Philadelphia 0 0 1 0-1

Washington 1 0 0 0-2

First Period-1, Washington, Backstrom 12 (Semin, Kozlov), 2:10 (pp).

Second Period-None.

Third Period-2, Philadelphia, Coburn 5 (Timonen, Carter), :23 (pp).

Overtime-None.

Shootout-Philadelphia 0 (S.Gagne NG, Richards NG, Carter NG), Washington 1 (Kozlov G, Semin NG, Ovechkin NG).

Shots on Goal-Philadelphia 12-11-5-6-34. Washington 10-13-10-1-34.

Goalies-Philadelphia, Biron. Washington, Theodore. A-18,277 (18,277). T-2:40.