Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, March 4, 2023 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 8-3 on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Capitals 41-30.
Craig Smith scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Tomas Hertl, Alexander Barabanov, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Matt Irwin, T.J. Oshie, Nico Sturm and Dylan Strome also scored.
Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 22 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Hertl (16)Erik Karlsson (60), William Eklund (1)0–112:03 SJS · PPG
Alexander Barabanov (13)Logan Couture (30), Andreas Johnsson (2)0–215:30 SJS
2nd period
Craig Smith (5)Dylan Strome (28), Sonny Milano (16)1–208:46 WSH
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (3)Conor Sheary (19), Nic Dowd (11)2–211:30 WSH
Matt Irwin (1)Gabriel Carlsson (1), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (7)3–215:28 WSH- Craig Smith (6)Rasmus Sandin (17), Dylan Strome (29)4–219:02 WSH
3rd period
T.J. Oshie (16)Alex Ovechkin (25), Rasmus Sandin (18)5–205:50 WSH · PPG
Nico Sturm (13)Noah Gregor (3), Erik Karlsson (61)5–309:02 SJS
Alex Ovechkin (34)Tom Wilson (3), Gabriel Carlsson (2)6–309:11 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (35)Vincent Iorio (1), Rasmus Sandin (19)7–316:05 WSH
Dylan Strome (14)Sonny Milano (17)8–317:30 WSH
Team stats
WSHSJS
30Shots on goal41
61%Faceoff %39%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
28Hits23
20Blocked shots22
6Giveaways12
14Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 06:53
Tomas Hertl · high sticking2 min - 1st 10:07
Sonny Milano · high sticking2 min - 1st 17:22Nic Dowd · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 05:08Nicolas Aube-Kubel · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:26Oskar Lindblom · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:45Kevin Labanc · clipping2 min
- 3rd 05:45Bench · game misconduct head coach0 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 21:40 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 12:52 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 18Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 14:50 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 6Vincent IorioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:07 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | W | 41 | 38 | 3 | .927 | 60:00 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 26:43 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:40 |
| 18Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:38 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:46 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 20:52 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 19:46 |
| 73Noah GregorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:01 |
| 94Alexander BarabanovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 10Evgeny SvechnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 16Steven LorentzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 23Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:20 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 5Matt BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 22:50 |
| 9Jacob MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:28 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:01 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36Kaapo KahkonenG | L | 30 | 22 | 8 | .733 | 60:00 |
| 47James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |