| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 6:45 | Washington | Washington Goal - Troy Brouwer (2), from Wojtek Wolski and Nicklas Backstrom at 13:15. |
| 2:17 | Washington | Washington Goal - Matt Hendricks (2), from John Erskine and Jay Beagle at 17:43. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 1:25 | Washington | Karl Alzner - 2 minutes for interference |
| 4:56 | Ottawa | Zack Smith - 2 minutes for tripping |
| 4:56 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom - 2 minutes for concealing puck |
| 15:37 | Ottawa | Mark Borowiecki - 2 minutes for holding |
| 17:53 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault - 2 minutes for interference |
| 17:53 | Ottawa | Kyle Turris - 2 minutes for diving |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 1:23 | Ottawa | Ottawa Goal - Jim O'Brien (2), from Erik Condra and Mika Zibanejad at 18:37. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 15:44 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault - 2 minutes for cross checking |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 17:40 | Ottawa | Ottawa Goal - Milan Michalek (2), from Kyle Turris at 2:20. |
| 2:30 | Ottawa | Ottawa Power-Play Goal - Sergei Gonchar, from Erik Karlsson and Daniel Alfredsson at 17:30. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 6:28 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin - 2 minutes for slashing |
| 12:23 | Ottawa | Erik Condra - 2 minutes for hooking |
| 16:24 | Washington | Joel Ward - 2 minutes for hi-sticking |
