Washington 6, Pittsburgh 5, SO
Preview - Box Score - Recap

    1 2 3 OT SO Total
Washington 2 2 1 0 (2) 6 Final 
Pittsburgh 2 2 1 0 (1) 5 SO 
 Scoring Summary  
 1st Period
 Pittsburgh4:30, Maxime Talbot 8 (Jordan Staal, Erik Christensen) 
 Washington10:43, Tomas Fleischmann 6 (Boyd Gordon, Alexander Semin) 
 Washington16:04, Viktor Kozlov 7 (Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom) 
 Pittsburgh16:49, Evgeni Malkin 25 (Ryan Malone) 
 2nd Period
 Washington1:48, Alexander Ovechkin 37 (power play) (Tomas Fleischmann, Nicklas Backstrom) 
 Pittsburgh3:34, Evgeni Malkin 26 (power play) (Ryan Malone, Sergei Gonchar) 
 Pittsburgh6:13, Petr Sykora 14 (power play) (Ryan Whitney, Sergei Gonchar) 
 Washington7:58, Alexander Ovechkin 38 (Nicklas Backstrom, Milan Jurcina) 
 3rd Period
 Pittsburgh5:04, Ryan Malone 11 (power play) (Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin) 
 Washington15:29, Viktor Kozlov 8 (power play) (Matt Pettinger, Nicklas Backstrom) 
 OT Period
 None
 Shootouts
 PittsburghErik Christensen shootout miss 
 WashingtonViktor Kozlov shootout saved 
 PittsburghKris Letang shootout miss 
 WashingtonAlexander Ovechkin shootout goal 
 PittsburghJarkko Ruutu shootout goal 
 WashingtonAlexander Semin shootout goal 
 Team Shots on Goal Faceoffs Power Plays
  1st 2nd 3rd OT Total   Won Lost   Converted Total
  Washington 9 10 11 0 30   40 28   2
  Pittsburgh 6 5 3 1 15   28 40   3
 Washington
 Goalies       Shots   Saves 
  O. Kolzig  15   10 
 
 Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM 
  N. Backstrom  21:29 0 4 +1 0
  M. Bradley  10:02 0 0 0 1
  D. Brashear  08:32 0 0 0 2
  S. Eminger  11:21 0 0 -1 2
  J. Erskine  19:51 0 0 0 0
  T. Fleischmann  13:57 1 1 0 1
  B. Gordon  15:33 0 1 0 1
  M. Green  25:50 0 0 0 3
  M. Jurcina  17:52 0 1 +1 0
  V. Kozlov  20:35 2 0 +1 2
  B. Laich  15:19 0 0 0 0
  Q. Laing  14:27 0 0 0 2
  A. Ovechkin  28:48 2 1 +1 11
  M. Pettinger  11:03 0 1 0 1
  T. Poti  20:32 0 0 +1 0
  J. Schultz  22:53 0 0 +1 0
  A. Semin  18:36 0 1 0 3
  D. Steckel  15:39 0 0 0 1
 
 Pittsburgh
 Goalies       Shots   Saves 
  D. Sabourin  13  
  T. Conklin  17   16 
 Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM 
  T. Brent  04:34 0 0 -1 0
  E. Christensen  15:28 0 1 0 1
  J. Filewich  07:27 0 0 -1 0
  S. Gonchar  30:05 0 3 0 0
  G. Laraque  10:31 0 0 0 0
  K. Letang  19:43 0 0 -1 0
  E. Malkin  23:48 2 1 0 7
  R. Malone  24:08 1 2 0 1
  C. Minard  04:35 0 0 -1 0
  B. Orpik  15:28 0 0 -1 0
  J. Ruutu  15:24 0 0 0 0
  R. Scuderi  22:41 0 0 0 0
  J. Staal  20:20 0 1 0 0
  D. Sydor  20:25 0 0 0 1
  P. Sykora  19:25 1 0 0 1
  J. Taffe  13:02 0 0 0 1
  M. Talbot  21:56 1 0 0 3
  R. Whitney  23:20 0 1 0 0
 Penalty Summary
 1st Period
 Washington hooking - 2 min 5:36, A. Semin
 Washington hooking - 2 min 13:26, N. Backstrom
 Pittsburgh unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min 20:00, J. Ruutu
 2nd Period
 Washington hooking - 2 min 3:18, B. Laich
 Washington high sticking - 2 min 5:55, A. Semin
 Pittsburgh hooking - 2 min 11:44, R. Scuderi
 Pittsburgh hooking - 2 min 15:28, R. Whitney
 Washington interference - 2 min 15:55, M. Green
 3rd Period
 Washington hooking - 2 min 4:44, M. Bradley
 Pittsburgh tripping - 2 min 6:38, E. Malkin
 Pittsburgh delay of game - 2 min 9:09, T. Conklin served by J. Filewich
 Pittsburgh holding the stick - 2 min 13:50, J. Staal
 OT Period
 Washington slashing - 2 min 1:01, T. Poti
 Washington hooking - 2 min 1:54, J. Erskine

Updated on Monday, Jan 21, 2008 11:03 pm ET

 
  Three Stars
A. Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Capitals - LW
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
E. Malkin
Evgeni Malkin
Penguins - C
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
N. Backstrom
Nicklas Backstrom
Capitals - C
Goals: 0
Assists: 4