Pittsburgh 7, Washington 1
Preview - Box Score - Recap

    1 2 3 Total
Washington 1 0 0 1 Final 
Pittsburgh 3 2 2 7  
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Rico Fata 1 (Konstantin
Koltsov, Matt Murley), 1:59. 2, Washington, Matt Bradley 1 (Boyd
Gordon, Ben Clymer), 7:55. 3, Pittsburgh, Mark Recchi 3 (power play)
(Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar), 9:23. 4, Pittsburgh, Rob Scuderi 1
(Matt Murley, Lasse Pirjeta), 18:26.  Penalties: S Gonchar, Pit
(holding), 2:29; S Crosby, Pit (tripping), 5:47; N Yonkman, Was
(hooking), 9:09; D Tarnstrom, Pit (holding), 11:04; B Orpik, Pit (high
sticking), 11:29; J Leclair, Pit (tripping), 14:40; S Morrisonn, Was
(tripping), 16:12.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Pittsburgh, Richard Jackman 2 (power play)
(Sergei Gonchar, Mario Lemieux), 16:18. 6, Pittsburgh, Zigmund Palffy
3 (power play) (Ryan Malone, Mario Lemieux), 19:02.  Penalties: S
Crosby, Pit (tripping), 4:17; B Gordon, Was (slashing), 10:20; L
Nycholat, Was (roughing), 12:04; B Gordon, Was (holding), 16:05; N
Yonkman, Was (cross checking), 18:52; B Laich, Was (slashing), 19:39.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Pittsburgh, Mario Lemieux 2 (Zigmund
Palffy), 5:08. 8, Pittsburgh, Zigmund Palffy 4 (power play) (Mario
Lemieux, Ryan Malone), 8:53.  Penalties: M Biron, Was (holding), 9:40;
B Sutherby, Was (holding), 16:16.

Shots on goal:
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WASHINGTON          5    7    5   --17
PITTSBURGH         11   14   14   --39
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Power-play Conversions: WAS - 0 of 6, PIT - 4 of 9. Goalies :
Washington, Maxime Ouellet (39 shots, 32 saves; record: 0-1-0).
Pittsburgh, Jocelyn Thibault (17 shots, 16 saves; record: 1-0-0). A:
15,349.  Referees: Gord Dwyer, Ian Walsh. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo,
Pierre Racicot.

Updated on Sunday, Oct 2, 2005 10:31 pm ET