Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, March 10, 2018 · SAP Center at San Jose
NBCSWA · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 2-0 on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 26-24.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom and Lars Eller.
Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 24 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (17)Brett Connolly (9), John Carlson (42)1–018:32 WSH
3rd period
Lars Eller (15)Dmitry Orlov (17), Matt Niskanen (20)2–018:11 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHSJS
26Shots on goal24
62%Faceoff %38%
0/0Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes0
26Hits24
14Blocked shots20
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 09:58
Tom Wilson · interference2 min - 2nd 11:36Tom Wilson · clipping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:04 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:39 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:22 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:40 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:54 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:30 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 22:05 |
| 47Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 58:31 |