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2007-08 regular season

Penguins at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on October 20, 2007.

PIT – WSH
22–31
Shots on goal
1/5–0/3
Power play
13–25
Hits
17–11
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Jordan Staal
1 G
2 shots · 16:26 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Whitney
1 G
1 shots · 20:59 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Brian Pothier Go-ahead 1st · 13:45
Assists: Michael Nylander, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
2nd period
🐧 Jordan Staal Tying 2nd · 03:58
Assists: Mark Recchi, Brooks Orpik · beat Brent Johnson
1–1
🐧 Ryan Whitney PP Go-ahead 2nd · 17:59
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Ryan Malone · beat Brent Johnson
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Talbot 17:29
L2 Staal · Recchi · Armstrong 15:43
L3 Roberts · Malone · Sykora 14:00
L4 Ruutu · Hall · Laraque 9:04
D1 Gonchar · Scuderi 23:01
D2 Whitney · Eaton 20:44
D3 Orpik · Sydor 16:12
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kozlov · Gordon 21:53
L2 Nylander · Motzko · Clark 16:10
L3 Pettinger · Backstrom · Steckel 14:47
L4 Fleischmann · Brashear · Laich 8:19
D1 Poti · Jurcina 22:32
D2 Green · Morrisonn 18:14
D3 Pothier · Schultz 16:42

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
22 Shots on goal 31
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
13 Hits 25
17 Blocked shots 11
6 Takeaways 8
3 Giveaways 8
16 Penalty minutes 20
PIT shooting 9.1% (2/22) WSH shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 58:59 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 272007 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Feb 182007 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Feb 32007 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 0–2 Dec 112006 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4 SO Mar 82006 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–6
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on October 20, 2007?

Penguins won 2–1. The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jordan Staal, Ryan Whitney.

Who scored for Capitals?

Brian Pothier.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 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?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 19 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 3–4 AfterOct 23 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 0–1
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 18 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 5–2 AfterOct 24 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–5
Also on October 20
🗽NYR 0–1 🐻BOS 🌪️CAR 2–3 🔔PHI 😈NJD 3–4 🏝️NYI 🪶CHI 6–4 🍁TOR ⚔️BUF 2–4 🇨🇦MTL 🐆FLA 1–4 🏛️OTT 🐦ATL 2–6 ⚡TBL 🦆ANA 1–3 ⭐DAL
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