Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 11, 2006 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 39–29.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, John LeClair, Sergei Gonchar, Colby Armstrong, Mark Recchi, Matt Pettinger, Eric Boguniecki, Alex Ovechkin and Brian Sutherby.
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (28)John LeClair (19), Mark Recchi (30)1–018:25 PIT ·
2nd period
John LeClair (12)Unassisted2–001:11 PIT
Sergei Gonchar (7)Colby Armstrong (10), Mark Recchi (31)3–004:38 PIT
Colby Armstrong (5)Mark Recchi (32), Sergei Gonchar (26)4–008:21 PIT · 
Mark Recchi (21)Sidney Crosby (37), Sergei Gonchar (27)5–014:16 PIT ·
3rd period
Matt Pettinger (12)Brendan Witt (10), Brooks Laich (9)5–106:52 WSH
Eric Boguniecki (5)John LeClair (20), Sergei Gonchar (28)6–109:23 PIT · 
Alex Ovechkin (36)Dainius Zubrus (17)6–210:07 WSH · 
Brian Sutherby (12)Brian Willsie (15), Matt Pettinger (15)6–319:29 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
2939
46%54%
4/110/5
2850
2425
147
1219
72
Penalties
- 3:30 into the first period
Dainius Zubrus · hooking2 min - 3:52 into the first period
Jani Rita · slashing2 min - 4:57 into the first periodJosef Melichar · roughing2 min
- 4:57 into the first periodMatt Pettinger · roughing2 min
- 8:11 into the first periodMark Recchi · roughing2 min
- 8:11 into the first periodColby Armstrong · hooking2 min
- 8:11 into the first periodNolan Yonkman · roughing2 min
- 8:11 into the first periodNolan Yonkman · misconduct10 min
- 8:11 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the first periodAndre Roy · fighting5 min
- 8:13 into the first periodDoug Doull · fighting5 min
- 9:06 into the first periodBrian Sutherby · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:25 into the first periodSidney Crosby · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the first periodErik Christensen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 12:57 into the first periodMark Recchi · high sticking2 min
- 12:57 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
- 17:00 into the first periodJeff Halpern · holding2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodDoug Doull · holding2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 6:26 into the second periodDoug Doull · slashing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodDoug Doull · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the second periodBrendan Witt · charging2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodJamie Heward · slashing2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodKonstantin Koltsov · holding2 min
- 18:28 into the second periodBrendan Witt · hooking2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
- 4:00 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
- 8:05 into the third periodBrian Sutherby · roughing2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.