Washington Capitals at San Jose Sharks

Sat, Mar 4, 2023 · SAP Center at San Jose · 2022–23 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

8 – 3

Final

San Jose Sharks

The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 8–3 on Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at SAP Center at San Jose. Craig Smith scored twice; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	4	4	8	30
SJS	2	0	1	3	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:03	SJS	PP	Tomas Hertl (16) · wrist	Erik Karlsson (60), William Eklund (1)	0–1
1st	15:30	SJS	EV	Alexander Barabanov (13) · snap	Logan Couture (30), Andreas Johnsson (2)	0–2
2nd	08:46	WSH	EV	Craig Smith (5) · wrist	Dylan Strome (28), Sonny Milano (16)	1–2
2nd	11:30	WSH	EV	Nicolas Aube-Kubel (3) · wrist	Conor Sheary (19), Nic Dowd (11)	2–2
2nd	15:28	WSH	EV	Matt Irwin (1) · slap	Gabriel Carlsson (1), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (7)	3–2
2nd	19:02	WSH	EV	Craig Smith (6) · bat	Rasmus Sandin (17), Dylan Strome (29)	4–2
3rd	05:50	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (16) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (25), Rasmus Sandin (18)	5–2
3rd	09:02	SJS	EV	Nico Sturm (13) · slap	Noah Gregor (3), Erik Karlsson (61)	5–3
3rd	09:11	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (34) · wrist	Tom Wilson (3), Gabriel Carlsson (2)	6–3
3rd	16:05	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (35) · wrist	Vincent Iorio (1), Rasmus Sandin (19)	7–3
3rd	17:30	WSH	EV	Dylan Strome (14) · wrist	Sonny Milano (17)	8–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:53	SJS	Tomas Hertl	high sticking	2
1st	10:07	WSH	Sonny Milano	high sticking	2
1st	17:22	WSH	Nic Dowd	high sticking double minor	4
2nd	05:08	WSH	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	slashing	2
2nd	12:26	SJS	Oskar Lindblom	tripping	2
3rd	05:45	SJS	Kevin Labanc	clipping	2
3rd	05:45	SJS	Bench	game misconduct head coach	0

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.17 · SJS 4.09 · xG% WSH 43.6

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	3	3	+1	0	0	3	1		21:40	26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	1	3	+1	0	4	0	1		17:06	23
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	2	3	+4	0	1	1	0	80.0	13:02	16
18	Gabriel Carlsson	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	2	0		19:00	26
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	1	1	2	+2	2	2	4	0		14:19	21
16	Craig Smith	C	2	0	2	+3	0	3	2	2		12:52	18
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	2	2	+3	2	1	0	2		12:17	16
52	Matt Irwin	D	1	0	1	+3	0	2	3	4		18:34	25
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	100.0	15:28	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1		15:01	22
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	0		14:50	22
6	Vincent Iorio	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1		14:48	27
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	4	0	3	0	46.7	13:31	21
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		23:07	28
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2		19:30	28
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	56.3	18:00	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	58.3	16:49	21
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0	12:10	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	W	41	38	3	.927	60:00

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	2	2	-2	0	4	1	1		26:43	26
39	Logan Couture	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1	33.3	22:46	26
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	0	1	-3	2	5	3	1	59.1	20:52	24
94	Alexander Barabanov	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	3		20:23	22
72	William Eklund	L	0	1	1	-3	0	4	1	1		19:46	23
7	Nico Sturm	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	1	16.7	16:40	23
18	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	14:38	20
73	Noah Gregor	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	4	0	50.0	12:01	17
5	Matt Benning	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	5		22:50	24
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4		21:01	23
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1		17:49	22
9	Jacob MacDonald	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	2		16:28	21
20	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0		14:47	22
10	Evgeny Svechnikov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		12:14	20
16	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	28.6	10:08	15
23	Oskar Lindblom	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		9:20	16
62	Kevin Labanc	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0		9:09	13
51	Radim Simek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		8:20	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36	Kaapo Kahkonen	L	30	22	8	.733	60:00