Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Alex Ovechkin scored on a devastating slap shot and Michal Neuvirth made 39 saves, lifting the Washington Capitals to a 1-0 win over Pittsburgh on Monday. Aaron Rowand Jersey . Neuvirth stopped 18 shots in the first period, seven in the second and 14 in the final period for his third career shutout, backstopping Washington to its third win in four games. Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury took a hard-luck loss, allowing only one goal on 24 shots -- Ovechkins blast from the point on a power play in the second period. Coming off a shootout loss in Chicago on Sunday, Pittsburgh lost for the sixth time in eight games. The Capitals, meanwhile, finished 3-2 on their road trip and won the season series with Pittsburgh, 3-0-1. They beat the Penguins for the 10th time in the last 12 meetings and won their seventh straight game in Pittsburgh. Its always fun to play against Pittsburgh, said Ovechkin. Its always important to get two points, especially on the road. Mondays game was the first time the Capitals played at Pittsburghs new arena, Consol Energy Center. Their earlier visit this season was for the rainy Winter Classic at Heinz Field, which they won 3-1. This one started slow. The first period was scoreless despite the Penguins peppering Neuvirth and Washington getting off seven shots. Heated rivals for the last several years, the teams didnt even mix it up until the second period was almost halfway over. Capitals forward Matt Bradley drilled Matt Cooke in the corner, leading to a scrum that included Pittsburghs Jordan Staal. Bradley was whistled for charging and Staal took a roughing penalty. Moments later, Ovechkin let loose a slap shot from the right circle that Fleury stopped with a swooping glove save. Then, there was a fight between Bradley and Pittsburghs Ryan Craig, with both players landing punches near the boards at mid-ice. But the game remained 0-0 until Ovechkin, lingering inside the blue line on a power play, took a pass from Marcus Johansson and ripped a slap shot from the point that Fleury couldnt stop. Despite having a clear look at it, Fleury allowed the puck to zip through his legs. The goal, at 16:38 of the second period, was Ovechkins 24th of the season. Fleury faced only three shots in the third period before he was pulled in the final minute for an extra skater, but the Penguins couldnt get the equalizer. We controlled just about every aspect of that game, we just couldnt find a way to put the puck in the net, said Pittsburgh forward Mike Rupp. The Penguins will host San Jose on Wednesday before starting a five-game road trip that includes visits to Carolina, New Jersey, Boston and back-to-back games in Toronto. GAME NOTES:Pittsburghs last home win over the Caps came in overtime on December 27, 2007...Earlier Monday, the Penguins traded defenseman Alex Goligoski to the Dallas Stars for forward James Neal and defenseman Matt Niskanen. Goligoski, 25, had nine goals and 22 assists with a plus-20 rating in 60 games with Pittsburgh this season...Penguins defenseman Brian Strait made his NHL debut, logging 13 minutes on the ice. Bobby Doerr Jersey . Customs officers suspicions were raised when a routine X-ray revealed holes in the book after it arrived at Jakartas international airport on Tuesday in the form of an express mail delivery. Eagles McCoy Jersey . Crosby addressed reporters on Friday for the first time in weeks, on the day the Penguins packed up and dispersed after being eliminated from the NHL playoffs. He admitted that the reason he hasnt been on the ice for non-contact drills or practices for the past two weeks was because he had experienced headaches and other symptoms. 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The United States scored 243.325 points to lead the womens qualifiers, while Chinese gymnasts came up strongly to pose a threat on various aspects at the Aarhus gymnastic worlds on Tuesday. Chellsie Memmel and Anastasia Liukin led the U.S. to atop the qualifying by 3.800 points ahead of China. Pang Panpan of China competes on the beam during the womens team qualification at the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 17, 2006.[Reuters] Memmel, the all-around Melbourne 2005 world champion, recovered fully from her ankle injury to spearhead the U.S. to dominate almost all the apparatus. Teammate Liukin, the double winner at Melbourne worlds, also overcame ankle problem to take sole apparatus of uneven bars to mark 16.200 points. The Americans were so dominant as a whole by taking four top places out of six in the first-days qualifiers. They booked four positions out of the top five in high bar, finished one-two in uneven bars and occupied two out of the top three in floor exercise. Memmel tops the all-around (61.350); Alicia Sacramone leads in vault (15.300); Liukin (16.200) sets the pace in the even bars after the first-day qualifiers. While China, the fourth finishers in Anaheim worlds, somewhat shadowed U.S. blaze in the second-days qualifiers by taking three top positions in individual apparatus and only 3.800 points trailing U.S. even with a few blunders. Chen Fei, the vault world champion, clinched the top places in both vault and the floor exercise with 15.975 and 15.475 points respectively. In the beam, Chinas veteran Zhang Nan earned 16.075 points to lead the discipline. U.S. led the lists in all-around and uneven bars by Memmel and Liukin. Washington Redskins Cooley Jersey. China went close to a medal in the Anaheim worlds in 2003, but only to finish fourth because of a penalty due to warm-up on the podium. A disaster followed at 2004 Athens Olympics with a heart-breaking seventh place. But China this time are eyeing the Beijing 2008 Olympics and get fully prepared to announce them in the championships, which ushered in a new scoring system. The U.S. are very strong as a team, they have top gymnasts on all the apparatus. We still have a gap against them, especially in vault and floor exercise. They got a high difficulty on the two events, but we have a chance to catch up through better execution on them. We are very good on beam and uneven bars this time, but our experience and mental strength are not in a match with them, said Zhang Peiwen, head of the Chinese team. Just like the podium training, Zhang Nan, the 2004 Olympic and 2003 world bronze all-round medallist, is the most senior and experienced gymnast on the Chinese team, but it was Cheng Fei, the 2005 world champion on vault, made the audience gasping during her endless runs and flight over the vault. Our first targets are reached to have three first in individuals and finish second in team. The team as a whole presented a very satisfactory performance in spite of some flaws. The experienced are stable and the young are trying to learn and get seasoned, so we got nothing to complain, added Zhang. Ukraine announced their rebound with a complete young team to take the third with 235.025 points. The other teams among the finals are Russia (234.800), Romania (232.600), Australia (231.700), Brazil (230.475) and Spain (229.775). ' ' '