Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2009 · Verizon Center

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4–3

Final/SO

SOG 22–32

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 32-22.

Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Alexander Semin, Sergei Gonchar, Bill Guerin, Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Laich.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 19 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	0	0	0	4	22
WSH	1	0	2	0	0	3	32

Scoring

1st period

Sidney Crosby (25)Bill Guerin (22), Chris Kunitz (22)1–004:29 PIT
Alexander Semin (28)Nicklas Backstrom (53)1–112:46 WSH

2nd period

Sergei Gonchar (3)Kris Letang (15), Bill Guerin (23)2–107:25 PIT · PPG
Bill Guerin (17)Sidney Crosby (57), Kris Letang (16)3–110:54 PIT

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (47)Mike Green (34), Brooks Laich (22)3–200:29 WSH · PPG
Brooks Laich (16)David Steckel (10), Mike Green (35)3–301:18 WSH

Team stats

PITWSH

22Shots on goal32

43%Faceoff %57%

1/4Power play1/4

16Penalty minutes16

35Hits29

21Blocked shots9

13Giveaways9

9Takeaways15

Penalties

1st 05:41Matt Cooke · interference2 min
1st 10:12Sergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
1st 14:34Tyler Kennedy · roughing2 min
1st 14:34Milan Jurcina · roughing2 min
1st 14:55Sergei Gonchar · cross checking2 min
1st 20:00Chris Kunitz · roughing2 min
1st 20:00Tom Poti · roughing2 min
2nd 06:06Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
2nd 06:06Shaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min
2nd 06:09Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
2nd 13:18Mike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 19:26Brooks Orpik · high sticking2 min
3rd 08:30Kris Letang · roughing2 min
3rd 08:30Donald Brashear · roughing2 min
3rd 08:30Matt Bradley · roughing2 min
3rd 13:06David Steckel · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

13Bill GuerinR	1	2	3	+1	1	3	1	0	–	18:38
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+1	4	3	1	0	45	24:15
58Kris LetangD	0	2	2	-1	0	2	1	2	–	18:02
14Chris KunitzL	0	1	1	+1	2	7	0	2	–	17:48
55Sergei GoncharD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	4	–	28:24
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:56
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	29	18:18
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	100	13:14
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	56	12:14
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	100	16:57
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:58
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:13
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	13:14
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	40	24:02
2Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	15:38
4Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	17:54
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	5	0	–	20:59
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	2	2	–	23:42

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	32	29	3	.906	64:28
32Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Brooks LaichC	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	50	15:29
52Mike GreenD	0	2	2	+1	4	3	2	2	–	27:53
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	7	4	0	0	–	25:41
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	52	23:19
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	23:00
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	53	14:33
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	07:09
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:25
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	12:28
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	09:49
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	15:06
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	07:08
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71	14:58
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	–	24:03
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	12:24
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	–	14:55
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	–	19:33
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	22:43

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	O	22	19	3	.864	64:28