	1:22	20:38	0	0	00.0
A. Goligoski D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	9:32	3:14	0:00	6:18	0	0	00.0
B. Guerin RW	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	19	15:25	1:38	0:00	13:47	0	0	00.0
T. Kennedy C	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	23	16:50	0:00	0:00	16:50	0	2	00.0
C. Kunitz LW	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	23	18:49	1:48	0:00	17:01	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	23	20:57	3:26	0:00	17:31	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	1	1	1	6	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	24	22:59	3:45	0:00	19:14	2	5	28.6
B. Orpik D	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	2	5	0	3	24	20:42	0:00	0:54	19:48	0	0	00.0
M. Satan RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:18	0:33	0:00	8:45	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	25	21:28	0:00	1:22	20:06	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	19:27	0:33	1:31	17:23	7	7	50.0
M. Talbot C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	17:01	0:00	0:45	16:16	7	1	87.5
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
S Gonchar									Knee Injury
P Sykora									Healthy
P Dupuis									Healthy
E Godard									Healthy

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	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	25	25:25	1:22	0:00	24:03	8	12	40.0
J. Beagle C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	4:13	0:00	0:00	4:13	0	1	00.0
M. Bradley RW	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	17:54	0:00	1:01	16:53	0	0	00.0
C. Clark RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	5:33	0:00	0:00	5:33	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	5	0	2	34	21:37	0:00	2:35	19:02	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	23	16:25	1:22	0:07	14:56	12	6	66.7
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	9:16	0:54	0:22	8:00	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	16:47	0:00	2:36	14:11	10	2	83.3
M. Green D	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	32	26:35	1:31	1:58	23:06	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	2	5	0	1	32	18:23	0:00	0:56	17:27	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	16:58	0:54	0:00	16:04	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	19	16:01	0:54	1:14	13:53	0	1	00.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	23	14:25	0:00	0:21	14:04	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	2	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	6	2	2	24	24:04	1:31	0:00	22:33	0	0	00.0
B. Pothier D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	28	17:34	0:45	0:00	16:49	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	35	22:49	0:45	2:01	20:03	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	23	19:45	1:22	0:00	18:23	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	0	-1	4	1	2	0	0	6	4	1	26	19:56	0:00	2:45	17:11	3	5	37.5
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Nylander									Healthy
D Brashear									Suspended Nhl
T Sloan									Healthy
E Fehr									Undisclosed
J Schultz									Upper Body

Goaltending Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	31	3	28	.903	63:28	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
S. Varlamov	42	4	38	.905	63:09	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Pittsburgh	11	14	14	3	42
Washington	12	10	9	0	31

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Pittsburgh	1 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 9th

Pittsburgh	4	Final
Washington	3	OT

Chicago	4	Final
Vancouver	2

ESPN NHL

Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3

Final

OT

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Saturday, May 9th