Thursday, December 27, 2007 · Mellon Arena
Capitals 3 at Penguins 4
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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12:01
Jeff Taffe (1) Jarkko Ruutu (2), Darryl Sydor (3) · Wrist WSH 0 – 1 PIT
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15:24
Donald Brashear (2) Boyd Gordon (3) · Wrist WSH 1 – 1 PIT
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17:53
Colby Armstrong (4) Ryan Whitney (10), Sidney Crosby (33) · Wrist WSH 1 – 2 PIT
2nd Period
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5:23
Brian Pothier (5) Nicklas Backstrom (18), Viktor Kozlov (19) · Slap WSH 2 – 2 PIT
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18:26
Alex Ovechkin (26) Nicklas Backstrom (19) · Wrist WSH 3 – 2 PIT
3rd Period
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17:44
Darryl Sydor (1) PPG Erik Christensen (7) · Slap WSH 3 – 3 PIT
Overtime
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1:33
Sergei Gonchar (7) Sidney Crosby (34), Colby Armstrong (11) · Snap WSH 3 – 4 PIT
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom C | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:13 | 1.48 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 16:55 | 1.00 |
| Boyd Gordon C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 13:43 | 0.90 |
| Viktor Kozlov C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 14:54 | 0.88 |
| Brian Pothier D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 | 0.78 |
| Donald Brashear L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 9:31 | 0.45 |
| Mike Green D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24:35 | 0.35 |
| Brooks Laich C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17:10 | 0.23 |
| Tom Poti D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:34 | 0.22 |
| Matt Bradley R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:38 | 0.15 |
| Jeff Schultz D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19:24 | 0.10 |
| Matt Pettinger L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 | 0.08 |
| Tomas Fleischmann L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 | 0.08 |
| Milan Jurcina D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 | 0.08 |
| Alexander Semin R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 19:01 | 0.05 |
| David Steckel C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15:14 | 0.05 |
| Michael Nylander C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:20 | -0.10 |
| Shaone Morrisonn D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:50 | -0.10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Johnson | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 17:53 | -0.80 |
| Olie Kolzig | O | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 43:40 | 0.10 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Sydor D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 20:25 | 1.90 |
| Sidney Crosby C | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 24:43 | 1.78 |
| Colby Armstrong R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 18:24 | 1.45 |
| Jeff Taffe L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8:30 | 1.05 |
| Ryan Whitney D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 23:10 | 1.00 |
| Sergei Gonchar D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 23:56 | 0.70 |
| Jarkko Ruutu L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 10:00 | 0.63 |
| Erik Christensen C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:32 | 0.50 |
| Evgeni Malkin C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:19 | 0.38 |
| Brooks Orpik D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17:07 | 0.33 |
| Kris Letang D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20:54 | 0.27 |
| Jordan Staal C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:48 | 0.15 |
| Adam Hall R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11:01 | 0.15 |
| Tyler Kennedy C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:39 | 0.07 |
| Gary Roberts L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:00 | -0.15 |
| Petr Sykora R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:18 | -0.20 |
| Rob Scuderi D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 17:34 | -0.25 |
| Georges Laraque R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:52 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Conklin | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 61:33 | -0.05 |