National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2
Thursday, December 23, 2010 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 23, 2010
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Francois St.Laurent, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18398
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Pittsburgh 1011 so3
Washington 01102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:21 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Kris Letang , Evgeni Malkin
Penalties
0:49 - Penguins Matt Cooke (2) Roughing
 0:49 - Capitals John Erskine (2) Roughing
 1:10 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Interference
 7:20 - Penguins Chris Conner (2) Goaltender interference
 7:59 - Penguins Zbynek Michalek (2) Delay of game
 8:47 - Capitals Brooks Laich (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
13:43 - Capitals Mike Green (PP) Assists: Alexander Semin , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
4:59 - Penguins Alex Goligoski (2) Hooking
 11:42 - Penguins Michael Rupp (2) Hooking
 11:51 - Penguins Matt Cooke (2) Delay of game
 17:01 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
0:17 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Paul Martin
14:31 - Capitals Mike Knuble (SH) Assists: Brooks Laich
Penalties
0:47 - Capitals Mathieu Perreault (2) Holding
 9:21 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) High sticking
 13:25 - Capitals Mathieu Perreault (2) Hooking
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 64:16
John Curry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Alex Goligoski D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 17:39
Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 24:28
Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:54
Paul Martin D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21:12
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 0 0 +2 0 1 15:53
Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15:41
Chris Kunitz LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21:07
Chris Conner RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 13:31
Michael Rupp C 0 0 0 E 2 0 5:29
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 E 4 0 12:52
Maxime Talbot C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:10
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:48
Eric Godard RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:14
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26:29
Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15:20
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 E 0 4 27:26
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 E 2 6 21:45
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 24:54
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 65:00
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 E 0 0 3:34
John Erskine D 0 0 0 E 2 2 12:13
Alexander Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 E 2 5 23:13
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 9:49
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 25:11
Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 E 2 2 23:42
Mike Knuble RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 18:15
Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27:09
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:18
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20:43
Alexander Semin LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 19:55
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:28
Mike Green D 1 0 1 -1 0 6 34:03
Andrew Gordon RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:39
John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22:47
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:44
Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -1 4 4 12:30
Marcus Johansson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:47
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury W (36-20-5) 34 32 2 .941 0 64:16
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michal Neuvirth L (27-12-4) 27 25 2 .926 0 65:00
Shootout
PIT Score Score WAS
Kris Letang Alexander Ovechkin
Sidney Crosby Alexander Semin
Evgeni Malkin Nicklas Backstrom
Mark Letestu Mike Knuble
Chris Kunitz Brooks Laich
Tyler Kennedy Mathieu Perreault
Pascal Dupuis Mike Green
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