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8/5/2006
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Washington Capitals 2 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 30 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:83/103=80 %, Challenges:28/40=68 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:75/95=78 %, Challenges:17/33=50 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:52 0-1
Michal Rozsival [4] (Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Cheechoo)
05:14 0-2
Markus Näslund [5] (Scott Niedermayer)
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23:33 0-3
Evgeny Malkin [6] (Markus Näslund, Scott Niedermayer)
31:17 1-3
Keith Tkachuk [5] (Teemu Selänne, Sergei Zubov)
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40:17 2-3
Jason Arnott [3] (Sergei Zubov, Nick Boynton)
59:45 2-4
Evgeny Malkin [7] (Colby Armstrong, Ryan Whitney)SH EN
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Penalty summary:
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07:41
Erik Christensen (2 min for roughing)
11:19
Evgeny Malkin (5 min for fighting)
11:19
Brad Boyes (5 min for fighting)
12:31
Ryan Malone (5 min for fighting)
12:31
Michal Rozsival (5 min for fighting)
17:51
Jaromir Jagr (2 min for hooking)
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29:27
David Legwand (5 min for fighting)
29:27
Sidney Crosby (5 min for fighting)
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47:39
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
47:39
Jonathan Cheechoo (5 min for fighting)
53:04
Michal Rozsival (5 min for fighting)
53:04
Ryan Malone (5 min for fighting)
55:52
Markus Näslund (2 min for hooking)
58:18
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexei Smirnov 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 12.00 4
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 13.00 6
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 14.00 7
R Teemu Selänne 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 -2 21.00 7
C Brad Boyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10.20 4
C David Legwand 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 10.40 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
C Jason Arnott 1 0 4 5 3 5 0 -2 20.40 9
L Joey Mormina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 4
L Mattias Weinhandl 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.40 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 -1 16.00 6
L Keith Tkachuk 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 18.20 7
D Yannick Tremblay 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.10 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 5
D Nick Boynton 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 -1 26.10 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16.10 6
D John Erskine 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 17.20 7
D Sergei Zubov 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 -2 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 19 0 0 58.00 5
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 19.40 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 1 11.00 6
R Jaromir Jagr 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.30 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 3 3 0 5 1 18.40 7
C Evgeny Malkin 2 0 3 4 1 4 5 2 21.10 10
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.30 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.40 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 12.10 7
L Markus Näslund 1 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 19.40 7
D Andy Delmore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.40 5
D Michal Rozsival 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 1 14.00 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29.10 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 4
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 20.30 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 28 0 0 60.00 9
G Frédéric Cassivi 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Markus Näslund
3rd star: Marc-André Fleury
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Colby Armstrong finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Brad Boyes beat Evgeny Malkin in a fight.
-Ryan Malone beat Michal Rozsival in a fight.
-Sidney Crosby beat David Legwand in a fight.
-John Erskine fought Jonathan Cheechoo in a fight.
-Ryan Malone beat Michal Rozsival in a fight.