🦅 Away Capitals 11-10-5 before this game
0–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 9-10-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0000
PIT 0033

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins beat Capitals 3–0 at PPG Paints Arena on December 9, 1999.

🗓 Thu, Dec 9, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Robert Lang
1 G
4 shots · 18:08 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jiri Slegr
1 G
2 shots · 21:13 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Brad Werenka
1 G
1 shots · 14:45 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
3rd period
🐧 Brad Werenka Go-ahead 3rd · 01:48
Assists: Jan Hrdina, Aleksey Morozov · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
🐧 Jiri Slegr 3rd · 14:09
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka · beat Olie Kolzig
0–2
🐧 Robert Lang PP 3rd · 18:36
Assists: German Titov · beat Olie Kolzig
0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
24 Shots on goal 34
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
24 Hits 15
11 Blocked shots 16
4 Takeaways 1
8 Giveaways 8
18 Penalty minutes 18
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/24) PIT shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Jean-Sebastien Aubin Shutout
24/24
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 11-10-5 (42% win rate, 26 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 9-10-6 (36% win rate, 25 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 11-10-5 (42% win rate, 26 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 9-10-6 (36% win rate, 25 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Konowalchuk · Oates · Zednik 21:47
L2 Nikolishin · Bulis · Dahlen 15:30
L3 Black · Sacco · Halpern 12:02
L4 Eagles · Toms · Svejkovsky 8:11
D1 Johansson · Witt 25:27
D2 Mironov · Gonchar 20:32
D3 Klee · Tezikov 14:02
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Titov · Jagr 21:26
L2 Lang · Kovalev · Barnaby 18:08
L3 Hrdina · Miller · Morozov 12:25
L4 Chorske · Leach 7:26
D1 Slegr · Popovic 20:27
D2 Jonsson · Rozsival 18:56
D3 Kasparaitis · Werenka 15:10
D4 Moran 10:21

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 28, 1999
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · Capitals won
Feb 15, 1999
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–7 · Penguins won
Dec 19, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · Penguins won
Nov 25, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–5 · Capitals won
Feb 4, 1998
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on December 9, 1999?

Penguins won 3–0.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 0, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Brad Werenka, Jiri Slegr, Robert Lang.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 24 saves on 24 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 7
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 13
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–0 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 7
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
1–2 · NJD won
Next game · Dec 11
🌵PHX @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · PIT won
Also on December 9, 1999
🛢️EDM @ 🐻BOS
2–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI
4–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🔔PHI
2–4 final
😈NJD @ 🪶CHI
4–0 final
Capitals season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule