Washington Capitals vs. San Jose SharksMar 15, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 15, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	0	2	5		WSH	17	5	6	28
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	3	7	10	20

: WSH 55SJS 32
: WSH 2.50SJS 2.03
PP goals: WSH 0SJS 0
Hits: WSH 13SJS 22
Blocks: WSH 4SJS 15
PIM: WSH 16SJS 16
: WSH 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals rout San Jose Sharks 5–1

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 5–1 at SJS. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:34.Ovechkin
Points
Lars Eller had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:23.Eller
Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:26.Dubois
Points
Tom Wilson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.Wilson
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Goodrow–Kostin–Ostapchuk skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goodrow Kostin Ostapchuk
New line
New look for SJS: Gregor–Giles–Dellandrea skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gregor Giles Dellandrea
Usage
Shakir Mukhamadullin (SJS) played 22:57, +5:03 up on his 17:54 season average over 29 games.Mukhamadullin

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 87 of 87 attempts · SJS 32 · WSH 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 47% of the game, SJS 25%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	SJS
	56	29
	2.72	1.81
	2.63	1.75
	11	6
	5	5
	22	20
	−0.019	+0.019
	47%	25%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Eller – Mangiapane – Raddysh
9:1977% CF
L2Dowd – Beauvillier – Duhaime
8:4786% CF
L3Dubois – McMichael – Protas
6:3264% CF
L4Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
6:1160% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
10:1538% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
10:1083% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
9:5286% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Dubois
3:20100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Mangiapane – Raddysh – McMichael
1:22100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:41
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:39
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:24
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:05

Current WSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Eklund – Celebrini
12:3845% CF
L2Wennberg – Smith – Graf
11:1147% CF
L3Gregor – Giles – Dellandrea
9:5124% CF
L4Goodrow – Kostin – Ostapchuk
7:410% CF
D1Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
12:4037% CF
D2Vlasic – Liljegren
11:4633% CF
D3Desharnais – Schuldt
9:110% CF

PP1Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
3:44100% CF
PP2Goodrow – Kostin – Liljegren – Mukhamadullin – Graf
0:58
PK1FGoodrow – Graf
3:19
PK2FWennberg – Dellandrea
0:48
PK1DDesharnais – Mukhamadullin
2:01
PK2DVlasic – Schuldt
0:41

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:33
WSHDylan Strome (Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson)wrist0.49 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Roy, FehérvárySJS: Toffoli, Ferraro, Mukhamadullin, Eklund, Celebrini
WSH 1 – 0 SJS
17:26
WSHAliaksei Protas (Lars Eller, Tom Wilson)backhand0.24 xG
WSH: Eller, Wilson, Roy, Fehérváry, ProtasSJS: Vlasic, Toffoli, Mukhamadullin, Eklund, Celebrini
WSH 2 – 0 SJS
18:55
WSHTaylor Raddysh (John Carlson, Pierre-Luc Dubois)snap0.13 xG
WSH: Carlson, Raddysh, Dubois, Sandin, ProtasSJS: Wennberg, Ferraro, Mukhamadullin, Smith, Graf
WSH 3 – 0 SJS

3rd period

6:19
SJSMacklin Celebrini (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Strome, SandinSJS: Toffoli, Ferraro, Mukhamadullin, Eklund, Celebrini
WSH 3 – 1 SJS
6:59
WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk (Lars Eller, Andrew Mangiapane)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Eller, van Riemsdyk, Mangiapane, Chychrun, RaddyshSJS: Gregor, Ferraro, Giles, Dellandrea, Mukhamadullin
WSH 4 – 1 SJS
10:54
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Martin Fehérváry, Pierre-Luc Dubois)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Roy, Dubois, Fehérváry, ProtasSJS: Vlasic, Goodrow, Kostin, Liljegren, Ostapchuk
WSH 5 – 1 SJS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	69	77
Lars Eller C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.23	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	73	77
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	80	80
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	81	78
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	12:43	—	—	80	50
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	3	0	0	11:29	—	—	79	56
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	52	36
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	50	35
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	0	1	+3	1	0.24	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	65	56
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.56	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	58	62
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.10	2	0	0	17:34	—	—	50	52
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	1	0	5	17:19	—	—	61	64
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	55	53
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:11	—	—	35	39
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	0	4	21:19	—	—	68	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	74	52
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.05	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	69	68
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.02	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	89	85

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.03	59:46

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.62	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	48	44
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	45	44
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	45	44
Collin Graf R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	0	0	19:41	—	—	47	53
Will Smith C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.49	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	50	53
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	44	53
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:20	—	—	30	36
Patrick Giles R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	11:18	—	—	25	35
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	5	11:01	—	—	24	36
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	8	0
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:42	—	—	13	0
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	5	7:50	—	—	0	0
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.10	2	1	0	22:57	—	—	39	35
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	1	4	20:55	—	—	42	41
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	19:41	—	—	42	40
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:03	—	—	29	38
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	20:00	—	—	16	35
Jimmy Schuldt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:54	—	—	28	61

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Georgi Romanov	—	11	9	2	.818	0.84	40:00
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	17	14	3	.824	1.67	20:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dylan Strome (WSH) 1st 7:33 · assists Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 42.0 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Dylan Strome · 1st 7:33 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Trevor van Riemsdyk · 3rd 6:59 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 19.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 1st 17:26 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Taylor Raddysh · 1st 18:55 · WSH

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s

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Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 6:19 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 10:54 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 12.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.