Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sun, Jan 22, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 4

Final/OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. James Neal scored twice. Marc-Andre Fleury made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	0	3	20
PIT	2	0	1	1	4	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:51	PIT	PP	Kris Letang (1) · slap	Unassisted	0–1
1st	05:52	PIT	EV	James Neal (1) · snap	Evgeni Malkin (1)	0–2
2nd	11:02	WSH	EV	Brooks Laich (1) · wrist	Dennis Wideman (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	1–2
2nd	14:38	WSH	EV	Alexander Semin (1) · backhand	Mathieu Perreault (1), Alex Ovechkin (2)	2–2
3rd	01:08	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (1) · snap	Alexander Semin (1), Mathieu Perreault (2)	3–2
3rd	07:06	PIT	EV	James Neal (2) · wrist	Evgeni Malkin (2), Brooks Orpik (1)	3–3
OT	01:31	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (1) · wrist	Paul Martin (1), James Neal (1)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:43	WSH	Dennis Wideman	cross checking	2
1st	15:45	WSH	Alexander Semin	tripping	2
1st	19:48	PIT	Eric Tangradi	high sticking	2
2nd	08:36	PIT	Zbynek Michalek	elbowing	2
2nd	09:04	PIT	Brooks Orpik	holding	2
2nd	09:23	WSH	Troy Brouwer	cross checking	2
2nd	16:58	WSH	Matt Hendricks	tripping	2
2nd	16:58	WSH	Troy Brouwer	fighting	5
2nd	16:58	PIT	Tyler Kennedy	fighting	5
2nd	18:07	WSH	Mike Knuble	holding	2
2nd	20:00	PIT	Paul Martin	slashing	2
2nd	20:00	WSH	Jason Chimera	cross checking	2
3rd	10:00	PIT	James Neal	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 1.80 · PIT 2.82 · xG% WSH 39.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	2	3	+3	0	2	2	0		20:35	23
28	Alexander Semin	R	1	1	2	+3	2	1	1	0		19:28	23
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	2	2	+2	0	2	2	0	20.0	16:22	23
21	Brooks Laich	C	1	0	1	-2	0	4	3	2	43.6	27:57	39
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	3		26:49	33
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		24:09	32
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5		22:51	28
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		21:33	27
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	-2	7	1	3	0	100.0	19:12	29
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	3	2		16:32	27
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		13:11	26
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	100.0	12:23	18
15	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	66.7	11:39	22
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3		11:37	17
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		7:48	12
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		7:39	10
50	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		7:36	10
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	7:11	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	OTL	27	23	4	.852	61:31

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	2	3	+3	0	6	0	1	33.3	22:39	27
18	James Neal	L	2	1	3	+3	2	6	1	0		21:46	27
58	Kris Letang	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	4		27:09	30
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	2		24:02	29
7	Paul Martin	D	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0		21:11	28
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0	50.0	21:10	27
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1		21:04	27
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	3	100.0	18:27	25
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	100.0	16:20	19
26	Steve Sullivan	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		15:54	17
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0		14:27	19
15	Dustin Jeffrey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	60.0	14:06	19
12	Richard Park	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	72.7	12:43	17
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		11:52	19
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	57.1	11:44	14
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		10:36	16
25	Eric Tangradi	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0		6:49	12
46	Joe Vitale	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	5:45	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	20	17	3	.850	61:31