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| 3rd Period Summary |
| TIME |
TEAM |
DETAIL |
| 0:00 |
Washington |
Power play - Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 0:34 |
Washington |
Takeaway by Tomas Fleischmann |
| 0:58 |
Pittsburgh |
Bill Guerin shot blocked by Tyler Sloan |
| 1:03 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Bill Guerin (Wristshot 42 ft) |
| 1:19 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Chris Kunitz(Wide of Net) |
| 1:47 |
Pittsburgh |
Petr Sykora shot blocked by Tom Poti |
| 1:58 |
Washington |
Matt Bradley credited with hit on Mark Eaton |
| 2:03 |
Pittsburgh |
Kris Letang shot blocked by Tom Poti |
| 2:11 |
Washington |
Matt Bradley credited with hit on Mark Eaton |
| 2:20 |
Washington |
Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin (Snapshot 48 ft) |
| 2:20 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 2:20 |
Washington |
Alex Ovechkin won faceoff against Matt Cooke |
| 2:22 |
Washington |
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Matt Cooke |
| 2:22 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 2:22 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov |
| 2:28 |
Pittsburgh |
Giveaway by Rob Scuderi |
| 2:43 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 2:43 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov |
| 3:23 |
Pittsburgh |
Matt Cooke credited with hit on Mike Green |
| 3:31 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Bill Guerin (Slapshot 33 ft) |
| 3:44 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 3:44 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Boyd Gordon |
| 4:07 |
Washington |
Boyd Gordon shot blocked by Brooks Orpik |
| 4:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Chris Clark |
| 4:37 |
Washington |
Matt Bradley credited with hit on Evgeni Malkin |
| 4:43 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Ruslan Fedotenko(Wide of Net) |
| 5:00 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Petr Sykora(Wide of Net) |
| 5:13 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Petr Sykora(Over Net) |
| 5:15 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Hand Pass |
| 5:15 |
Pittsburgh |
Maxime Talbot won faceoff against Sergei Fedorov |
| 5:31 |
Pittsburgh |
Maxime Talbot shot blocked by Tyler Sloan |
| 6:16 |
Washington |
Shot on goal by Viktor Kozlov (Wristshot 42 ft) |
| 7:01 |
Pittsburgh |
Chris Kunitz shot blocked by Milan Jurcina |
| 7:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Sergei Gonchar(Wide of Net) |
| 7:14 |
Washington |
Milan Jurcina credited with hit on Sidney Crosby |
| 7:22 |
Pittsburgh |
Brooks Orpik shot blocked by Tom Poti |
| 7:24 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in the Crowd |
| 7:24 |
Washington |
Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 7:59 |
Washington |
Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Rob Scuderi |
| 8:06 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Jordan Staal (Wristshot 40 ft) |
| 8:13 |
Washington |
Brian Pothier credited with hit on Jordan Staal |
| 8:14 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Jordan Staal(Wide of Net) |
| 8:23 |
Washington |
Alexander Semin shot blocked by Sergei Gonchar |
| 8:40 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Sergei Gonchar(Wide of Net) |
| 8:45 |
Washington |
Mike Green credited with hit on Brooks Orpik |
| 8:50 |
Washington |
Shot on goal by Alexander Semin (Wristshot 37 ft) |
| 8:51 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Net Off Moorings |
| 8:51 |
Washington |
Dave Steckel won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 9:14 |
Washington |
Dave Steckel credited with hit on Kris Letang |
| 9:47 |
Pittsburgh |
Tyler Kennedy credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin |
| 9:53 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal shot blocked by Brian Pothier |
| 9:53 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 9:53 |
Washington |
Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 10:31 |
Washington |
Shot on goal by Tom Poti (Wristshot 84 ft) |
| 10:49 |
Washington |
Penalty to Milan Jurcina 2 minutes for Interference Evgeni Malkin |
| 10:49 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Dave Steckel won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 11:15 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Shot missed by Dave Steckel(Wide of Net) |
| 11:40 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Mike Green credited with hit on Bill Guerin |
| 11:48 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Takeaway by Brooks Laich |
| 12:04 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Sergei Gonchar (Wristshot 87 ft) |
| 12:04 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 12:04 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 12:23 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in the Crowd |
| 12:23 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Dave Steckel won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 12:44 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Brian Pothier credited with hit on Chris Kunitz |
| 12:49 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin credited with hit on Brooks Laich |
| 12:49 |
Pittsburgh |
Penalty to Evgeni Malkin 2 minutes for Tripping Dave Steckel |
| 12:49 |
Washington |
Power play - Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 12:53 |
Washington |
Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin (Power Play) assisted by Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom |
| 12:53 |
Washington |
Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Maxime Talbot |
| 13:32 |
Washington |
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin |
| 13:40 |
Washington |
Mike Green credited with hit on Kris Letang |
| 13:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Ruslan Fedotenko shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn |
| 13:41 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 13:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Dave Steckel |
| 14:08 |
Pittsburgh |
Chris Kunitz credited with hit on Dave Steckel |
| 14:15 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Sidney Crosby(Wide of Net) |
| 15:00 |
Pittsburgh |
Rob Scuderi shot blocked by Milan Jurcina |
| 15:05 |
Washington |
Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Evgeni Malkin |
| 15:10 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 15:10 |
Washington |
Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 15:22 |
Washington |
Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Sergei Fedorov |
| 15:22 |
Washington |
Dave Steckel won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 15:31 |
Washington |
Shot on goal by Dave Steckel (Snapshot 72 ft) |
| 15:31 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 15:31 |
Washington |
Brooks Laich won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 15:40 |
Washington |
Brooks Laich shot blocked by Sidney Crosby |
| 15:47 |
Pittsburgh |
Bill Guerin shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn |
| 16:32 |
Washington |
Takeaway by Alexander Semin |
| 16:32 |
Washington |
Nicklas Backstrom shot blocked by Sergei Gonchar |
| 16:57 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin credited with hit on Boyd Gordon |
| 17:07 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin (Wristshot 24 ft) |
| 17:15 |
Washington |
Giveaway by Alexander Semin |
| 17:54 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Mike Green |
| 18:04 |
Washington |
Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Rob Scuderi |
| 18:15 |
Pittsburgh |
Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Dave Steckel |
| 18:19 |
Washington |
Penalty to Milan Jurcina 2 minutes for Cross checking Sidney Crosby |
| 18:19 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Boyd Gordon won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 18:27 |
Washington |
Shorthanded - Shot missed by Tom Poti(Wide of Net) |
| 18:53 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Bill Guerin shot blocked by Dave Steckel |
| 18:53 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Puck in the Crowd |
| 18:53 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Boyd Gordon |
| 19:10 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin (Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 19:27 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot missed by Sidney Crosby(Wide of Net) |
| 19:28 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Tom Poti |
| 19:29 |
Pittsburgh |
Goal scored by Sidney Crosby (Power Play) assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykora |
| 19:29 |
Washington |
Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 19:43 |
Washington |
Giveaway by Milan Jurcina |
| 19:50 |
Washington |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 19:50 |
Washington |
Sergei Fedorov won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |