Capitals 1–4 Sharks — Final Score & Stats (Dec 16, 2005)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦈 SJS

Joe Thornton

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 19:31 TOI

2nd star 🦈 SJS

Scott Thornton

2 A

2 shots · 16:17 TOI

3rd star 🦈 SJS

Jonathan Cheechoo

1 G

5 shots · 17:09 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🦈 Jonathan Cheechoo Go-ahead 1st · 12:06

Assists: Joe Thornton, Scott Thornton · beat Olie Kolzig

0–1

🦈 Joe Thornton 1st · 16:27

Assists: Scott Thornton, Tom Preissing · beat Olie Kolzig

0–2

2nd period

🦈 Milan Michalek 2nd · 02:13

Assists: Josh Langfeld, Marcel Goc · beat Olie Kolzig

0–3

3rd period

🦅 Ben Clymer 3rd · 07:48

Assists: Shaone Morrisonn, Brian Sutherby · beat Evgeni Nabokov

1–3

🦈 Alyn McCauley 3rd · 15:44

Assists: Patrick Marleau, Grant Stevenson · beat Olie Kolzig

1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Halpern 19:40

L2 Pettinger · Clark · Willsie 15:08

L3 Sutherby · Cassels · Clymer 13:15

L4 Laich · Bradley 9:52

D1 Heward · Witt 22:52

D2 Muir · Eminger 20:40

D3 Morrisonn · Majesky 14:40

D4 Biron 7:28

🦈Sharks

L1 Marleau · Thornton · Cheechoo 19:31

L2 Thornton · McCauley · Stevenson 16:17

L3 Michalek · Langfeld · Dimitrakos 13:09

L4 Goc · Smith · Ekman 11:26

D1 Hannan · Preissing 27:12

D2 Davison · Murray 19:13

D3 Ehrhoff · Fahey 10:54

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH SJS🦈

26 Shots on goal 33

30 Hits 23

5 Blocked shots 12

4 Takeaways 7

4 Giveaways 14

12 Penalty minutes 10

WSH shooting 3.8% (1/26) SJS shooting 12.1% (4/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

29/33

.879 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦈Sharks

Evgeni Nabokov

25/26

.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:48 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Sharks

Sharks — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

After 2nd — 0–3

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Sharks

Sharks — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Sharks lead the season series 1–0

Nov 82003 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Dec 142002 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 0–2 Nov 192002 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Mar 152002 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 4–5 Feb 282002 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 5–2

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WSH vs SJS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Sharks on December 16, 2005?

Sharks won 4–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Sharks 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Ben Clymer.

Who scored for Sharks?

Alyn McCauley, Joe Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Evgeni Nabokov made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 14 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 3–2 AfterDec 18 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 3–2

🦈 Sharks

BeforeDec 10 🌪️CAR @ 🦈SJS 3–4 AfterDec 18 🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA 4–5

Also on December 16

⚔️BUF 4–3 🐧PIT 🎵STL 1–5 🪶CHI 👑LAK 4–3 🦆ANA

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