Game

Sharks at Capitals

Sharks 3, Capitals 2 · first star Collin Graf (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

San Jose Sharks 3 at Washington Capitals 2

Sharks SJS

3 FINAL 2

Capitals WSH

Thursday, January 15, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sharks	0	3	0	3	26
Capitals	0	1	1	2	23

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sharks attack left, Capitals attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: SJS 26, WSH 23.

SJS in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sharks 26 shots on goal (3 goals, 12 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 23 shots on goal (2 goals, 15 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	SJS SOG	SJS G	SJS ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	11	0	16	5	0	13
2nd	12	3	26	4	1	7
3rd	3	0	11	14	1	30
Total	26	3	53	23	2	50

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	SJS SOG	SJS G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	23	3	18	1
Power play	3	0	4	1
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Sharks took 51.5% of the shot attempts, and 55.7% of the 79 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sharks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sharks at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	44.8	43.5
2nd	21.2	25.0
3rd	73.2	75.9
Game	48.5	50.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

10:58 Dylan Strome (11) PP Alex Ovechkin (21), Jakob Chychrun (18) · backhand 0–1
13:27 Zack Ostapchuk (3) Dmitry Orlov (22), William Eklund (19) · snap 1–1
14:53 Collin Graf (13) Pavol Regenda (1) · tip-in 2–1
16:13 Pavol Regenda (7) Macklin Celebrini (47), Collin Graf (13) · snap 3–1

3rd period

09:11 Ryan Leonard (10) John Carlson (27), Martin Fehérváry (14) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Collin Graf SJS · R #51 · 1 G, 1 A
Pavol Regenda SJS · L #84 · 1 G, 1 A
Ryan Leonard WSH · R #9 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:14	WSH	John Carlson	interference	2	Macklin Celebrini
2nd	00:56	WSH	John Carlson	hooking	2	Macklin Celebrini
2nd	09:46	SJS	Vincent Iorio	interference	2	Ethen Frank
2nd	19:49	SJS	Tyler Toffoli	tripping	2	Aliaksei Protas
3rd	09:56	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	slashing	2	William Eklund

Boxscore

San Jose Sharks

Sharks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Pavol Regenda #84	L	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:46
Collin Graf #51	R	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	20:06
Zack Ostapchuk #63	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	58.3	10:54
Macklin Celebrini #71	C	0	1	1	+2	6	0	1	0	68.4	25:07
William Eklund #72	L	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:38
Dmitry Orlov #9	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	20:25
Alexander Wennberg #21	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	64.7	20:06
Barclay Goodrow #23	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:33
Michael Misa #77	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20.0	09:58
Tyler Toffoli #73	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	13:46
Igor Chernyshov #92	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	15:39
Adam Gaudette #81	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	42.9	15:28
Ryan Reaves #75	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:21
John Klingberg #3	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0	0.0	20:46
Mario Ferraro #38	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	2	0	0.0	19:32
Sam Dickinson #6	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:43
Timothy Liljegren #37	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:04
Vincent Iorio #22	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	0.0	17:56

Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic #33	W	23	21	2	.913	17/18	3/4	60:00

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dylan Strome #17	C	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	38.5	22:19
Ryan Leonard #9	R	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	0	0.0	18:35
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	21:21
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	1	1	-1	3	0	2	2	0.0	28:19
John Carlson #74	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	4	0.0	25:45
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	17:29
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	06:30
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	45.5	16:12
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	21:34
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	09:26
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	46.2	15:49
Sonny Milano #15	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	07:28
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	100.0	15:24
Brett Leason #20	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0.0	09:40
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	15:37
Dylan McIlrath #52	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	06:05
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	-2	1	2	5	0	0.0	20:51
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	18:35

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	L	26	23	3	.885	20/23	3/3	57:01

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.