Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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4–3

Final

SOG 30–26

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 30-26.

Goals came from Alex Goligoski, Evgeni Malkin, Miroslav Satan, Tomas Fleischmann, Alexander Semin, Michael Nylander and Boyd Gordon.

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	3	4	30
PIT	2	1	0	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Alex Goligoski (2)Evgeni Malkin (3), Sidney Crosby (3)0–112:58 PIT · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (2)Sidney Crosby (4), Miroslav Satan (2)0–219:17 PIT · PPG

2nd period

Miroslav Satan (2)Petr Sykora (1), Evgeni Malkin (4)0–301:51 PIT · PPG
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Brooks Laich (2), Eric Fehr (1)1–305:45 WSH

3rd period

Alexander Semin (4)Michael Nylander (4)2–303:38 WSH
Michael Nylander (2)Tomas Fleischmann (2), Alexander Semin (4)3–310:00 WSH
Boyd Gordon (1)Eric Fehr (2), Sergei Fedorov (3)4–315:43 WSH

Team stats

WSHPIT

30Shots on goal26

51%Faceoff %49%

0/4Power play3/6

17Penalty minutes13

16Hits10

12Blocked shots26

6Giveaways8

1Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 00:57Shaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
1st 02:28Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
1st 12:38Alexander Semin · slashing2 min
1st 18:17Shaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
1st 19:56Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 00:24John Erskine · delaying game2 min
2nd 02:40Eric Godard · slashing2 min
2nd 05:46Paul Bissonnette · fighting5 min
2nd 05:46Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
2nd 09:55Evgeni Malkin · boarding2 min
2nd 15:04Hal Gill · roughing2 min
2nd 16:42Mike Green · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Tomas FleischmannL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	13:39
16Eric FehrC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	09:41
28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	2	100	16:43
92Michael NylanderC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	38	16:22
15Boyd GordonC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	44	13:23
21Brooks LaichC	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	100	14:35
91Sergei FedorovC	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	44	22:17
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	+1	5	3	0	0	–	25:50
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	100	08:05
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:36
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	54	20:23
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	60	13:51
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:23
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	2	–	15:10
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	15:01
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	4	4	–	19:08
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	+2	5	1	0	2	–	26:23
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	20:27

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	26	23	3	.885	59:48

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	1	2	3	-1	9	3	0	4	40	21:21
81Miroslav SatanR	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	–	18:11
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	-3	5	0	0	0	48	22:07
17Petr SykoraR	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	–	17:05
13Alex GoligoskiD	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	18:43
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	100	16:24
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	40	22:45
15Mike ZigomanisC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	63	11:46
16Paul BissonnetteL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:33
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	17:52
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	15:04
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	03:52
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:24
2Hal GillD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	2	–	22:40
4Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	8	0	–	22:15
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	15:42
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	–	17:01
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-3	0	3	3	0	–	16:39

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	30	26	4	.867	58:36
30Dany SabourinG		0	0	0	–	–