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3/3/2009
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Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 34 - 27
PP: 1 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:72/86=83 %, Challenges:39/49=78 %
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:67/83=80 %, Challenges:48/67=70 %
Attendance: 12546 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 627300 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:33 0-1
Jason Spezza [25] (Daniel Alfredsson, Miroslav Satan)
18:11 1-1
Sergei Fedorov [14] (Chris Clark, Tom Poti)
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28:04 1-2
Petr Sykora [23] (Daniel Alfredsson, Ruslan Fedotenko)
29:04 2-2
Michael Nylander [17] (Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin)PP
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48:25 3-2
Nicklas Bäckström [5] (Matt Bradley, Brooks Laich)
59:31 3-3
Bill Guerin [10] (Jason Spezza, Hal Gill) WG
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Penalty summary:
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03:39
Brian Pothier (2 min for boarding)
09:15
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for hooking)
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25:28
Matt Greene (5 min for fighting)
25:28
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
28:36
Petr Sykora (2 min for slashing)
30:17
Graham Mink (2 min for hooking)
32:21
Matt Greene (2 min for roughing)
32:21
Miroslav Satan (2 min for roughing)
34:57
Boyd Gordon (2 min for holding the stick)
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53:28
Derek Armstrong (2 min for holding the stick)
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62:15
Philippe Boucher (2 min for tripping)
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 5
R Matt Bradley 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 18.00 8
R Chris Clark 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.20 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 15.30 8
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
C Michael Nylander 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 -2 20.50 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 7.20 7
L Brooks Laich 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 16.50 8
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
L Alexander Semin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 20.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 24.20 7
D Mike Green 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 -2 29.50 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 10.00 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 16.00 7
D Jack Johnson 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 -2 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Théodore 3 0 24 0 0 65.00 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 Miroslav Satan 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 -1 8.30 4
R Bill Guerin 1 0 2 1 2 1 5 0 12.20 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 20.20 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 2 5 1 1 1 0 1 21.40 8
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 8.50 7
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 10.30 5
C Jason Spezza 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 20.10 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 23.20 9
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.00 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 12.50 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 13.40 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 22.30 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 19.40 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 27.50 6
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 19.40 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 17.30 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 31 0 0 64.10 9
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Marc-André Fleury
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Matt Bradley ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jason Spezza scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Daniel Alfredsson notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Ruslan Fedotenko has marked a new career high in assists with 23 assists.
-Bill Guerin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Hal Gill ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Matt Greene in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 4( 34) , W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 22)
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1-0 HER Alexandre Giroux (François Bouchard, Karl Alzner)
2-0 HER Chris Bourque (David Steckel)
3-0 HER Oskar Osala (Sasha Pokulok)
3-1 WBS Bill Thomas (Mike Zigomanis)
3-2 WBS Mike Zigomanis (Alex Goligoski)
3-3 WBS Bill Thomas (Mike Zigomanis)
4-3 HER David Steckel (Chris Bourque, François Bouchard)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - John Curry