Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, February 22, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 34-33.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Max Talbot, Alexander Semin, Sergei Fedorov, Sergei Gonchar, Shaone Morrisonn and Brooks Laich.
Jose Theodore made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (43)Nicklas Backstrom (48), Sergei Fedorov (17)0–106:53 WSH · PPG
Max Talbot (8)Mark Eaton (4), Brooks Orpik (13)1–112:08 PIT
Alexander Semin (22)Nicklas Backstrom (49), Mike Green (30)1–213:02 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Sergei Fedorov (6)Alexander Semin (30)1–300:56 WSH
Sergei Gonchar (2)Sidney Crosby (56), Evgeni Malkin (60)2–304:46 PIT · PPG
Shaone Morrisonn (3)Alex Ovechkin (34), Eric Fehr (11)2–412:56 WSH
Brooks Laich (14)Tom Poti (9), Alexander Semin (31)2–513:21 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
33Shots on goal34
50%Faceoff %50%
1/8Power play2/3
8Penalty minutes18
46Hits34
12Blocked shots17
23Giveaways20
8Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 03:55
Boyd Gordon · tripping2 min - 1st 05:34
Ryan Whitney · holding2 min - 1st 10:12Alexander Semin · tripping2 min
- 1st 11:53Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 1st 14:59Max Talbot · boarding2 min
- 1st 18:42Donald Brashear · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:04John Erskine · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:09Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 18:00Brooks Orpik · slashing2 min
- 2nd 18:00Alexander Semin · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:43Tom Poti · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 06:58Sergei Fedorov · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:53Shaone Morrisonn · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 25Max TalbotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:24 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:29 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 27:08 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 26:22 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:12 |
| 14Chris MinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:30 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:33 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:44 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 11:52 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 33:11 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 26:39 |
Washington Capitals
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:45 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:16 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:04 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:02 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |