San Jose Sharks at Washington Capitals

Tue, Oct 14, 2014 · Verizon Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

6 – 5

Final/SO

Washington Capitals

The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 in a shootout on Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at Verizon Center. Matt Irwin scored twice; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Antti Niemi made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
SJS	3	1	1	0	1	6	23
WSH	0	3	2	0	0	5	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:23	SJS	EV	Matt Irwin (1) · slap	Joe Thornton (2)	1–0
1st	04:36	SJS	PP	Matt Irwin (2) · backhand	Tommy Wingels (1), Matt Nieto (2)	2–0
1st	09:34	SJS	EV	John Scott (1) · snap	Adam Burish (1), Brent Burns (4)	3–0
2nd	02:51	WSH	PP	Marcus Johansson (1) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (1), John Carlson (3)	3–1
2nd	05:27	SJS	EV	Joe Pavelski (1) · snap	Joe Thornton (3), Justin Braun (1)	4–1
2nd	06:35	WSH	EV	Mike Green (2) · wrist	Liam O'Brien (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)	4–2
2nd	07:09	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (3) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (3), Eric Fehr (1)	4–3
3rd	01:37	SJS	EV	Tommy Wingels (3) · wrist	Chris Tierney (2), Tye McGinn (2)	5–3
3rd	14:09	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (4) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (4), John Carlson (4)	5–4
3rd	15:25	WSH	EV	Troy Brouwer (1) · snap	Mike Green (1), Andre Burakovsky (3)	5–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:38	WSH	Michael Latta	elbowing	2
1st	14:03	SJS	Brent Burns	high sticking	2
2nd	02:42	SJS	Tomas Hertl	interference	2
2nd	07:32	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	hooking	2
2nd	14:24	SJS	Joe Thornton	hooking	2
3rd	13:46	SJS	Brent Burns	tripping	2
3rd	18:46	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: SJS 2.41 · WSH 3.77 · xG% SJS 39.0

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	1	50.0	22:25	33
52	Matt Irwin	D	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2		19:05	27
57	Tommy Wingels	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	2	0	33.3	17:16	28
88	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	3		23:43	31
8	Joe Pavelski	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	4	60.0	21:53	33
61	Justin Braun	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		21:33	30
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	3		17:01	24
25	Tye McGinn	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1		12:29	20
50	Chris Tierney	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	44.4	12:17	20
37	Adam Burish	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	33.3	10:47	18
20	John Scott	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0		6:36	11
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		22:34	30
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2	46.7	21:26	29
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		21:23	29
5	Jason Demers	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		20:23	28
27	Scott Hannan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		18:20	24
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	0	100.0	17:41	31
10	Andrew Desjardins	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	80.0	8:36	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Antti Niemi	W	34	29	5	.853	65:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	1	3	0	0	8	5	2		23:41	27
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	0	4	1	4	1	42.1	23:25	28
52	Mike Green	D	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	1		22:08	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	-4	0	4	1	2		20:37	30
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2		19:39	27
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	80.0	19:12	24
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	100.0	16:41	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	40.0	15:27	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	37.5	11:50	13
87	Liam O'Brien	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		6:12	9
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		26:47	31
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	5		23:10	30
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	2		18:21	29
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	50.0	16:33	26
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		15:29	20
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	50.0	14:04	27
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1		13:48	24
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	75.0	6:58	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Justin Peters	OTL	16	14	2	.875	55:26
70	Braden Holtby		7	4	3	.571	9:34