🦅 Away Capitals 5-3-0 before this game
2–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 5-2-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0202
PIT 2103

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins beat Capitals 3–2 at PPG Paints Arena on October 28, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Oct 28, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 20:05 TOI · -1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Kip Miller
2 A
13:56 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Jan Hrdina
1 G
1 shots · 15:56 TOI · -2
4rd star 🐧 PIT
Johan Hedberg
40 saves
0.952 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Shean Donovan SH Go-ahead 1st · 05:56
Assists: Wayne Primeau · beat Craig Billington
0–1
🐧 Jan Hrdina PP 1st · 13:13
Assists: Aleksey Morozov, Mario Lemieux · beat Craig Billington
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Peter Bondra 2nd · 02:54
Assists: Kip Miller, Ken Klee · beat Johan Hedberg
1–2
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 2nd · 12:49
Assists: Dick Tarnstrom, Alex Kovalev · beat Craig Billington
1–3
🦅 Jeff Halpern 2nd · 19:53
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Kip Miller · beat Johan Hedberg
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
42 Shots on goal 24
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
2 Hits 1
10 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 4.8% (2/42) PIT shooting 12.5% (3/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Craig Billington
21/24
.875 SV% · 3 GA · 58:54 TOI
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
40/42
.952 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
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 — 2–3
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 Lang · Jagr · Bondra 25:10
L2 Konowalchuk · Zubrus · Grier 19:05
L3 Miller · Halpern · Metropolit 13:21
L4 Simon · Salomonsson · Farrell 6:09
D1 Fortin · Johansson 21:34
D2 Gonchar · Berry 15:28
D3 Klee · Eminger 9:34
🐧Penguins
L1 Primeau · Lemieux · Kovalev 20:59
L2 Nieminen · Hrdina · Morozov 17:21
L3 Lacouture · Manderville · Daigle 12:53
L4 Vujtek · McKenna · Donovan 4:24
D1 Tarnstrom · Rozsival 23:38
D2 Bergevin · Moran 20:28
D3 Pushor · Laukkanen 12:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 24, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–6 · Penguins won
Dec 22, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–4 (OT) · Penguins won
Dec 21, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won
Dec 11, 2001
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–2 (OT) · Penguins won
Apr 23, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on October 28, 2002?

Penguins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 2, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jeff Halpern, Peter Bondra.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jan Hrdina, Mario Lemieux, Shean Donovan.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Craig Billington made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 40 saves on 42 shots (.952 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 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 · Oct 26
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
1–1 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 30
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
7–2 · BOS won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Oct 26
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · PIT won
Next game · Oct 30
🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT
4–1 · PIT won
Also on October 28, 2002
🌵PHX @ 🗽NYR
2–3 final
🦆ANA @ 🍁TOR
2–5 final
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
6–1 final
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
4–3 final
Capitals season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule