Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Monday, January 21, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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6–5

30–15

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 in a shootout on Monday, January 21, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 30–15.

Viktor Kozlov scored twice, Evgeni Malkin scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Max Talbot, Tomas Fleischmann, Petr Sykora and Ryan Malone also scored.

Goals
WSH	2	2	1	0	0	6	30
PIT	2	2	1	0	0	5	15

Scoring

1st period

Max Talbot (8)Jordan Staal (9), Erik Christensen (8)0–104:30 PIT
Tomas Fleischmann (6)Boyd Gordon (9), Alexander Semin (8)1–110:43 WSH
Viktor Kozlov (7)Alex Ovechkin (24), Nicklas Backstrom (28)2–116:04 WSH
Evgeni Malkin (25)Ryan Malone (9)2–216:49 PIT

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (37)Tomas Fleischmann (12), Nicklas Backstrom (29)3–201:48 WSH ·
Evgeni Malkin (26)Ryan Malone (10), Sergei Gonchar (29)3–303:34 PIT ·
Petr Sykora (14)Ryan Whitney (14), Sergei Gonchar (30)3–406:13 PIT ·
Alex Ovechkin (38)Nicklas Backstrom (30), Milan Jurcina (4)4–407:58 WSH

3rd period

Ryan Malone (11)Sergei Gonchar (31), Evgeni Malkin (30)4–505:04 PIT ·
Viktor Kozlov (8)Matt Pettinger (4), Nicklas Backstrom (31)5–515:29 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHPIT

3015

59%41%

2/63/8

1612

2424

915

63

36

Penalties

5:36 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
13:26 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
20:00 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3:18 into the second periodBrooks Laich · hooking2 min
5:55 into the second periodAlexander Semin · high sticking2 min
11:44 into the second periodRob Scuderi · hooking2 min
15:28 into the second periodRyan Whitney · hooking2 min
15:55 into the second periodMike Green · interference2 min
4:44 into the third periodMatt Bradley · hooking2 min
6:38 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
9:09 into the third periodTy Conklin · delaying game2 min
13:50 into the third periodJordan Staal · holding the stick2 min
1:01 into overtimeTom Poti · slashing2 min
1:54 into overtimeJohn Erskine · hooking2 min

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