🐧 Away Penguins 38-24-7
4–2
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 32-29-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 0224
🦅 WSH 0202

Penguins at Capitals

Penguins beat Capitals 4–2 at Capital One Arena on March 9, 2008.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
3 A
5 shots · 23:18 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 G
6 shots · 19:37 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
36 saves
0.947 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Brooks Laich PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:23
Assists: Alexander Semin, Alex Ovechkin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
🐧 Petr Sykora Tying 2nd · 08:42
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Taffe · beat Cristobal Huet
1–1
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 2nd · 18:08
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar · beat Cristobal Huet
2–1
🦅 Alexander Semin PP Tying 2nd · 19:46
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Sergei Fedorov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 3rd · 19:32
Unassisted · beat Cristobal Huet
3–2
🐧 Jordan Staal Empty net 3rd · 19:47
Assists: Evgeni Malkin
4–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Malkin · Crosby 23:18
L2 Staal · Dupuis · Sykora 18:36
L3 Taffe · Talbot · Kennedy 12:03
L4 Ruutu · Minard · Laraque 4:29
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 24:11
D2 Letang · Orpik 19:10
D3 Gill · Sydor 15:53
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Fedorov 21:05
L2 Kozlov · Gordon · Semin 18:06
L3 Laich · Fehr · Bradley 10:44
L4 Cooke · Laing · Brashear 9:23
D1 Green · Morrisonn 24:12
D2 Poti · Schultz 17:12
D3 Erskine · Jurcina 12:52

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 38
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
29 Hits 23
16 Blocked shots 15
5 Takeaways 11
11 Giveaways 9
14 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 15.4% (4/26) WSH shooting 5.3% (2/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
36/38
.947 SV% · 2 GA · 59:41 TOI
🦅Capitals
Cristobal Huet
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 13-8-4 (52% win rate, 25 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 11-8-4 (48% win rate, 23 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 4-6-2 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 10-4-4 (56% win rate, 18 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–1
Jan 212008 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–5 SO Dec 272007 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–4 OT Oct 202007 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Mar 272007 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Feb 182007 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 2–3
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on March 9, 2008?

Penguins won 4–2. The final score was Penguins 4, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (2), Jordan Staal, Petr Sykora.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves on 38 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Cristobal Huet 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?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 8 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–2 AfterMar 12 🔥CGY @ 🦅WSH 2–3
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