🦅 Away Capitals 27-14-3
6–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 21-19-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0246
🐧 PIT 1113

Capitals at Penguins

Capitals beat Penguins 6–3 at PPG Paints Arena on January 14, 2009.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G, 1 A
10 shots · 23:00 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
3 A
1 shots · 19:21 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 14:35 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:45
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Miroslav Satan · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Viktor Kozlov Tying 2nd · 01:06
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🐧 Miroslav Satan Go-ahead 2nd · 08:23
Assists: Max Talbot, Tyler Kennedy · beat Jose Theodore
1–2
🦅 Alexander Semin Tying 2nd · 12:40
Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Tomas Fleischmann · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 3rd · 01:48
Assists: Brooks Laich, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–2
🐧 Ryan Whitney Tying 3rd · 03:12
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Dustin Jeffrey · beat Jose Theodore
3–3
🦅 Tomas Fleischmann PP Go-ahead 3rd · 08:11
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–3
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 11:27
Assists: Mike Green · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
5–3
🦅 Jeff Schultz SH Empty net 3rd · 18:54
Assists: Brooks Laich
6–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 19:21
L2 Laich · Fedorov · Kozlov 16:05
L3 Fleischmann · Steckel · Bradley 14:08
L4 Brashear · Nylander · Fehr 8:10
D1 Green · Erskine 25:32
D2 Schultz · Jurcina 17:21
D3 Alzner · Helmer 12:07
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 22:50
L2 Cooke · Kennedy · Sykora 16:45
L3 Jeffrey · Talbot · Satan 12:15
L4 Minard · Bissonnette · Godard 4:22
D1 Whitney · Orpik 25:46
D2 Goligoski · Letang 20:30
D3 Gill · Scuderi 11:56

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
42 Shots on goal 29
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
17 Hits 24
14 Blocked shots 21
4 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 12
WSH shooting 14.3% (6/42) PIT shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
36/41
.878 SV% · 5 GA · 59:32 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 9 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 01:48 · 3–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 11:27 · 5–3
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: 3-6 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3-3 (45% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 4-1-2 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Oct 162008 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–3 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
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❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on January 14, 2009?

Capitals won 6–3. The final score was Capitals 6, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Alexander Semin, Jeff Schultz, Tomas Fleischmann, Viktor Kozlov.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Miroslav Satan, Ryan Whitney.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves on 41 shots (.878 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 13 🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH 5–2 AfterJan 17 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 1–2
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 13 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 4–2 AfterJan 16 🦆ANA @ 🐧PIT 1–3
Also on January 14
🏛️OTT 3–2 🐦ATL ⚔️BUF 1–4 🪶CHI 🐙DET 4–3 🦆ANA
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