The Washington Capitals eked out a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3 to 2, in Game 1 of the 2009 playoff series on May 2, 2009.
Final
1st period
PIT
WSH
Sidney Crosby (EV) assisted by Bill Guerin and Sergei Gonchar
1
0
David Steckel (EV) assisted by Matt Bradley and Brooks Laich
1
1
Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Alexander Semin and Nicklas Backstrom
1
2
2nd period
PIT
WSH
Mark Eaton (EV) assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz
2
2
3rd period
PIT
WSH
Tomas Fleischmann (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin
2
3
Penguins
Capitals
Goals
2
3
Shots
36
26
Penalty Minutes
4
10
Power-Play Goals
0
1
Power-Play Opportunities
5
2
Faceoff Wins
32
28
Hits
20
24
Giveaways
6
22
Takeaways
6
18
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Fleury | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 23 | .885 | 3 | 3.06 | 0 | 59 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:19 |
M. Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:54 | |
S. Crosby | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:12 |
P. Dupuis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6:44 | ||
M. Eaton | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | |
R. Fedotenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | |
H. Gill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 | |
S. Gonchar | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28:38 | |
B. Guerin | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 | |
T. Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 |
C. Kunitz | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 | |
K. Letang | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:25 | |
E. Malkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:49 |
B. Orpik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:15 | ||
R. Scuderi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 | ||
J. Staal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:26 |
P. Sykora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 | |
M. Talbot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:04 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Varlamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 34 | .944 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 60 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Backstrom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:56 |
M. Bradley | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:54 | |
C. Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:23 | |
J. Erskine | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:19 | |
S. Fedorov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 |
E. Fehr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6:49 | ||
T. Fleischmann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:29 | |
B. Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:32 | |
M. Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 26:17 | |
M. Jurcina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:02 | |
V. Kozlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:42 | ||
B. Laich | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 | |
S. Morrisonn | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:52 | ||
A. Ovechkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21:13 |
B. Pothier | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:32 | ||
T. Poti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:41 | |
A. Semin | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17:24 |
D. Steckel | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19:11 |
More Capitals Stats
Team Rankings
G/GP
4.19
2nd
GA/GP
2.88
9th
PP%
13.7
29th
PK%
85.7
4th
2024-25 Division Standings
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Devils | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 20 |
 Capitals | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 21 |
 Hurricanes | 11 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 20 |
 Rangers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 17 |
 Islanders | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -5 |
 Flyers | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 | -13 |
 Penguins | 6 | 10 | 3 | 15 | -26 |
 Blue Jackets | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -4 |
VGK 
UTA 
COL 
NHL 2024-25 Leaders
NHL 2024-25 Rankings
NHL 2024-25 Betting
NHL 2024-25 Division Standings
Jets 
Wild 
Stars 
Kings 
Flames | Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panthers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
 Maple Leafs | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 7 |
 Bruins | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -16 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
| Devils | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 20 |
| Capitals | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 21 |
| Hurricanes | 11 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 20 |
DET 
ANA 
NSH 
STL 
SEA 
SJS 
TBL 
