🦅 Away Capitals 17-25-5
1–8
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 11-29-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0101
🐧 PIT 1258

Capitals at Penguins

Penguins beat Capitals 8–1 at PPG Paints Arena on January 25, 2006.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 3 A
7 shots · 18:13 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mark Recchi
2 G, 1 A
7 shots · 19:48 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
John LeClair
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 11:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 John LeClair Go-ahead 1st · 16:55
Assists: Michel Ouellet, Ryan Whitney · beat Olie Kolzig
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Tying 2nd · 05:22
Assists: Brian Willsie, Dainius Zubrus · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🐧 Mark Recchi PP Go-ahead 2nd · 08:33
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Olie Kolzig
1–2
🐧 Mark Recchi PP 2nd · 15:19
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Olie Kolzig
1–3
3rd period
🐧 John LeClair PP 3rd · 01:04
Assists: Mark Recchi, Sergei Gonchar · beat Olie Kolzig
1–4
🐧 Tomas Surovy 3rd · 09:29
Assists: Colby Armstrong, Sidney Crosby · beat Olie Kolzig
1–5
🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 12:17
Assists: Colby Armstrong, Eric Boguniecki · beat Olie Kolzig
1–6
🐧 Eric Boguniecki 3rd · 12:36
Assists: John LeClair, Max Talbot · beat Olie Kolzig
1–7
🐧 Ryan Malone SH 3rd · 15:34
Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig
1–8

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Pettinger · Zubrus 21:27
L2 Friesen · Gordon · Halpern 14:06
L3 Laich · Willsie · Clark 12:53
L4 Forbes · Sutherby · Bradley 7:47
D1 Muir · Biron 25:08
D2 Morrisonn · Witt 23:12
D3 Majesky · Yonkman 10:49
🐧Penguins
L1 Talbot · Crosby · Recchi 18:17
L2 Koltsov · Malone · Armstrong 15:02
L3 Lefebvre · LeClair · Endicott 11:28
L4 Surovy · Boguniecki · Ouellet 10:27
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 24:35
D2 Scuderi · Melichar 19:44
D3 Whitney · Cairns 11:18

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
30 Shots on goal 37
1/11 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7
21 Hits 18
2 Blocked shots 23
2 Takeaways 4
2 Giveaways 5
31 Penalty minutes 40
WSH shooting 3.3% (1/30) PIT shooting 21.6% (8/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
29/37
.784 SV% · 8 GA · 59:57 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 9 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 05:22 · 1–1
WSH PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-10-2 (25% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-11 (0% win rate, 11 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 222005 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–5 Apr 42004 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Mar 302004 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Mar 162004 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Jan 182004 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–4
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❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on January 25, 2006?

Penguins won 8–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Penguins 8.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin.

Who scored for Penguins?

John LeClair (2), Mark Recchi (2), Eric Boguniecki, Ryan Malone, Sidney Crosby, Tomas Surovy.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 37 shots (.784 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 23 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–2 AfterJan 26 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 2–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 23 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 2–4 AfterJan 26 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 3–4
Also on January 25
🇨🇦MTL 5–3 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 4–3 🐆FLA 🎵STL 3–4 ⭐DAL 🛢️EDM 6–3 🦆ANA
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