Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Playoffs · Friday, May 8, 2009 · Mellon Arena

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3–5

22–28

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, May 8, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 28–22.

Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Sergei Gonchar, Bill Guerin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Chris Clark, Sidney Crosby, Milan Jurcina and Max Talbot.

Goals
WSH	1	1	1	3	22
PIT	3	0	2	5	28

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alexander Semin (7)1–000:36 WSH
Sergei Gonchar (2)Unassisted1–103:55 PIT ·
Bill Guerin (3)Sidney Crosby (7), Chris Kunitz (5)1–210:47 PIT
Ruslan Fedotenko (3)Jordan Staal (2), Rob Scuderi (1)1–315:25 PIT

2nd period

Chris Clark (1)Mike Green (7), Alex Ovechkin (6)2–315:08 WSH

3rd period

Sidney Crosby (9)Miroslav Satan (1), Bill Guerin (4)2–404:16 PIT
Milan Jurcina (2)Boyd Gordon (3), Matt Bradley (3)3–406:23 WSH ·
Max Talbot (2)Ruslan Fedotenko (3), Rob Scuderi (2)3–514:46 PIT

Team stats

WSHPIT

2228

56%44%

0/41/6

128

2829

917

27

32

Penalties

1:58 into the first periodChris Clark · cross checking2 min
13:45 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · holding the stick2 min
14:55 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
19:37 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · elbowing2 min
1:53 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · holding2 min
6:49 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
9:48 into the second periodPascal Dupuis · slashing2 min
11:51 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · cross checking2 min
18:33 into the second periodRob Scuderi · cross checking2 min
4:30 into the third periodJohn Erskine · tripping2 min

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