Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 6, 2009 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 42–23.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Evgeni Malkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Kris Letang.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (8)Mike Green (6)1–001:23 WSH
2nd period
Ruslan Fedotenko (2)Max Talbot (1), Kris Letang (5)1–109:29 PIT
3rd period
Evgeni Malkin (5)Sidney Crosby (5), Sergei Gonchar (7)1–215:01 PIT · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (5), Alexander Semin (6)2–218:10 WSH ·
Overtime
Kris Letang (1)Mark Eaton (1), Sidney Crosby (6)2–311:23 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
2342
56%44%
1/21/7
144
3144
1511
311
210
Penalties
- 9:38 into the first period
Sergei Gonchar · interference2 min - 12:47 into the first period
Michael Nylander · interference2 min - 19:34 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · delaying game2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodMike Green · slashing2 min
- 19:16 into the second periodSemyon Varlamov · slashing2 min
- 4:54 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · interference2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
- 17:32 into the third periodPascal Dupuis · interference2 min
- 2:15 into overtimeBrian Pothier · delaying game2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.