🐧 Away Penguins 0-0 in series
2–3
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1102
WSH 2013

Penguins at Capitals — Second Round Game 1

Capitals, Second Round Game 1, beat Penguins 3–2 at Capital One Arena on May 2, 2009.

🗓 Sat, May 2, 2009 · 12:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2008-09 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

PIT vs WSH · PIT leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
2–3
Final · WSH
Game 2
3–4
Final · WSH
Game 3
2–3
OT · PIT
Game 4
3–5
Final · PIT
Game 5
4–3
OT · PIT
Game 6
5–4
OT · WSH
Game 7
6–2
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
2 A
2 shots · 17:24 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
2 A
1 shots · 17:56 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
9 shots · 21:13 TOI
4rd star 🦅 WSH
Semyon Varlamov
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 04:09
Assists: Bill Guerin, Sergei Gonchar · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–0
🦅 David Steckel Tying 1st · 13:50
Assists: Matt Bradley, Brooks Laich · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:03
Assists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
2nd period
🐧 Mark Eaton Tying 2nd · 12:54
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Chris Kunitz · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–2
3rd period
🦅 Tomas Fleischmann Go-ahead 3rd · 01:46
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
36 Shots on goal 26
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
20 Hits 24
20 Blocked shots 17
6 Takeaways 18
6 Giveaways 22
4 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 5.6% (2/36) WSH shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:45 TOI
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 49-30-9 (56% win rate, 88 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 54-27-8 (61% win rate, 89 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Staal 20:49
L2 Kunitz · Kennedy · Guerin 18:58
L3 Cooke · Talbot · Sykora 11:23
L4 Fedotenko · Adams · Dupuis 7:19
D1 Gonchar · Letang 25:02
D2 Scuderi · Orpik 18:21
D3 Gill · Eaton 16:14
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Steckel · Backstrom 19:11
L2 Fleischmann · Fedorov · Semin 16:29
L3 Kozlov · Laich · Bradley 14:41
L4 Gordon · Fehr · Clark 6:49
D1 Green · Morrisonn 24:34
D2 Poti · Erskine 19:30
D3 Jurcina · Pothier 14:47

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 8, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–3 (SO) · Penguins won
Feb 22, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · Capitals won
Jan 14, 2009
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
6–3 · Capitals won
Oct 16, 2008
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · Capitals won
Mar 9, 2008
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on May 2, 2009?

Capitals won 3–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mark Eaton, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, David Steckel, Tomas Fleischmann.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 25
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
5–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 4
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 28
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Next game · May 4
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
Also on May 2, 2009
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
6–3 final
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