Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 2007 · Mellon Arena

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3–4

25–27

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 27–25.

Goals came from Jeff Taffe, Donald Brashear, Colby Armstrong, Brian Pothier, Alex Ovechkin, Darryl Sydor and Sergei Gonchar.

Goals
WSH	1	2	0	0	3	25
PIT	2	0	1	1	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Jeff Taffe (1)Jarkko Ruutu (2), Darryl Sydor (3)0–112:01 PIT
Donald Brashear (2)Boyd Gordon (3)1–115:24 WSH
Colby Armstrong (4)Ryan Whitney (10), Sidney Crosby (33)1–217:53 PIT

2nd period

Brian Pothier (5)Nicklas Backstrom (18), Viktor Kozlov (19)2–205:23 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (26)Nicklas Backstrom (19)3–218:26 WSH

3rd period

Darryl Sydor (1)Erik Christensen (7)3–317:44 PIT ·

Overtime

Sergei Gonchar (7)Sidney Crosby (34), Colby Armstrong (11)3–401:33 PIT

Team stats

WSHPIT

2527

47%53%

0/21/2

2626

1118

Penalties

3:18 into the first periodGeorges Laraque · fighting5 min
3:18 into the first periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
7:05 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · holding the stick2 min
19:43 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
4:23 into the third periodColby Armstrong · interference2 min
15:48 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

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