San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, October 15, 2009 · Verizon Center

San JoseSharksAway

1–4

28–36

WashingtonCapitalsHome

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 4–1 on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 36–28.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Alexander Semin, Benn Ferriero and Matt Bradley also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 15 saves on 15 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 32 of 36.

Goals
SJS	1	0	0	1	28
WSH	1	2	1	4	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Semin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Green (1)0–107:21 WSH ·
Benn Ferriero (1)Scott Nichol (1), Kent Huskins (1)1–114:07 SJS

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Knuble (1), Brendan Morrison (1)1–202:55 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (2)Mike Knuble (2), Brendan Morrison (2)1–303:23 WSH

3rd period

Matt Bradley (1)Milan Jurcina (1)1–405:11 WSH

Team stats

SJSWSH

2836

52%48%

0/31/5

106

1311

1510

88

89

Penalties

3:51 into the first periodKent Huskins · holding2 min
5:33 into the first periodJed Ortmeyer · tripping2 min
6:43 into the first periodScott Nichol · hooking2 min
15:28 into the first periodDerek Joslin · high sticking2 min
17:49 into the first periodEvgeni Nabokov · holding2 min
0:32 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · kneeing2 min
7:05 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · holding2 min
13:38 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

21Scott NicholC	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	82	12:52
78Benn FerrieroC	1	0	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	10:28
40Kent HuskinsD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	2	2	–	18:06
12Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	38	19:04
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	20:27
16Devin SetoguchiR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:36
19Joe ThorntonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	57	20:02
27Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	29	14:55
29Ryane CloweL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:10
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	–	11:54
48Steven ZalewskiC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	10:40
59Brad StaubitzR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	06:14
64Jamie McGinnL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	100	10:55
4Rob BlakeD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	5	0	–	20:52
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	27:15
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	1	0	–	25:06
60Jason DemersD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	13:53
65Derek JoslinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	15:50

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
1Thomas GreissG		0	0	0	–	00:00
20Evgeni NabokovG	L	36	32	4	.889	59:53

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+2	13	2	1	0	–	20:53
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	36	16:52
22Mike KnubleR	0	2	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	16:00
10Matt BradleyR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	11:57
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	29	21:02
28Alexander SeminL	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	–	20:41
23Milan JurcinaD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	–	15:57
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	27:59
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	12:07
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	11:07
20Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	75	09:22
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	43	18:47
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	75	12:02
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	09:56
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	15:00
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	20:50
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	–	16:24
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:05

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	15	15	0	1.000	40:00
60Jose TheodoreG		13	12	1	.923	19:59