Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, February 17, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
CSN-CA (HD) · CSN-DC (HD)
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Capitals 28-25.
Goals came from Joe Pavelski, Alex Ovechkin, Ryane Clowe, Dany Heatley and Nicklas Backstrom.
Antti Niemi made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Pavelski (1)Patrick Marleau (1)0–118:49 SJS · SHG
Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (1), Alexander Semin (1)1–119:11 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Ryane Clowe (1)Kyle Wellwood (1), Logan Couture (1)1–204:27 SJS
Dany Heatley (1)Joe Thornton (1), Joe Pavelski (1)1–310:49 SJS · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (1)John Carlson (2), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–318:05 WSH
Team stats
WSHSJS
25Shots on goal28
45%Faceoff %55%
1/1Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes2
19Hits16
18Blocked shots11
8Giveaways14
8Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 13:56
Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min - 1st 18:40
Ben Eager · tripping2 min - 3rd 10:27John Erskine · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20:13 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:58 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:10 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:26 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:49 |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 20Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:14 |
| 10Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:09 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:50 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 29:54 |
| 40Kent HuskinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:03 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 59:51 |
| 34Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |