Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, February 18, 2007 · Mellon Arena

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2–3

31–25

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at Mellon Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 31–25.

Goals came from Mark Recchi, Richard Zednik, Evgeni Malkin, Max Talbot and Matt Pettinger.

Jocelyn Thibault made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 22 of 25.

Goals
WSH	1	0	1	2	31
PIT	1	1	1	3	25

Scoring

1st period

Mark Recchi (20)Sergei Gonchar (39), Sidney Crosby (65)0–105:59 PIT ·
Richard Zednik (6)Jeff Schultz (2), Donald Brashear (6)1–107:04 WSH

2nd period

Evgeni Malkin (29)Sergei Gonchar (40), Michel Ouellet (23)1–218:44 PIT

3rd period

Max Talbot (9)Colby Armstrong (16), Erik Christensen (9)1–301:10 PIT
Matt Pettinger (13)Eric Fehr (1)2–319:16 WSH

Team stats

WSHPIT

3125

51%49%

0/31/3

88

2719

1018

10

15

Penalties

5:36 into the first periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
8:42 into the first periodErik Christensen · slashing2 min
11:13 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · holding2 min
16:05 into the first periodJordan Staal · slashing2 min
16:05 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
18:08 into the first periodMatt Bradley · tripping2 min
0:59 into the second periodMark Eaton · holding2 min
11:07 into the second periodMark Eaton · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Eric FehrC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	12:07
18Matt PettingerL	1	0	1	+1	3	3	1	0	–	0	0	25	16:18
20Richard ZednikR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	19	13:16
87Donald BrashearL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	9	07:02
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	1	0	21	15:40
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	5	3	0	0	–	0	0	22	19:44
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	50	0	0	24	19:16
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	–	0	0	18	12:58
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	58	0	0	25	18:11
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	60	0	0	15	08:29
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	22	16:08
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	40	0	0	23	15:23
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	2	–	0	0	26	22:02
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	5	0	–	0	0	25	18:45
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−2	1	9	2	0	–	0	0	25	18:53
6Jamie HewardD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	18:32
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	0	0	31	21:12
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	27	20:39

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	L	25	22	3	.880	59:01
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

55Sergei GoncharD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	27	22:19
7Michel OuelletR	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	16	13:14
8Mark RecchiR	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	0	1	25	17:24
16Erik ChristensenC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	50	0	0	18	10:52
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	0	0	22	15:35
25Max TalbotC	1	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	42	0	0	22	15:37
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	50	0	1	21	17:13
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	43	0	0	25	18:46
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	2	20	0	0	21	16:28
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	0	2	24	17:46
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	88	0	0	14	08:59
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	15	10:02
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	15	09:21
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	0	0	27	20:22
3Mark EatonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	4	–	0	0	26	18:07
5Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	27	20:15
19Ryan WhitneyD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	0	0	27	21:03
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	−1	1	6	1	0	–	0	0	25	17:44

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00