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2010-11 regular season

Capitals at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1

Capitals beat Penguins 1–0 at PPG Paints Arena on February 21, 2011.

WSH – PIT
24–39
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
27–37
Hits
20–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
8 shots · 20:36 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Knuble
1 A
2 shots · 16:55 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Michal Neuvirth
39 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

1 goal · in order
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:38
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Mike Knuble · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 20:36
L2 Johansson · Semin · Knuble 17:02
L3 Chimera · Gordon · Steckel 13:04
L4 King · Perreault · Bradley 8:09
D1 Carlson · Hannan 24:00
D2 Alzner · Schultz 21:53
D3 Erskine · Sloan 11:50
🐧Penguins
L1 Staal · Kennedy · Dupuis 20:54
L2 Sterling · Cooke · Talbot 16:20
L3 Rupp · Adams · Conner 12:39
L4 Vitale · Craig · Wallace 7:59
D1 Letang · Orpik 25:42
D2 Michalek · Lovejoy 18:48
D3 Engelland · Strait 13:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
24 Shots on goal 39
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
27 Hits 37
20 Blocked shots 18
3 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 5
13 Penalty minutes 13
WSH shooting 4.2% (1/24) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Michal Neuvirth Shutout
39/39
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 58:56 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 1 goal located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 16:38 · 1–0
WSH PIT
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Period by period

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After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-9-2 (31% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 12-6-3 (57% win rate, 21 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-0-1 (92% win rate, 12 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–1
Feb 62011 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 0–3 Jan 12011 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Dec 232010 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–2 SO Apr 62010 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 6–3 Mar 242010 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO
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Who won Capitals vs Penguins on February 21, 2011?

Capitals won 1–0. The final score was Capitals 1, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 39 saves on 39 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeFeb 20 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 AfterFeb 25 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 6–0
🐧 Penguins
BeforeFeb 20 🐧PIT @ 🪶CHI 2–3 AfterFeb 23 🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT 3–2
Also on February 21
🐆FLA 1–5 🏝️NYI 🪶CHI 5–3 🎵STL
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