Seattle Kraken vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 2022 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · ROOT-NW
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Capital One Arena. The Kraken outshot the Capitals 31-25.
Conor Sheary scored twice. Tom Wilson, Dmitry Orlov, Joonas Donskoi, Colin Blackwell and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Chris Driedger stopped 20 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (18)Alex Ovechkin (33), Evgeny Kuznetsov (36)0–111:30 WSH
Dmitry Orlov (9)Nic Dowd (9), Nick Jensen (9)0–212:04 WSH
Joonas Donskoi (2)Riley Sheahan (9), Jamie Oleksiak (12)1–216:56 SEA
2nd period
Colin Blackwell (7)Mason Appleton (9), Adam Larsson (12)2–200:58 SEA
Conor Sheary (13)Tom Wilson (20), Alex Ovechkin (34)2–311:48 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (34)John Carlson (35), Nicklas Backstrom (13)2–400:47 WSH · PPG- Conor Sheary (14)Unassisted2–517:50 WSH · EN
Team stats
SEAWSH
31Shots on goal25
50%Faceoff %50%
0/3Power play2/2
4Penalty minutes6
18Hits35
12Blocked shots22
3Giveaways11
7Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 14:20
John Carlson · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:32Garnet Hathaway · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:55
Jaden Schwartz · hooking2 min - 2nd 19:41Carson Soucy · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:40Garnet Hathaway · tripping2 min
Season series
Seattle Kraken
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 22Mason AppletonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:02 |
| 6Adam LarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:43 |
| 24Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:24 |
| 7Jordan EberleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:04 |
| 16Jared McCannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 17Jaden SchwartzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:12 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:25 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 67Morgan GeekieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 28Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 29Vince DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Chris DriedgerG | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 58:35 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:01 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:12 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |