🦅 Away Capitals 35-31-6 before this game

2–6

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 31-33-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	1	1	2
PIT	2	3	1	6

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins beat Capitals 6–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 24, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Mar 24, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Randy Robitaille

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 17:58 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Michal Rozsival

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 21:41 TOI · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Aleksey Morozov

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 15:08 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Jan Hrdina PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:18

Assists: Randy Robitaille, Alex Kovalev · beat Olie Kolzig

0–1

🐧 Aleksey Morozov 1st · 18:40

Assists: Michal Rozsival, Jan Hrdina · beat Olie Kolzig

0–2

2nd period

🦅 Ken Klee 2nd · 01:28

Assists: Andrei Nikolishin, Peter Bondra · beat Johan Hedberg

1–2

🐧 Michal Rozsival 2nd · 03:11

Assists: Aleksey Morozov, Alex Kovalev · beat Olie Kolzig

1–3

🐧 Randy Robitaille 2nd · 11:55

Assists: Ville Nieminen · beat Olie Kolzig

1–4

🐧 Dan Lacouture 2nd · 18:09

Assists: Andrew Ference, Randy Robitaille · beat Olie Kolzig

1–5

3rd period

🦅 Peter Bondra PP 3rd · 15:18

Assists: Frantisek Kucera, Jaromir Jagr · beat Johan Hedberg

2–5

🐧 Toby Petersen SH 3rd · 17:25

Assists: Shean Donovan, Hans Jonsson · beat Craig Billington

2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH PIT🐧

23 Shots on goal 32

1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

14 Hits 21

4 Blocked shots 12

0 Takeaways 4

7 Giveaways 2

33 Penalty minutes 64

WSH shooting 8.7% (2/23) PIT shooting 18.8% (6/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

22/27

.815 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI

Craig Billington

4/5

.800 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Johan Hedberg

21/23

.913 SV% · 2 GA · 59:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–5

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Zubrus · Bondra · Jagr 22:40

L2 Konowalchuk · Metropolit · Khristich 16:17

L3 Simon · Nikolishin · Dahlen 14:39

L4 Forbes · Pettinger · Sacco 7:15

D1 Kucera · Klee 25:28

D2 Witt · Fortin 18:50

D3 Zettler · Boileau 10:25

🐧Penguins

L1 Hrdina · Robitaille · Kovalev 23:29

L2 Toms · Morozov · Donovan 14:44

L3 Nieminen · Lacouture · Petersen 11:18

L4 Oliwa · Kraft · Beech 4:51

D1 Rozsival · Moran 20:36

D2 Ference · Pushor 19:06

D3 Jonsson · Berry 17:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

Dec 22, 2001

🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH

4–4 (OT) · Penguins won

2–2 (OT) · Penguins won

Apr 23, 2001

🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT

3–4 (OT) · Penguins won

Apr 21, 2001

🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH

2–1 · Penguins won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on March 24, 2002?

Penguins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 2, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

Ken Klee, Peter Bondra.

Who scored for Penguins?

Aleksey Morozov, Dan Lacouture, Jan Hrdina, Michal Rozsival, Randy Robitaille, Toby Petersen.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

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 4–0 after 4 games.

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 · Mar 23

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 23

Also on March 24, 2002

Capitals season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule