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3/3/2010
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Washington Capitals 3 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 31 - 23
PP: 3 of 7 (16 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
PP: 0 of 2 (0 shots), Passing:74/86=86 %, Challenges:28/50=54 %
Attendance: 16306 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 766382 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:44 1-0
Michael Nylander [15] (Alexander Ovechkin)PP
15:26 2-0
Evgeni Malkin [27] (Martin St. Louis, Matt Bradley)PP
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31:41 2-1
Bill Guerin [22] (Chris Kunitz, Sergei Gonchar)
33:01 3-1
Martin St. Louis [20] (Alexander Ovechkin, Michael Nylander)PP
39:33 3-2
Jonathan Tavares [5] (Bill Guerin, Nicklas Bäckström)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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06:27
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
06:27
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
10:13
Bryan Smolinski (2 min for slashing)
14:19
Jonathan Tavares (2 min for tripping)
14:37
Danny Markov (2 min for roughing)
14:37
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
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32:24
Bill Guerin (2 min for holding the stick)
35:41
John Carlson (2 min for tripping)
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45:02
Anton Gustafsson (2 min for hooking)
48:12
Jonathan Tavares (2 min for high-sticking)
52:34
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for hooking)
55:57
Mike Peca (2 min for tripping)
57:55
Jordan Staal (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 8.30 6
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 -1 18.50 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 9.30 6
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 8
C Anton Gustafsson 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 7.50 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 13.50 6
C Michael Nylander 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Evgeni Malkin 1 0 8 2 1 2 0 0 18.10 8
L Oskar Osala 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 6
L Matt Bradley 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 -1 16.30 8
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 20.10 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 19.30 8
D John Carlson 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 14.20 5
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 19.00 8
D Kris Letang 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 27.00 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 18.10 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 17.30 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7.00 4
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 13.30 8
R Bill Guerin 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 2 8.40 6
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 19.20 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 11.10 4
C Mike Peca 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 16.20 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 18.10 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 19.00 7
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 4
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.10 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 6
L Jonathan Tavares 1 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 18.10 8
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17.00 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 25.10 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 17.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin St. Louis
2nd star: Michael Nylander
3rd star: Evgeni Malkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Martin St. Louis scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Chris Clark had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Chris Clark in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 12) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 16)
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0-1 WIL Mark Letestu (Robert Bortuzzo)
0-2 WIL Luca Caputi (Craig Adams)
0-3 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Keven Veilleux)
1-3 POR François Bouchard (Stefan Della Rovere, David Steckel)
2-3 POR Stefan Della Rovere (François Bouchard, David Steckel)
2-4 WIL Keven Veilleux (Nate Guenin)
Goalies: Michal Neuvirth - Brad Thiessen