Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 43 - 21
PP: 3 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:70/83=84 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:62/76=81 %, Challenges:24/40=58 %
Attendance: 18087 of 18087 (Consol Energy Center)
Ticket income: 853706 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:24 1-0
Kris Letang [13] (Andrej Meszaros)
07:15 2-0
James Neal [33])
10:32 3-0
Brayden Schenn [12] (James Neal, Danny Brière)PP
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25:07 3-1
Mike Knuble [23] (Nicklas Bäckström, Paul Stastny)PP
38:17 4-1
Danny Brière [28] (James Neal, Brayden Schenn)PP
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42:03 5-1
Evgeni Malkin [40] (Kris Letang)PP
43:47 6-1
Jordan Staal [25])
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Penalty summary:
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03:26
J.P. Dumont (2 min for tripping)
08:53
J.P. Dumont (2 min for roughing)
16:34
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for tripping)
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24:37
James Neal (2 min for tripping)
29:26
Steve Bégin (2 min for slashing)
31:34
Kris Letang (2 min for hooking)
36:51
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for boarding)
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40:31
Mike Knuble (2 min for tripping)
44:29
Danny Brière (2 min for roughing)
49:47
Mike Knuble (2 min for elbowing)
50:52
Jeff Halpern (2 min for hooking)
53:44
John Carlson (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.10 7
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.50 4
R Danny Brière 1 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 18.10 8
R Evgeni Malkin 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 21.00 8
C Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.00 6
C Mark Letestu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Claude Giroux 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 21.40 7
C Jordan Staal 1 0 6 2 1 2 0 3 24.00 8
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 14.10 6
L Brad Marchand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
L Brayden Schenn 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 8
L James Neal 1 2 5 4 0 2 2 2 20.30 10
D Joe Morrow 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 7
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 26.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 1 6 0 4 0 3 28.40 10
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 22.10 7
D Kris Letang 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 31.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Halpern 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 15.40 7
R J.P. Dumont 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 4.00 5
R Mike Knuble 1 0 1 2 3 0 4 -1 16.50 6
R Alex Frolov 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 -2 20.40 6
C Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Marcus Johansson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 5
C Brooks Laich 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 21.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.00 5
L Troy Brouwer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 4
L Paul Stastny 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 16.20 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 -3 24.20 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 14.40 4
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 -2 26.10 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.50 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 25.40 6
D John Carlson 0 0 2 6 0 4 2 -3 29.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 6 0 37 0 0 60.00 6
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: James Neal
2nd star: Danny Brière
3rd star: Brayden Schenn
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-James Neal notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Evgeni Malkin scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Jordan Staal scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Braydon Coburn had his 10 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Green had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre/Scraton Penguins 2( 12) , Hershey Bears 1( 19)
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1-0
Eric Tangradi (Matt Niskanen)
2-0
Colin McDonald (Brian Gibbons, Deryk Engelland)
2-1
Matt Hendricks (Dmitri Orlov)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Braden Holtby