🦅 Away Capitals 0-2 in series
2–3
Final / OT
PIT leads 4–3
🐧 Home Penguins 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
WSH 10102
PIT 01113

Capitals at Penguins — Second Round Game 3

Penguins, Second Round Game 3, beat Capitals 3–2 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on May 6, 2009.

🗓 Wed, May 6, 2009 · 18:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 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 🐧 PIT
Kris Letang
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 26:12 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 A
3 shots · 28:32 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 23:44 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 01:23
Assists: Mike Green · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko Tying 2nd · 09:29
Assists: Max Talbot, Kris Letang · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–1
3rd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 3rd · 15:01
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–2
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Tying 3rd · 18:10
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
Overtime
🐧 Kris Letang Go-ahead OT · 11:23
Assists: Mark Eaton, Sidney Crosby · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
23 Shots on goal 42
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
31 Hits 44
15 Blocked shots 11
2 Takeaways 10
3 Giveaways 11
14 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23) PIT shooting 7.1% (3/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
39/42
.929 SV% · 3 GA · 71:23 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 71:23 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 56-27-8 (62% win rate, 91 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 49-32-9 (54% win rate, 90 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Steckel 23:44
L2 Laich · Kozlov · Semin 20:01
L3 Fedorov · Gordon · Bradley 15:52
L4 Fleischmann · Nylander · Clark 7:27
D1 Green · Poti 27:40
D2 Morrisonn · Jurcina 23:06
D3 Sloan · Pothier 19:23
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Guerin 28:32
L2 Fedotenko · Talbot · Staal 19:33
L3 Kunitz · Cooke · Kennedy 16:32
L4 Dupuis · Satan · Adams 7:13
D1 Gonchar · Letang 27:51
D2 Scuderi · Gill 24:10
D3 Orpik · Eaton 19:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 4, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · Capitals won
May 2, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
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

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on May 6, 2009?

Penguins won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 2, Penguins 3, in overtime.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Ruslan Fedotenko.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 39 saves on 42 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · May 4
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
Next game · May 8
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 4
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
Next game · May 8
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · PIT won
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