San Jose Sharks at Washington Capitals

Thu, Jan 15, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

San Jose Sharks

3 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Collin Graf led the way with 2 points. Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	0	3	0	3	26
WSH	0	1	1	2	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	10:58	WSH	PP	Dylan Strome (11) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (21), Jakob Chychrun (18)	0–1
2nd	13:27	SJS	EV	Zack Ostapchuk (3) · snap	Dmitry Orlov (22), William Eklund (19)	1–1
2nd	14:53	SJS	EV	Collin Graf (13) · tip-in	Pavol Regenda (1)	2–1
2nd	16:13	SJS	EV	Pavol Regenda (7) · snap	Macklin Celebrini (47), Collin Graf (13)	3–1
3rd	09:11	WSH	EV	Ryan Leonard (10) · snap	John Carlson (27), Martin Fehérváry (14)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:14	WSH	John Carlson	interference	2
2nd	00:56	WSH	John Carlson	hooking	2
2nd	09:46	SJS	Vincent Iorio	interference	2
2nd	19:49	SJS	Tyler Toffoli	tripping	2
3rd	09:56	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: SJS 2.96 · WSH 2.38 · xG% SJS 55.4

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
51	Collin Graf	R	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0		20:06	23
84	Pavol Regenda	L	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	0		13:46	18
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	0	1	1	+2	0	6	0	1	68.4	25:07	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		20:25	20
72	William Eklund	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		17:38	18
63	Zack Ostapchuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	58.3	10:54	15
3	John Klingberg	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	2		20:46	18
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	64.7	20:06	22
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	2		19:32	21
37	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:04	22
22	Vincent Iorio	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		17:56	16
6	Sam Dickinson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:43	16
92	Igor Chernyshov	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		15:39	17
81	Adam Gaudette	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	42.9	15:28	17
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:46	16
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:33	14
77	Michael Misa	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20.0	9:58	14
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:21	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	2		28:19	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	1		25:45	25
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	38.5	22:19	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		21:21	19
9	Ryan Leonard	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	1		18:35	21
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		17:29	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		21:34	21
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	5		20:51	24
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		18:35	21
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1	45.5	16:12	19
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	46.2	15:49	21
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:37	19
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	100.0	15:24	19
20	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		9:40	13
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		9:26	14
15	Sonny Milano	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	7:28	10
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	6:30	9
52	Dylan McIlrath	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		6:05	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	L	26	23	3	.885	57:01