San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, October 14, 2014 · Verizon Center
CSN-CA · CSN-DC
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 6-5 in a shootout on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 34-23.
Matt Irwin scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. John Scott, Marcus Johansson, Joe Pavelski, Mike Green, Tommy Wingels and Troy Brouwer also scored.
Antti Niemi made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Justin Peters stopped 14 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Irwin (1)Joe Thornton (2)1–001:23 SJS- Matt Irwin (2)Tommy Wingels (1), Matt Nieto (2)2–004:36 SJS · PPG
John Scott (1)Adam Burish (1), Brent Burns (4)3–009:34 SJS
2nd period
Marcus Johansson (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), John Carlson (3)3–102:51 WSH · PPG
Joe Pavelski (1)Joe Thornton (3), Justin Braun (1)4–105:27 SJS
Mike Green (2)Liam O'Brien (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)4–206:35 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (3)Nicklas Backstrom (3), Eric Fehr (1)4–307:09 WSH
3rd period
Tommy Wingels (3)Chris Tierney (2), Tye McGinn (2)5–301:37 SJS- Alex Ovechkin (4)Nicklas Backstrom (4), John Carlson (4)5–414:09 WSH · PPG
Troy Brouwer (1)Mike Green (1), Andre Burakovsky (3)5–515:25 WSH
SO period
- Joe PavelskiUnassisted6–500:00 SJS
Team stats
SJSWSH
23Shots on goal34
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play2/4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits26
24Blocked shots24
6Giveaways6
2Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 02:38
Michael Latta · elbowing2 min - 1st 14:03
Brent Burns · high sticking2 min - 2nd 02:42Tomas Hertl · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:32Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:24Joe Thornton · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:46Brent Burns · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:46Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:16 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:53 |
| 20John ScottL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 06:36 |
| 25Tye McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 37Adam BurishR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:33 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 10Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:36 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:23 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:26 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 5Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 27Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 65:00 |
| 32Alex StalockG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 23:41 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 4 | 20:37 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 87Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:12 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:58 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:47 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | O | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 55:26 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 09:34 |