🐧 Away Penguins 13-27-6 before this game
3–4
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 15-26-5 before this game
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Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 4–3 at Capital One Arena on January 18, 2004.

🗓 Sun, Jan 18, 2004 · 14:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Robert Lang
1 G, 3 A
1 shots · 24:17 TOI · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Peter Bondra
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 17:45 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Jaromir Jagr
2 A
4 shots · 23:57 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
25 Shots on goal 26
2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
9 Hits 16
12 Blocked shots 13
8 Takeaways 10
11 Giveaways 13
12 Penalty minutes 16
PIT shooting 12.0% (3/25) WSH shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 59:23 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 13-27-6 (28% win rate, 46 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 15-26-5 (33% win rate, 46 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 13-27-6 (28% win rate, 46 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 15-26-5 (33% win rate, 46 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Koltsov · Kraft 18:11
L2 Holzinger · Morozov · Kostopoulos 17:32
L3 Surovy · Meloche · Bradley 13:12
L4 Fata · McKenna · Eastwood 9:01
D1 Tarnstrom · Strbak 25:20
D2 Berehowsky · Melichar 18:56
D3 Bergevin · Orpik 15:59
🦅Capitals
L1 Lang · Halpern · Jagr 23:57
L2 Whitfield · Grier · Bondra 17:45
L3 Battaglia · Miller · Verot 11:23
L4 Pettinger · Semin · Peat 8:14
D1 Gonchar · Witt 27:24
D2 Doig · Kwiatkowski 19:06
D3 Boumedienne · Berry 10:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 5, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–5 · Capitals won
Jan 30, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · Capitals won
Dec 3, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · Capitals won
Oct 28, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · Penguins won
Mar 24, 2002
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
2–6 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on January 18, 2004?

Capitals won 4–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 4.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Capitals 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Jan 16
🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN
2–4 · MIN won
Next game · Jan 20
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
3–0 · NJD won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 17
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
1–2 · NJD won
Next game · Jan 21
🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · TOR won
Also on January 18, 2004
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
5–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🧥CBJ
4–4 final
👑LAK @ 🪶CHI
2–1 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule