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Statistical keys to the series
- Washington ranked second in the league on the power play, with a 25.2% success rate. Pittsburgh ranked 20th at 17.2%.
Washington's power play ranked seventh in the first round of the playoffs, with an 18.2% success rate. Pittsburgh ranked 11th at 12.5%.
- Washington ranked 17th in the league in penalty killing, with an 80.6% success rate. Pittsburgh ranked eighth, at 86.7%.
- Washington's penalty killing ranked seventh in the first round of the playoffs, with an 87.1% success rate. Pittsburgh ranked eighth, at 82.7%.
- Alexander Ovechkin (243), Milan Jurcina (157) and John Erskine (128) were the Capitals' leading hitters in the regular season.
- Alexander Ovechkin (26), Milan Jurcina (24), Matt Bradley (19) and Shaone Morrisonn (19) were the Capitals' leading hitters in the first round.
- Brooks Orpik (309), Matt Cooke (262) and Chris Kunitz (207) were the Penguins' leading hitters in the regular season. Kunitz's totals include games with Anaheim.
- Brooks Orpik (31), Matt Cooke (21) and Chris Kunitz (17) were the Penguins' leading hitters in the first round.
- David Steckel was the Capitals' top face-off man in the regular season -- 57.9%. Boyd Gordon was best in the first round -- 55.9%.
- Sidney Crosby is the Penguins' top face-off man -- 51.3% in the regular season and 65.3% in the playoffs.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin ranked first in the league with 56 goals.
- Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby ranked first and second in the league with 78 and 70 assists, respectively. Washington's Nicklas Backstrom tied for third with 66 assists. Alexander Ovechkin tied for tenth with 54 assists.
- Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby ranked first and third in the league with 113 and 103 points, respectively. Washington's Alexander Ovechkin ranked second in the league with 110 points. Nicklas Backstrom tied for ninth with 88 points.
- Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin is tied for third in the playoffs with five assists.
- Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin leads the playoffs with nine points. Washington's Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom are tied for fifth with seven points.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Shaone Morrisonn are tied for fourth in the playoffs at plus-5.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin tied for second in the league with 19 power play goals. Mike Green ranked fourth with 18 power play goals. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin tied for eighth in the league with 14 power play goals.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin led the league with 46 power play points.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin led the league with 1.39 points per game.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin led the league with 107 giveaways.
- Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin led the league with 94 takeaways.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin and Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora tied for third in the league with 10 game-winning goals.
- Washington's Alexander Ovechkin ranked first in the league with 528 shots on goal. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin ranked 10th with 290 shots on goal.
- Alexander Semin led the Capitals with seven points in four games against the Penguins this year.
- Sidney Crosby led the Penguins with seven points in four games against the Capitals this year.
- Washington's leaders in power play ice time (per game in Round One):
Mike Green 6:49
Alexander Ovechkin 6:36
Alexander Semin 5:51
Nicklas Backstrom 5:24
Brooks Laich 3:09
Tomas Fleischmann 2:44
- Pittsburgh's leaders in power play ice time (per game in Round One):
Sergei Gonchar 6:12
Sidney Crosby 5:15
Kristopher Letang 5:03
Evgeni Malkin 5:03
Chris Kunitz 3:44
Bill Guerin 3:09
- Washington's leaders in penalty killing ice time (per game in Round One):
Tom Poti 4:30
David Steckel 3:32
John Erskine 2:58
Boyd Gordon 2:57
Shaone Morissonn 2:23
Mike Green 2:14
- Pittsburgh's leaders in penalty killing ice time (per game in Round One):
Rob Scuderi 3:34
Maxime Talbot 3:30
Jordan Staal 3:30
Craig Adams 3:08
Sergei Gonchar 2:43
Hal Gill 2:40
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