Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 34-27.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Mike Green, Chris Kunitz and Mike Knuble.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (1)Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)1–003:21 PIT
2nd period
Mike Green (1)Alexander Semin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–113:43 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Chris Kunitz (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Paul Martin (1)2–100:17 PIT
Mike Knuble (1)Brooks Laich (1)2–214:31 WSH · SHG
SO period
Pascal DupuisUnassisted4–200:00 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
27Shots on goal34
52%Faceoff %48%
0/5Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes12
33Hits35
23Blocked shots21
11Giveaways14
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 00:49
Matt Cooke · roughing2 min - 1st 00:49
John Erskine · roughing2 min - 1st 01:10Evgeni Malkin · interference2 min
- 1st 07:20Chris Conner · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1st 07:59Zbynek Michalek · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 08:47Brooks Laich · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:23Mike Green · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
- 2nd 04:59Alex Goligoski · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:42Mike Rupp · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:51Matt Cooke · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 17:01Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:47Mathieu Perreault · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:21Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 13:25Mathieu Perreault · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 24:54 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:45 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27:26 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 10Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 18Chris ConnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:28 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 64:16 |
| 36John CurryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 25:11 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:42 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:55 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 34:03 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:13 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 09:49 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:18 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 63Andrew GordonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:44 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:30 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:34 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:09 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | O | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 65:00 |