Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 2009 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Capitals 33-26.
Joe Pavelski scored twice. Torrey Mitchell, Ryane Clowe, Mike Knuble, Joe Thornton and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Pavelski (1)Dany Heatley (1)0–115:30 SJS
Torrey Mitchell (1)Frazer McLaren (1), Kent Huskins (1)0–216:45 SJS
2nd period
Ryane Clowe (1)Unassisted0–316:37 SJS
3rd period
Mike Knuble (1)Jason Chimera (1), Tom Poti (1)1–304:54 WSH- Joe Pavelski (2)Jason Demers (1), Devin Setoguchi (1)1–407:12 SJS
Joe Thornton (1)Unassisted1–508:08 SJS
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–512:40 WSH
Team stats
WSHSJS
26Shots on goal33
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes10
46Hits32
12Blocked shots14
7Giveaways9
6Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 12:15
Quintin Laing · hooking2 min - 1st 18:54
Patrick Marleau · high sticking2 min - 2nd 00:05Jed Ortmeyer · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:23Kent Huskins · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:15John Erskine · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:24Dan Boyle · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:22Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:49Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:49Dan Boyle · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:52 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:54 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:34 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:06 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 33 | 28 | 5 | .849 | 60:00 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19:55 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 68Frazer McLarenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 40Kent HuskinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:39 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:07 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |