Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5, Jan 21, 2008: Box Score | AskScores

Washington Capitals

6

Pittsburgh Penguins

5

Final/SO · Mellon Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
WSH	2	2	1	0	1	6
PIT	2	2	1	0	0	5

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Jan 21, 2008 at Mellon Arena.

Top performers

Nicklas Backstrom
Nicklas Backstrom had 4 assists for the Capitals.
Olaf Kolzig
Olaf Kolzig made 10 saves on 15 shots for the Capitals.
Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Malkin had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Penguins.
Ty Conklin
Ty Conklin made 16 saves on 17 shots for the Penguins.

Before and after

Capitals · 2007-08 season · Previous Jan 19, 2008: FLA 3, WSH 5 · Next Jan 23, 2008: WSH 2, TOR 3
Penguins · 2007-08 season · Previous Jan 19, 2008: PIT 2, MTL 0 · Next Jan 24, 2008: PIT 3, PHI 4

Other Capitals vs Penguins games

Other Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins games

Mar 9, 2008	PIT at WSH	4-2	Regular
Dec 27, 2007	WSH at PIT	3-4	Regular
Oct 20, 2007	PIT at WSH	2-1	Regular
Apr 12, 2026	PIT at WSH	0-3	Regular
Apr 11, 2026	WSH at PIT	6-3	Regular
Nov 6, 2025	WSH at PIT	3-5	Regular

Washington Capitals box score

Skaters

Washington Capitals skaters, Jan 21, 2008

Nicklas Backstrom	0	4	4	1	0	2	21:29
Alex Ovechkin	2	1	3	1	11	0	28:48
Viktor Kozlov	2	0	2	1	2	0	20:35
Tomas Fleischmann	1	1	2	0	1	0	13:57
Boyd Gordon	0	1	1	0	1	0	15:33
Alexander Semin	0	1	1	0	3	4	18:36
Matt Pettinger	0	1	1	0	1	0	11:03
Milan Jurcina	0	1	1	1	0	0	17:52
Donald Brashear	0	0	0	0	2	0	8:32
Mike Green	0	0	0	0	3	2	25:50
Brooks Laich	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:19
Tom Poti	0	0	0	1	0	2	20:32
John Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:51
Matt Bradley	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:02
Steve Eminger	0	0	0	-1	2	0	11:21
David Steckel	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:39
Jeff Schultz	0	0	0	1	0	0	22:53
Quintin Laing	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:27
Team	5	10	15	5	30	16

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Washington Capitals goalies, Jan 21, 2008
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Olaf Kolzig	15	10	5	.667	64:53

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Pittsburgh Penguins box score

Skaters

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters, Jan 21, 2008

Sergei Gonchar	0	3	3	0	0	0	30:05
Evgeni Malkin	2	1	3	0	7	2	23:48
Ryan Malone	1	2	3	0	1	0	24:08
Jordan Staal	0	1	1	0	0	2	20:20
Petr Sykora	1	0	1	0	1	0	19:25
Max Talbot	1	0	1	0	3	0	21:56
Ryan Whitney	0	1	1	0	0	2	23:20
Erik Christensen	0	1	1	0	1	0	15:28
Kris Letang	0	0	0	-1	0	0	19:43
Darryl Sydor	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:25
Brooks Orpik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	15:28
Rob Scuderi	0	0	0	0	0	2	22:41
Georges Laraque	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:31
Jarkko Ruutu	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:24
Tim Brent	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4:34
Chris Minard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4:35
Jonathan Filewich	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7:27
Team	5	9	14	-5	14	10

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies, Jan 21, 2008

Ty Conklin	17	16	1	.941	36:37
Dany Sabourin	13	9	4	.692	27:42
Team	30	25	5	1.633

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%