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The Capitals shocked the Penguins and won the first two games of the series in Pittsburgh by two goals each, but the Penguins won game three by a 4–1 score. Petr Nedved scored in the fourth overtime period of game four to tie the series at two games apiece. Pittsburgh won games five and six to take the series in six games. [6]
The fourth edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the Washington Capitals against the Pittsburgh Penguins; the Capitals won, 3–1. The game, rescheduled from its original 1:00 p.m. ET start time to 8:00 p.m. due to weather concerns, [1] [2] was telecast on NBC in the United States, and CBC (English) and RDS (French) in Canada.
The rivalry was intense during the early 2000s when the Penguins beat the Capitals in the first round in consecutive seasons (1999–2000, 2000–01), and seemed to amplify more after the trade of Jaromir Jagr. An altercation between the Penguins and the Capitals during game one of the 2009 playoffs
The Caps won the series in six games, which until 2018 was the only series victory that the Capitals had earned over the rival Penguins. Of note from the season: The Penguins were not shut out in any of their 84 regular-season games. Injuries limited Mario Lemieux to only 22 regular season games. Rookie Markus Naslund made his NHL debut.
Offensively, the Penguins led the NHL in scoring, with 343 goals for. [1] On October 29, 1991, the Penguins were shut out at home 8–0 by the Washington Capitals. It was the first time the Penguins had been shut-out in a regular season game since January 2, 1989, when they coincidentally lost 8–0 on the road also to the Capitals.
While it was the record for a professional game, it fell short of the then all-time number of 74,554, which was set in "The Cold War" between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University on October 6, 2001. [14] Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller and Penguins forward Adam Hall both played for Michigan State in that game. [15]
The annual Winter Classic, held on or around New Year's Day in football or baseball stadiums near NHL home markets in the United States, began with the 2008 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres. The NHL then started the Stadium Series in 2014 for additional outdoor games in the United States.
The first game matched the RIT Tigers men's ice hockey team against the Robert Morris Colonials; RIT won 4–3. The second game matched the top-level affiliates of the two Winter Classic teams (the Penguins and the Washington Capitals), the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Hershey Bears; the Bears won 1–0.