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8/1/2013
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Washington Capitals 1 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 22 - 26
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/74=83 %, Challenges:42/54=76 %
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:67/82=81 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 987000 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:38 0-1
Brenden Morrow [9] (Chris Kunitz, Jussi Jokinen)PP
19:28 0-2
Sidney Crosby [22] (Jarome Iginla, Kris Letang)
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23:57 1-2
Nicklas Bäckström [22] (Martin Erat)
34:44 1-3
Pascal Dupuis [7] (Evgeni Malkin, Tyler Kennedy)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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09:11
Mathieu Perreault (2 min for holding the stick)
14:09
Tom Poti (2 min for elbowing)
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24:07
Doug Murray (2 min for roughing)
24:07
Troy Brouwer (2 min for roughing)
29:27
Wojtek Wolski (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 5
R Joel Ward 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
R Troy Brouwer 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -1 17.00 7
R Martin Erat 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
C Mathieu Perreault 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 7
C Marcus Johansson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 11.50 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12.40 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 -1 20.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 27.40 8
D Jack Hillen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 6
D John Carlson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 2 5 0 5 0 0 11.20 9
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 -1 13.00 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 20.00 8
R Pascal Dupuis 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 15.40 8
R Tyler Kennedy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Evgeni Malkin 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 11.20 6
L Brenden Morrow 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 13.20 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 7 2 3 0 0 1 17.20 8
L James Neal 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Deryk Engelland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
D Simon Després 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.30 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 24.30 7
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 14.20 5
D Kris Letang 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 25.20 7
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 20.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc-André Fleury
2nd star: Jarome Iginla
3rd star: Pascal Dupuis
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Martin Erat scored the 500th point of his career.
-Mike Ribeiro had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-John Carlson had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeni Malkin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sidney Crosby ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Evgeni Malkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 1( 10) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 7( 23)
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1-0
Jay Beagle (Evgeni Kuznetsov, Dane Byers)
1-1 WIL Philippe Dupuis (Trevor Smith)
1-2 WIL Dylan Reese (Jack Combs)
1-3 WIL J.D. Watt (Zach Sill, Warren Peters)
1-4 WIL Paul Martin (Benn Ferriero)
1-5 WIL Dylan Reese (Trevor Smith)
1-6 WIL Nick Petersen (Tanner Glass)
1-7 WIL Jack Combs (Eric Tangradi)
Goalies: Braden Holtby - Brad Thiessen