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2005-06 regular season

Capitals at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Capitals 5–4 at PPG Paints Arena on November 22, 2005.

WSH – PIT
45–28
Shots on goal
0/3–1/6
Power play
8–11
Hits
19–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Ziggy Palffy
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:12 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:16 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Sebastien Caron
41 saves
0.911 SV% · 4 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ziggy Palffy PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:08
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Ric Jackman · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
🐧 Ric Jackman 1st · 08:02
Assists: John LeClair, Lasse Pirjeta · beat Olie Kolzig
0–2
🐧 Sidney Crosby 1st · 11:53
Assists: Ziggy Palffy, Josef Melichar · beat Olie Kolzig
0–3
🐧 Lasse Pirjeta 1st · 14:46
Assists: Ryan Whitney · beat Olie Kolzig
0–4
2nd period
🦅 Chris Clark 2nd · 05:31
Assists: Brendan Witt, Andrew Cassels · beat Sebastien Caron
1–4
🦅 Brooks Laich 2nd · 05:45
Unassisted · beat Sebastien Caron
2–4
🐧 Ziggy Palffy 2nd · 13:30
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Brooks Orpik · beat Olie Kolzig
2–5
3rd period
🦅 Matt Pettinger 3rd · 04:46
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Jamie Heward · beat Sebastien Caron
3–5
🦅 Brian Willsie SH 3rd · 06:29
Assists: Jeff Halpern · beat Sebastien Caron
4–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Halpern · Clark 19:37
L2 Cassels · Sutherby · Willsie 15:54
L3 Pettinger · Clymer · Bradley 12:30
L4 Fleischmann · Laich · Klepis 7:03
D1 Eminger · Heward 24:06
D2 Witt · Muir 20:28
D3 Morrisonn · Majesky 14:13
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Palffy · Recchi 20:38
L2 LeClair · Lemieux · Christensen 16:17
L3 Malone · Hussey · Ouellet 11:55
L4 Pirjeta · Murley · Talbot 9:34
D1 Gonchar · Jackman 22:30
D2 Whitney · Orpik 20:32
D3 Poapst · Melichar 17:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
45 Shots on goal 28
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
8 Hits 11
19 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 1
3 Giveaways 8
14 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 8.9% (4/45) PIT shooting 17.9% (5/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 58:54 TOI
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
41/45
.911 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 2–5
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Apr 42004 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Mar 302004 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Mar 162004 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Jan 182004 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Apr 52003 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–5
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WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on November 22, 2005?

Penguins won 5–4. The final score was Capitals 4, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brian Willsie, Brooks Laich, Chris Clark, Matt Pettinger.

Who scored for Penguins?

Ziggy Palffy (2), Lasse Pirjeta, Ric Jackman, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 41 saves on 45 shots (.911 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 19 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 AfterNov 23 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 4–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeNov 19 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 6–3 AfterNov 25 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 3–6
Also on November 22
🗽NYR 3–2 ⚔️BUF ⚡TBL 4–2 🔔PHI 🏛️OTT 5–3 🌪️CAR 🐦ATL 2–3 🇨🇦MTL 👑LAK 6–3 🎵STL 🦆ANA 2–1 🌵PHX 🪶CHI 1–3 🐋VAN
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