Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 38–26.
Sidney Crosby scored twice. Brooks Laich, Petr Sykora, Alexander Semin and Jordan Staal also scored.
Scoring
2nd period
Brooks Laich (17)Alexander Semin (14), Alex Ovechkin (40)0–107:23 WSH · 
Petr Sykora (22)Evgeni Malkin (52), Jeff Taffe (6)1–108:42 PIT
Sidney Crosby (21)Evgeni Malkin (53), Sergei Gonchar (45)2–118:08 PIT
Alexander Semin (21)Alex Ovechkin (41), Sergei Fedorov (21)2–219:46 WSH ·
3rd period
- Sidney Crosby (22)Unassisted3–219:32 PIT
Jordan Staal (10)Evgeni Malkin (54)4–219:47 PIT ·
Team stats
PITWSH
2638
36%64%
0/52/7
1410
2923
1615
119
511
Penalties
- 3:15 into the first period
Max Talbot · hooking2 min - 4:43 into the first period
Alexander Semin · roughing2 min - 9:29 into the first periodMike Green · hooking2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · charging2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodPetr Sykora · holding2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · slashing2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · tripping2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · slashing2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodHal Gill · cross checking2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 9:04 into the third periodQuintin Laing · kneeing2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
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