Washington Capitals at San Jose Sharks Game Boxscore

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
WSH	1	0	1		(0 - 0)	2
SJS	1	0	2		(0 - 0)	3

Scoring Summary

1st Period
18:49	SJS	SHG - J. Pavelski (13) Wrist - ASST: P. Marleau (22)	1 - 0 SJS
19:11	WSH	PPG - A. Ovechkin (23) Wrist - ASST: J. Carlson (18) AND A. Semin (19)	1 - 1 TIE

2nd Period
NONE

3rd Period
04:27	SJS	R. Clowe (15) Backhand - ASST: K. Wellwood (1) AND L. Couture (13)	2 - 1 SJS
10:49	SJS	PPG - D. Heatley (20) Tip-In - ASST: J. Thornton (34) AND J. Pavelski (29)	3 - 1 SJS
18:05	WSH	N. Backstrom (15) Wrist - ASST: J. Carlson (19) AND A. Ovechkin (37)	3 - 2 SJS

Penalty Summary

1st Period
13:56	WSH	Alex Ovechkin : Interference (Douglas Murray)
18:40	SJS	Ben Eager : Tripping (Alex Ovechkin)

2nd Period
NONE

3rd Period
10:27	WSH	John Erskine : Interference (Scott Nichol)

Stats

Washington Capitals Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
4	J. Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	-	15:21
8	A. Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	0	2	7	4	0	1	1	-	20:13
10	M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	0	0	-	11:10
15	B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	67%	10:37
19	N. Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	35%	19:14
21	B. Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0%	18:11
22	M. Knuble	R	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	-	18:26
23	S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	-	20:19
25	J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	1	0	-	11:49
26	M. Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	-	10:04
27	K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	-	21:50
28	A. Semin	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0%	19:53
39	D. Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0%	10:37
55	J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	-	20:08
74	J. Carlson	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	2	1	-	23:58
85	M. Perreault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	20%	11:29
89	T. Sloan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	-	16:12
90	M. Johansson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	64%	18:18

Washington Capitals Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
1	S. Varlamov	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	-	0	0:00
30	M. Neuvirth (L) 17-9-4	25 - 26	0 - 1	0 - 1	25 - 28	.893	0	59:49

San Jose Sharks Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
3	D. Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	-	23:50
7	N. Wallin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	-	17:16
8	J. Pavelski	C	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	50%	17:06
10	J. Mayers	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	-	9:44
12	P. Marleau	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	100%	18:37
15	D. Heatley	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	-	17:47
16	D. Setoguchi	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	16:18
17	T. Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%	14:11
19	J. Thornton	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	1	4	60%	19:15
20	K. Wellwood	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	60%	14:48
21	S. Nichol	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	44%	9:32
22	D. Boyle	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	-	29:54
29	R. Clowe	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0%	17:07
39	L. Couture	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	100%	16:14
40	K. Huskins	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	18:35
44	M. Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	1:03
55	B. Eager	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	-	10:09
60	J. Demers	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	-	28:12

San Jose Sharks Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
31	A. Niemi (W) 19-15-3	23 - 24	0 - 1	0 - 0	23 - 25	.920	0	59:51
34	C. Hutton	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	-	0	0:00

Official Game Reports

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	WSH	SJS
1st	9	6
2nd	9	8
3rd	7	14
Total	25	28

TEAM STATS

CATEGORY	WSH	SJS
Power Plays	1/1	1/2
Hits	19	16
Faceoff Wins	23	28
Giveaways	8	14
Takeaways	8	12
Blocked Shots	18	11
Penalty Minutes	4	2

Additional Game Facts

OFFICIALS
Referees: Mike Leggo, Francois StLaurent
Linesmen: Don Henderson, Jay Sharrers

HEAD COACHES
Bruce Boudreau: (Washington Capitals)
Todd McLellan: (San Jose Sharks)

Washington Capitals SCRATCHES
Mike Green
DJ King
Patrick McNeill

San Jose Sharks SCRATCHES
Derek Joslin
Nick Petrecki
Tommy Wingels

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