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2010-11 regular season

Capitals at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Capitals beat Penguins 3–1 at PPG Paints Arena on January 1, 2011.

WSH – PIT
32–33
Shots on goal
1/2–0/4
Power play
26–44
Hits
16–9
Blocked shots
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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 🦅 WSH
Eric Fehr
2 G
3 shots · 09:55 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jason Chimera
2 A
2 shots · 11:32 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Semyon Varlamov
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 2nd · 02:13
Assists: Kris Letang, Marc-Andre Fleury · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–1
🦅 Mike Knuble PP Tying 2nd · 06:54
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🦅 Eric Fehr Go-ahead 2nd · 14:45
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Jason Chimera · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
3rd period
🦅 Eric Fehr 3rd · 11:59
Assists: Jason Chimera, John Erskine · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Knuble 19:41
L2 Hendricks · Steckel · Laich 14:34
L3 Johansson · Beagle · Semin 13:08
L4 Chimera · Perreault · Fehr 11:11
D1 Carlson · Alzner 25:26
D2 Green · Hannan 20:00
D3 Schultz · Erskine 13:28
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Crosby · Malkin 24:23
L2 Cooke · Letestu · Dupuis 16:10
L3 Staal · Kennedy · Talbot 13:22
L4 Rupp · Adams · Asham 5:29
D1 Letang · Martin 23:58
D2 Goligoski · Michalek 19:54
D3 Orpik · Engelland 16:08

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
32 Shots on goal 33
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
26 Hits 44
16 Blocked shots 9
2 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 7
13 Penalty minutes 9
WSH shooting 9.4% (3/32) PIT shooting 3.0% (1/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 02:13 · 0–1 Mike Knuble · 2nd 06:54 · 1–1 Eric Fehr · 2nd 14:45 · 2–1 Eric Fehr · 3rd 11:59 · 3–1
WSH PIT
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 8-3-3 (57% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-3-1 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Dec 232010 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 SO 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
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Who won Capitals vs Penguins on January 1, 2011?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Capitals 3, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Eric Fehr (2), Mike Knuble.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 28 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 0–3 AfterJan 4 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–0
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 29 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–2 AfterJan 5 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 1–8
Also on January 1
🐻BOS 6–7 ⚔️BUF 🍁TOR 5–1 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 3–6 🌪️CAR 🗽NYR 1–2 ⚡TBL 🦈SJS 1–0 👑LAK 🔥CGY 2–1 🛢️EDM
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