Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, January 21, 2010 · Mellon Arena

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6–3

Final

SOG 34–38

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 38-34.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Sidney Crosby, Mike Knuble, Eric Fehr, Nick Johnson, Kris Letang, Tomas Fleischmann and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.

Jose Theodore made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 28 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	3	6	34
PIT	1	2	0	3	38

Scoring

1st period

Sidney Crosby (1)Ruslan Fedotenko (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)0–104:22 PIT
Mike Knuble (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Shaone Morrisonn (1)1–114:24 WSH

2nd period

Eric Fehr (1)Jason Chimera (1), Shaone Morrisonn (2)2–102:22 WSH
Nick Johnson (1)Evgeni Malkin (2), Ruslan Fedotenko (2)2–202:50 PIT
Kris Letang (1)Ruslan Fedotenko (3), Evgeni Malkin (3)2–310:46 PIT
Alex Ovechkin (1)Brendan Morrison (1), Mike Knuble (1)3–316:25 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Tomas Fleischmann (1)Alexander Semin (1), John Carlson (1)4–302:32 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1)5–303:25 WSH · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (2)Unassisted6–319:34 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHPIT

34Shots on goal38

62%Faceoff %38%

2/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes4

25Hits41

16Blocked shots11

3Giveaways10

2Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 08:48Shaone Morrisonn · holding2 min
1st 18:10Alexander Semin · holding2 min
2nd 08:45John Carlson · hooking2 min
2nd 15:49Kris Letang · holding2 min
3rd 02:59Bill Guerin · interference2 min
3rd 10:36Nicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	1	3	+2	8	7	0	0	–	20:49
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	1	2	-1	3	1	0	0	69	16:14
22Mike KnubleR	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:40
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	2	2	+3	1	2	2	2	–	20:02
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	100	11:50
16Eric FehrR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:31
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	2	59	19:29
25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:17
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	–	15:42
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	53	12:11
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2	–	17:43
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:50
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	11:19
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	25	16:04
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	22:27
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	3	0	–	19:16
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	22:04
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	–	16:32

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	38	35	3	.921	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	3	3	+1	4	2	0	0	–	17:10
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	54	22:54
42Nick JohnsonR	1	0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	–	09:21
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	0	1	-1	6	3	1	0	33	23:39
58Kris LetangD	1	0	1	-1	3	2	1	2	–	20:58
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	-1	4	4	0	0	33	21:50
13Bill GuerinR	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	2	–	19:48
15Dustin JeffreyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	08:35
17Mike RuppC	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	100	13:20
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	17:49
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	33	09:20
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:12
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	–	15:06
3Alex GoligoskiD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	2	0	–	21:09
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	18:09
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-1	1	5	2	0	–	20:26
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	25:56
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	13:22

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG	L	33	28	5	.849	58:54
36John CurryG		0	0	0	–	00:00