Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, May 2, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 36–26.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, David Steckel, Alex Ovechkin, Mark Eaton and Tomas Fleischmann.
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (5)Bill Guerin (2), Sergei Gonchar (5)1–004:09 PIT
David Steckel (1)Matt Bradley (2), Brooks Laich (3)1–113:50 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (4)Alexander Semin (4), Nicklas Backstrom (8)1–217:03 WSH ·
2nd period
Mark Eaton (3)Evgeni Malkin (6), Chris Kunitz (3)2–212:54 PIT
3rd period
Tomas Fleischmann (2)Nicklas Backstrom (9), Alexander Semin (5)2–301:46 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
3626
53%47%
0/51/2
410
2024
2017
622
618
Penalties
- 10:44 into the first period
Sergei Fedorov · interference2 min - 15:14 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 16:15 into the first periodMatt Cooke · hooking2 min
- 19:47 into the first periodChris Clark · holding2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodChris Clark · tripping2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodSergei Fedorov · holding2 min
- 12:22 into the third periodJohn Erskine · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.