Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, November 22, 2005 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at Mellon Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 45-28.
Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Ric Jackman, Sidney Crosby, Lasse Pirjeta, Chris Clark, Brooks Laich, Matt Pettinger and Brian Willsie also scored.
Sebastien Caron made 41 saves on 45 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (8)Sergei Gonchar (6), Ric Jackman (13)0–105:08 PIT · PPG
Ric Jackman (4)John LeClair (8), Lasse Pirjeta (1)0–208:02 PIT
Sidney Crosby (11)Ziggy Palffy (16), Josef Melichar (3)0–311:53 PIT
Lasse Pirjeta (4)Ryan Whitney (9)0–414:46 PIT
2nd period
Chris Clark (5)Brendan Witt (2), Andrew Cassels (6)1–405:31 WSH
Brooks Laich (2)Unassisted2–405:45 WSH- Ziggy Palffy (9)Sidney Crosby (16), Brooks Orpik (2)2–513:30 PIT
3rd period
Matt Pettinger (3)Alex Ovechkin (7), Jamie Heward (6)3–504:46 WSH
Brian Willsie (4)Jeff Halpern (12)4–506:29 WSH · SHG
Team stats
WSHPIT
45Shots on goal28
55%Faceoff %45%
0/3Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes8
8Hits11
19Blocked shots12
3Giveaways8
3Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 03:58
Ben Clymer · holding2 min - 1st 12:35
Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min - 1st 12:35Brian Willsie · cross checking2 min
- 1st 12:35Matt Pettinger · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:15Steve Eminger · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:25Ryan Malone · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:01Steve Poapst · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:12Bryan Muir · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:36Ivan Majesky · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:22Matt Bradley · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:58Ric Jackman · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:17 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19:37 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 12:30 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 09:03 |
| 24Brian WillsieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 15:25 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 38Jakub KlepisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 03:27 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:03 |
| 23Ivan MajeskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:52 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:17 |
| 47Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 58:54 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 22:12 |
| 11Lasse PirjetaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 10:01 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:16 |
| 22Ric JackmanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:15 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:44 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:45 |
| 7Matt HusseyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:10 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:50 |
| 17Matt MurleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:34 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 59Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:13 |
| 3Steve PoapstD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Sebastien CaronG | W | 45 | 41 | 4 | .911 | 60:00 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |