San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, December 4, 2017 · Capital One Arena
NHLN-US · NBCSWA · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Monday, December 4, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 29-25.
Goals came from Devante Smith-Pelly, Alex Ovechkin, Timo Meier, Brett Connolly and Jakub Vrana.
Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Devante Smith-Pelly (4)John Carlson (19), Jay Beagle (5)0–116:49 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (20)Unassisted0–207:11 WSH
Timo Meier (3)Justin Braun (10)1–211:32 SJS
Brett Connolly (4)Alex Ovechkin (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)1–319:08 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Jakub Vrana (8)Tom Wilson (7), Dmitry Orlov (6)1–411:36 WSH · PPG
Team stats
SJSWSH
25Shots on goal29
41%Faceoff %59%
0/1Power play2/6
41Penalty minutes20
18Hits16
12Blocked shots16
12Giveaways16
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 2nd 14:43
Evgeny Kuznetsov · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 18:00
Brenden Dillon · high sticking2 min - 2nd 19:08Bench · delaying game bench2 min
- 3rd 02:14Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:14Joe Thornton · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:14Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 02:14Joe Thornton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 03:05Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:05Timo Meier · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:38Barclay Goodrow · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:38Alex Chiasson · fighting5 min
- 3rd 09:38Barclay Goodrow · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:36Justin Braun · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:51Brenden Dillon · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 19:01Jay Beagle · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:01Timo Meier · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:55Brenden Dillon · slashing5 min
- 3rd 19:55Brenden Dillon · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 19:55Madison Bowey · roughing2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:03 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 65Danny O'ReganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:10 |
| 47Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:29 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:47 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:13 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:34 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 27:34 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:56 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:12 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |