Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, March 8, 2006 · Verizon Center

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3–6

25–42

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 42–25.

Goals came from Colby Armstrong, Ben Clymer, Chris Clark, Ivan Majesky, John LeClair, Dainius Zubrus, Ryan Malone, Alex Ovechkin and Matt Pettinger.

Goals
PIT	1	1	1	3	25
WSH	3	1	2	6	42

Scoring

1st period

Colby Armstrong (6)Sidney Crosby (40), Cory Cross (4)1–002:03 PIT
Ben Clymer (12)Bryan Muir (13), Brian Sutherby (12)1–104:14 WSH
Chris Clark (13)Alex Ovechkin (36)1–211:10 WSH
Ivan Majesky (1)Shaone Morrisonn (9), Matt Bradley (10)1–316:08 WSH ·

2nd period

John LeClair (15)Ric Jackman (22), Ryan Malone (13)2–309:05 PIT
Dainius Zubrus (14)Bryan Muir (14), Alex Ovechkin (37)2–415:31 WSH ·

3rd period

Ryan Malone (15)Unassisted3–404:14 PIT ·
Alex Ovechkin (42)Bryan Muir (15), Ben Clymer (7)3–505:54 WSH ·
Matt Pettinger (15)Ivan Majesky (4)3–619:59 WSH · ·

Team stats

PITWSH

2542

54%46%

0/52/10

2212

1219

1415

1316

611

Penalties

4:40 into the first periodRic Jackman · holding2 min
14:17 into the first periodJeff Halpern · interference2 min
19:16 into the first periodShane Endicott · tripping2 min
1:32 into the second periodChris Clark · roughing2 min
6:25 into the second periodEric Cairns · cross checking2 min
9:19 into the second periodEric Boguniecki · hooking2 min
10:34 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
13:15 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · roughing2 min
14:50 into the second periodSidney Crosby · interference2 min
15:07 into the second periodKonstantin Koltsov · diving2 min
15:07 into the second periodSteve Eminger · hooking2 min
18:30 into the second periodMark Recchi · elbowing2 min
2:18 into the third periodCory Cross · hooking2 min
5:08 into the third periodColby Armstrong · hooking2 min
5:36 into the third periodShane Endicott · hooking2 min
12:09 into the third periodSteve Eminger · cross checking2 min
18:27 into the third periodJeff Halpern · hooking2 min

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