Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, April 6, 2010 · Mellon Arena

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6–3

Final

SOG 28–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 29-28.

Jordan Leopold scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Alexander Semin, Mike Knuble, Sidney Crosby, Tomas Fleischmann and Matt Bradley also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 13 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	3	2	6	28
PIT	0	2	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Semin (1)Jeff Schultz (1)1–013:00 WSH

2nd period

Mike Knuble (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–000:42 WSH
Sidney Crosby (1)Bill Guerin (1), Sergei Gonchar (1)2–106:21 PIT · PPG
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Alexander Semin (1), Jeff Schultz (2)3–106:42 WSH
Jordan Leopold (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Alex Goligoski (1)3–209:55 PIT
Matt Bradley (1)Quintin Laing (1), David Steckel (1)4–218:00 WSH

3rd period

Jordan Leopold (2)Pascal Dupuis (1), Sidney Crosby (2)4–300:49 PIT
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2)5–302:37 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (2)Nicklas Backstrom (3)6–319:59 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHPIT

28Shots on goal29

45%Faceoff %55%

1/1Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes2

21Hits35

18Blocked shots8

1Giveaways8

1Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 17:05Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
2nd 05:35Mike Knuble · holding2 min
2nd 11:18Eric Fehr · hooking2 min
3rd 02:33Bill Guerin · high sticking2 min
3rd 14:26Eric Fehr · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	3	3	+2	4	0	2	0	62	20:35
8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+1	4	2	1	2	–	19:22
28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	–	18:17
55Jeff SchultzD	0	2	2	+5	0	1	2	0	–	25:00
10Matt BradleyR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	50	11:34
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	23	13:33
22Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	+2	4	1	2	2	–	17:33
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	45	13:16
53Quintin LaingL	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	08:33
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	10:35
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:37
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:36
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	70	09:47
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	0	–	24:55
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	03:52
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	3	0	–	22:45
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	20:01
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	2	0	–	23:23

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	29	26	3	.897	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

87Sidney CrosbyC	1	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	57	27:01
4Jordan LeopoldD	2	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	–	20:57
9Pascal DupuisL	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	16:20
13Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	-3	3	3	0	2	–	18:45
3Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	22:56
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:36
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	58	21:29
17Mike RuppC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	09:27
23Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	0	0	-2	3	4	0	0	–	16:47
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	15:20
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	0	40	13:34
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	17:26
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	67	10:47
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	15:02
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	14:36
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	18:18
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	20:27
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:10

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG	L	15	13	2	.867	31:47
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		12	9	3	.750	26:11