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9/11/2008
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Washington Capitals 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 12 - 35
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:20/52=37 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:79/97=81 %, Challenges:24/41=57 %
Attendance: 7251 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 336446 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:26 0-1
Sidney Crosby [7] (Evgeny Malkin, Hal Gill)SH
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28:04 0-2
Petr Sykora [7] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)
32:42 1-2
Milan Jurcina [2] (Viktor Kozlov, Michael Nylander)
34:48 1-3
Chris Kunitz [6] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Bill Guerin)
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49:33 2-3
Tom Poti [3] (Michael Nylander, Nicklas Bäckström)
59:43 2-4
Bill Guerin [1] (Hal Gill) EN
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Penalty summary:
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05:02
Chris Bourque (2 min for slashing)
09:44
Kristopher Letang (2 min for high-sticking)
17:45
Matt Bradley (2 min for roughing)
17:45
Jordan Staal (2 min for roughing)
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22:34
Alexandre Giroux (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7.30 6
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 17.20 4
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 17.30 5
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -2 17.50 5
C Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 7.10 4
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 18.00 6
C Michael Nylander 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 14.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 -2 17.40 7
L Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10.20 5
L Matt Bradley 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 -1 16.30 4
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 14.00 5
L Alexander Semin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 17.30 4
D John Erskine 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 20.10 7
D Milan Jurcina 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 15.50 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 -1 20.50 5
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 5
D Tom Poti 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 6
D Mike Green 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -2 24.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 31 0 0 59.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 6.50 7
R Bill Guerin 1 1 3 2 0 4 0 1 14.30 9
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 17.10 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 6.50 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 14.30 7
C Matt Cooke 0 0 4 2 5 2 0 -2 21.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 18.10 8
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 7.30 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 15.20 8
L Jordan Staal 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 -2 18.30 5
L Evgeny Malkin 0 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 18.10 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 -1 20.50 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 22.50 7
D Hal Gill 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 2 18.00 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -2 17.40 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 10 0 0 60.00 5
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bill Guerin
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Milan Jurcina ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Bill Guerin finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Chris Kunitz ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 6( 29) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 23)
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0-1 WIL Milan Kraft (Alex Goligoski, Mike Zigomanis)
1-1 POR Donald Brashear (Grant Potulny)
2-1 POR Chris McAllister (Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann)
3-1 POR Owen Fussey (Donald Brashear)
3-2 WIL Milan Kraft (Mike Zigomanis, Paul Bissonnette)
3-3 WIL Alex Goligoski (Eric Godard, Dustin Jeffrey)
4-3 POR David Steckel (Josef Boumedienne, Owen Fussey)
4-4 WIL Mike Zigomanis (Milan Kraft, Robert Scuderi)
5-4 POR Owen Fussey (David Steckel)
5-5 WIL Mike Zigomanis (Milan Kraft, Joey Mormina)
6-5 POR Owen Fussey (David Steckel, Frédéric Cassivi)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Jeff Pietrasiak