| 1st Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| No Scoring |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 6:58 | Washington | Joey Crabb - 2 minutes for interference |
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| 2nd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 14:40 | Washington | Washington Goal - Alex Ovechkin (6), from Mike Ribeiro and Jason Chimera at 5:20. |
| :38 | New Jersey | New Jersey Goal - Ilya Kovalchuk (7), from Andrei Loktionov and Alexei Ponikarovsky at 19:22. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 11:40 | Washington | John Carlson - 2 minutes for delaying game-puck over glass |
| 12:31 | Washington | Tom Poti - 0 minutes for ps-hooking on breakaway |
| 13:57 | New Jersey | Adam Larsson - 2 minutes for holding |
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| 3rd Period Summary |
| Time left | Team | Scoring Detail |
| 18:37 | Washington | Washington Goal - Alex Ovechkin (7), from Matt Hendricks and Jeff Schultz at 1:23. |
| 16:04 | Washington | Washington Short-Handed Goal - Eric Fehr (4), unassisted at 3:56. |
| 4:47 | Washington | Washington Power-Play Goal - Alex Ovechkin (8), from Mike Ribeiro and Nicklas Backstrom at 15:13. |
| 2:51 | Washington | Washington Power-Play Goal - Troy Brouwer (8), from Alex Ovechkin and Tomas Kundratek at 17:09. |
| Time | Team | Penalty Detail |
| 2:14 | Washington | John Erskine - 2 minutes for delaying game-puck over glass |
| 13:47 | New Jersey | Stefan Matteau - 2 minutes for hi-sticking |
| 15:50 | New Jersey | Adam Larsson - 2 minutes for hi-sticking |
