Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 2016 · SAP Center at San Jose
CSN-CA · CSN-DC+
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Capitals 28-25.
Goals came from Joe Thornton, T.J. Oshie, Patrick Marleau, Justin Williams, Joe Pavelski, Brenden Dillon and Brent Burns.
Martin Jones made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (16)Brenden Dillon (6), Tomas Hertl (20)0–109:16 SJS
2nd period
T.J. Oshie (21)Nicklas Backstrom (45), Alex Ovechkin (21)1–101:21 WSH · PPG
Patrick Marleau (20)Joel Ward (20), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (31)1–205:14 SJS · SHG
Justin Williams (20)Evgeny Kuznetsov (49), Andre Burakovsky (20)2–210:12 WSH
3rd period
Joe Pavelski (32)Joe Thornton (50), Brent Burns (37)2–300:49 SJS · PPG
Brenden Dillon (2)Chris Tierney (13), Roman Polak (13)2–402:51 SJS
Brent Burns (25)Joe Pavelski (34), Nick Spaling (7)2–519:16 SJS · EN
Team stats
WSHSJS
25Shots on goal28
36%Faceoff %64%
1/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits23
15Blocked shots18
11Giveaways16
6Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 05:02
Jason Chimera · slashing2 min - 1st 19:46
Nick Spaling · high sticking2 min - 2nd 00:20Brent Burns · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 03:39Joe Thornton · boarding2 min
- 2nd 19:19Evgeny Kuznetsov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:47Brent Burns · ps slash on breakaway0 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 18:34 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 10Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 11:03 |
| 26Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:26 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 25:30 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:19 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:37 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:00 |
| 16Nick SpalingC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:32 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:07 |
| 46Roman PolakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:08 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:58 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 59:58 |
| 34James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |