Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 1, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35-17.
Goals came from Craig Adams, Jason Chimera and Chris Kunitz.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 33 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Craig Adams (1)Arron Asham (1), Richard Park (1)1–005:21 PIT
2nd period
Jason Chimera (1)Joel Ward (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–101:20 WSH
3rd period
Chris Kunitz (1)Tyler Kennedy (1), Simon Despres (1)2–102:36 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
35Shots on goal17
31%Faceoff %69%
0/3Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes11
28Hits43
15Blocked shots16
8Giveaways16
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 05:27
John Erskine · fighting5 min - 1st 05:27
Arron Asham · fighting5 min - 1st 11:08Cody Eakin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:22Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:47Jordan Staal · charging2 min
- 2nd 15:57Simon Despres · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:52Karl Alzner · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:27 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:38 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19:30 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:46 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:11 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:50 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 50Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:02 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:25 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 59:27 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |