🦅 Away Capitals 2-1-0
4–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 2-1-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0134
🐧 PIT 2103

Capitals at Penguins

Capitals beat Penguins 4–3 at PPG Paints Arena on October 16, 2008.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 2 A
9 shots · 21:21 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:43 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Michael Nylander
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:22 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Alex Goligoski PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:58
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 1st · 19:17
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Miroslav Satan · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
2nd period
🐧 Miroslav Satan PP 2nd · 01:51
Assists: Petr Sykora, Evgeni Malkin · beat Jose Theodore
0–3
🦅 Tomas Fleischmann 2nd · 05:45
Assists: Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3
3rd period
🦅 Alexander Semin 3rd · 03:38
Assists: Michael Nylander · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–3
🦅 Michael Nylander Tying 3rd · 10:00
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Alexander Semin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–3
🦅 Boyd Gordon Go-ahead 3rd · 15:43
Assists: Eric Fehr, Sergei Fedorov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–3

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Fedorov · Backstrom 22:17
L2 Nylander · Semin · Clark 16:22
L3 Fleischmann · Laich · Steckel 13:51
L4 Gordon · Fehr · Bradley 9:41
D1 Green · Schultz 23:25
D2 Morrisonn · Erskine 17:09
D3 Jurcina · Poti 9:42
🐧Penguins
L1 Staal · Crosby · Malkin 22:07
L2 Talbot · Satan · Sykora 17:52
L3 Fedotenko · Zigomanis · Dupuis 15:04
L4 Bissonnette · Kennedy · Godard 3:52
D1 Gill · Scuderi 22:28
D2 Goligoski · Orpik 17:52
D3 Letang · Eaton 16:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
30 Shots on goal 26
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6
16 Hits 10
12 Blocked shots 26
1 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 8
17 Penalty minutes 13
WSH shooting 13.3% (4/30) PIT shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:48 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 58:36 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 92008 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–2 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
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❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on October 16, 2008?

Capitals won 4–3. The final score was Capitals 4, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin, Boyd Gordon, Michael Nylander, Tomas Fleischmann.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Goligoski, Evgeni Malkin, Miroslav Satan.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 13 🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH 1–5 AfterOct 18 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 4–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 14 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 2–3 AfterOct 18 🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT 1–4
Also on October 16
😈NJD 1–0 🐦ATL 🏝️NYI 4–3 ⚡TBL 🌲MIN 6–2 🐆FLA 🐋VAN 4–3 🐙DET ⭐DAL 1–6 🎵STL 🔔PHI 2–5 🏔️COL
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