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2010-11 regular season

Penguins at Capitals

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

Penguins beat Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on December 23, 2010.

PIT – WSH
27–34
Shots on goal
0/5–1/6
Power play
33–35
Hits
23–21
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 24:54 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Chris Kunitz
1 G
2 shots · 21:07 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 03:21
Assists: Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin · beat Michal Neuvirth
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Mike Green PP Tying 2nd · 13:43
Assists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
3rd period
🐧 Chris Kunitz Go-ahead 3rd · 00:17
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Paul Martin · beat Michal Neuvirth
2–1
🦅 Mike Knuble SH Tying 3rd · 14:31
Assists: Brooks Laich · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
Shootout
🐧 Pascal Dupuis Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Michal Neuvirth
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Crosby · Malkin 21:45
L2 Talbot · Letestu · Dupuis 15:53
L3 Cooke · Kennedy · Conner 13:31
L4 Rupp · Adams · Godard 5:29
D1 Letang · Orpik 26:58
D2 Michalek · Martin 22:50
D3 Goligoski · Engelland 13:16
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 23:42
L2 Johansson · Semin · Knuble 18:15
L3 Chimera · Steckel · Perreault 12:30
L4 Beagle · Fehr · Gordon 9:49
D1 Green · Hannan 30:36
D2 Carlson · Alzner 21:45
D3 Erskine · Poti 7:54

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 34
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
33 Hits 35
23 Blocked shots 21
5 Takeaways 7
11 Giveaways 14
14 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 11.1% (3/27) WSH shooting 5.9% (2/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 64:16 TOI
🦅Capitals
Michal Neuvirth
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located
Sidney Crosby · 1st 03:21 · 1–0 Mike Green · 2nd 13:43 · 1–1 Chris Kunitz · 3rd 00:17 · 2–1 Mike Knuble · 3rd 14:31 · 2–2
PIT WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-4 (67% win rate, 12 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 8-4 (67% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 7-2-1 (70% win rate, 10 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Apr 62010 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–3 Mar 242010 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO Feb 72010 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 4–5 OT Jan 212010 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–3 May 132009 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 6–2
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Who won Penguins vs Capitals on December 23, 2010?

Penguins won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Capitals?

Mike Green, Mike Knuble.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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
BeforeDec 22 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 2–5 AfterDec 26 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 1–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 21 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 1–5 AfterDec 26 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2
Also on December 23
🐦ATL 1–4 🐻BOS 🐆FLA 4–3 ⚔️BUF 🏝️NYI 5–1 😈NJD ⚡TBL 4–3 🗽NYR 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 🌪️CAR 🐋VAN 7–3 🧥CBJ 🐙DET 3–4 🎵STL 🏛️OTT 2–1 🐯NSH
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