Penguins 4–3 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Mar 8, 2009)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Bill Guerin

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · 18:38 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 24:15 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Kris Letang

2 A

18:02 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 04:29

Assists: Bill Guerin, Chris Kunitz · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

🦅 Alexander Semin Tying 1st · 12:46

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–1

2nd period

🐧 Sergei Gonchar PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:25

Assists: Kris Letang, Bill Guerin · beat Jose Theodore

2–1

🐧 Bill Guerin 2nd · 10:54

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · beat Jose Theodore

3–1

3rd period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 3rd · 00:29

Assists: Mike Green, Brooks Laich · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

3–2

🦅 Brooks Laich Tying 3rd · 01:18

Assists: David Steckel, Mike Green · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Malkin · Guerin 24:02

L2 Kunitz · Fedotenko · Staal 17:48

L3 Cooke · Kennedy · Dupuis 13:14

L4 Talbot · Adams · Godard 4:58

D1 Gonchar · Orpik 26:03

D2 Eaton · Letang 19:30

D3 Scuderi · Gill 16:46

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 23:19

L2 Laich · Kozlov · Fedorov 15:06

L3 Fleischmann · Steckel · Gordon 14:25

L4 Brashear · Fehr · Bradley 7:09

D1 Green · Poti 25:58

D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 21:08

D3 Jurcina · Erskine 13:40

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT WSH🦅

22 Shots on goal 32

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

35 Hits 29

21 Blocked shots 9

9 Takeaways 15

13 Giveaways 9

16 Penalty minutes 16

PIT shooting 18.2% (4/22) WSH shooting 9.4% (3/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Marc-Andre Fleury

29/32

.906 SV% · 3 GA · 64:28 TOI

🦅Capitals

Jose Theodore

19/22

.864 SV% · 3 GA · 64:28 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 6 goals located

PIT WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 11-11-2 (46% win rate, 24 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 9-5-2 (56% win rate, 16 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–1

Feb 222009 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Jan 142009 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–3 Oct 162008 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Mar 92008 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Jan 212008 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–5 SO

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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on March 8, 2009?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Bill Guerin, Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 5 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 4–1 AfterMar 10 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 3–4

🦅 Capitals

BeforeMar 5 🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 AfterMar 10 🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH 2–1

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