Capitals 5–1 Sharks — Final Score & Stats (Mar 15, 2025)

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 🦅 WSH

Alex Ovechkin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 17:34 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Lars Eller

2 A

3 shots · 13:23 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Pierre-Luc Dubois

2 A

1 shots · 16:26 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Dylan Strome Go-ahead 1st · 07:33

Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson · beat Alexandar Georgiev

1–0

🦅 Aliaksei Protas 1st · 17:26

Assists: Lars Eller, Tom Wilson · beat Alexandar Georgiev

2–0

🦅 Taylor Raddysh 1st · 18:55

Assists: John Carlson, Pierre-Luc Dubois · beat Alexandar Georgiev

3–0

3rd period

🦈 Macklin Celebrini 3rd · 06:19

Assists: Tyler Toffoli · beat Logan Thompson

3–1

🦅 Trevor van Riemsdyk 3rd · 06:59

Assists: Lars Eller, Andrew Mangiapane · beat Georgi Romanov

4–1

🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 10:54

Assists: Martin Fehervary, Pierre-Luc Dubois · beat Georgi Romanov

5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Strome · Wilson 17:34

L2 Dubois · McMichael · Raddysh 16:03

L3 Dowd · Protas · Eller 14:18

L4 Mangiapane · Beauvillier · Duhaime 12:43

D1 Chychrun · Carlson 21:04

D2 Roy · Sandin 19:36

D3 van Riemsdyk · Fehervary 17:11

🦈Sharks

L1 Eklund · Celebrini · Graf 19:41

L2 Smith · Toffoli · Wennberg 18:02

L3 Goodrow · Dellandrea · Giles 13:20

L4 Gregor · Kostin · Ostapchuk 10:42

D1 Mukhamadullin · Ferraro 21:56

D2 Desharnais · Liljegren 19:50

D3 Vlasic · Schuldt 14:28

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH SJS🦈

28 Shots on goal 20

13 Hits 22

4 Blocked shots 15

2 Takeaways 5

14 Giveaways 17

16 Penalty minutes 16

WSH shooting 17.9% (5/28) SJS shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Logan Thompson

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 59:46 TOI

🦈Sharks

Alexandar Georgiev

14/17

.824 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI

Georgi Romanov

9/11

.818 SV% · 2 GA · 40:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

WSH SJS

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Sharks

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

After 2nd — 3–0

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Sharks

Sharks — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-7 (12% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Dec 32024 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 2–1 OT Nov 272023 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 1–2 Oct 292023 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Mar 42023 🦅WSH @ 🦈SJS 8–3 Feb 122023 🦈SJS @ 🦅WSH 4–1

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Who won Capitals vs Sharks on March 15, 2025?

Capitals won 5–1. The final score was Capitals 5, Sharks 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas, Dylan Strome, Taylor Raddysh, Trevor van Riemsdyk.

Who scored for Sharks?

Macklin Celebrini.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Logan Thompson made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Alexandar Georgiev made 14 saves on 17 shots (.824 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeMar 13 🦅WSH @ 👑LAK 0–3 AfterMar 18 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 1–4

🦈 Sharks

BeforeMar 13 🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS 2–4 AfterMar 20 🌪️CAR @ 🦈SJS 3–1

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