Washington CapitalsWSH 7–1 Final San Jose SharksSJS

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Washington CapitalsWSH 421 7 31
San Jose SharksSJS 001 1 24

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
8:25 WSH Alex Ovechkin (13) Matt Roy (6) · wrist xG 0.42 1–0 ▶
10:05 WSH Sonny Milano (4) Declan Chisholm (2), Trevor van Riemsdyk (2) · wrist xG 0.06 2–0 ▶
13:35 WSH Ryan Leonard (6) Trevor van Riemsdyk (3), Brandon Duhaime (2) · wrist xG 0.33 3–0 ▶
17:07 WSH Brandon Duhaime (4)SH Aliaksei Protas (10) · backhand xG 0.09 4–0 ▶
2nd Period
2:41 WSH Alex Ovechkin (14)PP Ryan Leonard (10), Jakob Chychrun (14) · slap xG 0.20 5–0 ▶
19:34 WSH Dylan Strome (6) Matt Roy (7), Ryan Leonard (11) · tip-in xG 0.10 6–0 ▶
3rd Period
1:03 WSH Ryan Leonard (7) Matt Roy (8), Charlie Lindgren (1) · backhand xG 0.08 7–0 ▶
12:58 SJS Pavol Regenda (2)PP Dmitry Orlov (16), Adam Gaudette (3) · tip-in xG 0.17 7–1 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

WSH 65%Deserve to win35% SJS
WSHSJS
2.93Expected goals2.13
7Goals (no shootout)1
2.27Expected goals, 5 on 50.95
47Shot attempts57
41Unblocked attempts39
31Shots on goal24

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
17:07 SJS Goalie Goalie · Askarov −2.6 goals saved
4 goals on 1.40 xG, 12 shots on goal
17:07 SJS Goalie change Goalie change · Nedeljkovic in for Askarov
17:07 of the 1st; Askarov had allowed 4 goals on 12 shots (1.40 xG)

Shot map

WSH shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ SJS shoots
Philipp Kurashev: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:10) Timothy Liljegren: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 0:35) Tom Wilson: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 1:19) Connor McMichael: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 3:38) John Klingberg: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 4:40) Anthony Beauvillier: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 4:49) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 5:54) William Eklund: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 6:11) Tyler Toffoli: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 6:33) Rasmus Sandin: wrist, 158 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 6:37) Dmitry Orlov: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 6:57) Sam Dickinson: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:04) Ty Dellandrea: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 7:09) Barclay Goodrow: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 7:26) Barclay Goodrow: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 7:27) Aliaksei Protas: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 7:56) Matt Roy: slap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 8:12) Matt Roy: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 8:20) Matt Roy: backhand, 18 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 8:22) Rasmus Sandin: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 9:30) Declan Chisholm: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 9:53) Mario Ferraro: wrist, 149 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 10:09) Ty Dellandrea: slap, 24 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 10:33) Trevor van Riemsdyk: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 13:32) Macklin Celebrini: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 15:52) Will Smith: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 16:32) Mario Ferraro: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:43) Ty Dellandrea: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:45) Vincent Iorio: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:35) Ryan Leonard: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 0:42) Matt Roy: wrist, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:57) Alex Ovechkin: deflected, 44 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 1:16) Ryan Leonard: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 1:44) Ryan Leonard: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 2:26) William Eklund: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 3:37) Adam Gaudette: slap, 47 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 4:14) Adam Gaudette: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 4:29) Barclay Goodrow: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:04) Timothy Liljegren: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:13) Ryan Reaves: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 8:17) Jakob Chychrun: slap, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:48) Jakob Chychrun: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:57) Jakob Chychrun: backhand, 28 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:28) Alexander Wennberg: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 12:36) Connor McMichael: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 12:49) Ryan Leonard: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 13:26) Ryan Leonard: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 13:47) Philipp Kurashev: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 14:35) Timothy Liljegren: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 15:05) Brandon Duhaime: wrist, 123 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 15:58) Martin Fehérváry: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 16:37) William Eklund: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:44) Alex Ovechkin: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 17:38) Alexander Wennberg: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 17:56) Jakob Chychrun: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:02) Matt Roy: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:25) Alex Ovechkin: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 2:12) Mario Ferraro: slap, 72 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 4:01) Tyler Toffoli: slap, 32 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 4:40) Adam Gaudette: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 5:26) Tyler Toffoli: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 5:56) John Klingberg: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 7:02) Ethen Frank: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 7:07) Trevor van Riemsdyk: poke, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:08) Jakob Chychrun: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 9:27) Brandon Duhaime: tip-in, 21 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 10:38) William Eklund: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 11:09) Collin Graf: backhand, 5 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 11:09) Connor McMichael: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 12:24) Philipp Kurashev: backhand, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:07) Philipp Kurashev: deflected, 23 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 16:17) Sonny Milano: tip-in, 24 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 18:42) Alex Ovechkin: GOAL, wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.42 (P1 8:25) Sonny Milano: GOAL, wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 10:05) Ryan Leonard: GOAL, wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.33 (P1 13:35) Brandon Duhaime: GOAL, backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 17:07) Alex Ovechkin: GOAL, slap, 17 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 2:41) Dylan Strome: GOAL, tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 19:34) Ryan Leonard: GOAL, backhand, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 1:03) Pavol Regenda: GOAL, tip-in, 4 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 12:58)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Washington Capitals

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
8 Alex Ovechkin 202 +1 60.83 0016:33
17 Dylan Strome 101 +2 10.10 0016:22
72 Anthony Beauvillier 000 +1 10.06 1016:14
21 Aliaksei Protas 011 +1 10.02 0016:06
77 Connor McMichael 000 0 30.34 0215:39
43 Tom Wilson 000 +1 10.14 0015:25
26 Nic Dowd 000 +1 00.00 0314:26
24 Brandon Duhaime 112 +3 30.16 2114:13
9 Ryan Leonard 224 +3 70.70 2013:39
53 Ethen Frank 000 +1 30.07 1012:42
22 Hendrix Lapierre 000 +2 00.00 1011:43
15 Sonny Milano 101 +1 20.08 0011:13
Defense
3 Matt Roy 033 +3 50.12 0421:57
6 Jakob Chychrun 011 +3 80.17 1020:06
42 Martin Fehérváry 000 0 10.04 1219:51
38 Rasmus Sandin 000 +1 20.02 0218:50
47 Declan Chisholm 011 +2 10.02 1018:01
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 022 +3 20.05 0217:38
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Charlie Lindgren 24123 .958 2.13 +1.13

San Jose Sharks

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
21 Alexander Wennberg 000 -2 30.18 0119:17
96 Philipp Kurashev 000 -1 50.07 0019:14
27 William Eklund 000 -2 50.29 1118:28
10 Ty Dellandrea 000 -1 30.23 1117:45
2 Will Smith 000 -2 10.10 0117:24
51 Collin Graf 000 0 30.05 1017:10
71 Macklin Celebrini 000 -2 30.16 0015:56
81 Adam Gaudette 011 -1 50.24 1015:41
73 Tyler Toffoli 000 -2 50.27 0014:12
84 Pavol Regenda 101 -2 10.17 1012:54
23 Barclay Goodrow 000 -2 50.10 2010:33
75 Ryan Reaves 000 -2 10.07 3007:06
Defense
9 Dmitry Orlov 011 -3 40.03 1021:44
3 John Klingberg 000 -2 40.04 0020:35
38 Mario Ferraro 000 -1 30.02 6118:42
27 Timothy Liljegren 000 -2 30.07 2118:40
6 Sam Dickinson 000 -1 20.01 0016:02
6 Vincent Iorio 000 -2 10.01 0015:08
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Yaroslav Askarov 1248 .667 1.40 -2.60
Alex Nedeljkovic 19316 .842 1.53 -1.47

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Washington Capitals

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
9 Ryan Leonard R +4.40 +2.75 +0.46 +1.03 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 13:39
3 Matt Roy D +3.79 +2.10 +0.08 +1.47 0.00 0.00 +0.14 — 21:57
8 Alex Ovechkin L +2.76 +1.50 +0.54 +0.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:33
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D +2.25 +1.25 +0.03 +0.87 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 17:38
22 Brandon Duhaime R +2.15 +1.30 +0.11 +0.69 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 14:13
6 Jakob Chychrun D +1.87 +0.55 +0.11 +1.22 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 20:06
17 Dylan Strome C +1.69 +0.75 +0.06 +0.83 0.00 +0.05 0.00 — 16:22
79 Charlie Lindgren G +1.68 +0.55 — — 0.00 — — +1.13 60:00
47 Declan Chisholm D +1.25 +0.70 +0.01 +0.60 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 18:01
21 Aliaksei Protas C +1.15 +0.70 +0.01 +0.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:06
43 Tom Wilson R +0.79 0.00 +0.09 +0.69 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 15:25
24 Connor McMichael C +0.77 0.00 +0.22 +0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 15:39
15 Sonny Milano L +0.75 +0.75 +0.05 +0.11 -0.15 +0.01 -0.02 — 11:13
29 Hendrix Lapierre C +0.64 0.00 0.00 +0.66 0.00 -0.02 0.00 — 11:43
53 Ethen Frank C +0.43 0.00 +0.05 +0.42 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 — 12:42
38 Rasmus Sandin D +0.33 0.00 +0.01 +0.24 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 18:50
72 Anthony Beauvillier L +0.31 0.00 +0.04 +0.57 -0.30 0.00 0.00 — 16:14
42 Martin Fehérváry D +0.18 0.00 +0.03 +0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 19:51
26 Nic Dowd C -0.03 0.00 0.00 -0.05 -0.15 +0.02 +0.15 — 14:26

San Jose Sharks

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
84 Pavol Regenda L +0.38 +0.75 +0.11 -0.50 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 12:54
81 Adam Gaudette R +0.35 +0.55 +0.15 -0.36 0.00 -0.01 +0.02 — 15:41
51 Collin Graf R +0.03 0.00 +0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:10
10 Ty Dellandrea C +0.02 0.00 +0.15 -0.19 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 17:45
96 Philipp Kurashev C -0.03 0.00 +0.05 -0.32 +0.30 -0.02 -0.04 — 19:14
72 William Eklund L -0.22 0.00 +0.19 -0.46 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 18:28
9 Dmitry Orlov D -0.29 +0.70 +0.02 -1.14 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 21:44
23 Barclay Goodrow C -0.29 0.00 +0.07 -0.30 0.00 -0.04 -0.02 — 10:33
21 Alexander Wennberg C -0.33 0.00 +0.12 -0.47 0.00 -0.03 +0.05 — 19:17
6 Sam Dickinson D -0.37 0.00 +0.01 -0.34 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 16:02
75 Ryan Reaves R -0.40 0.00 +0.04 -0.43 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 7:06
37 Timothy Liljegren D -0.48 0.00 +0.05 -0.55 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 18:40
3 John Klingberg D -0.57 0.00 +0.03 -0.77 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 20:35
38 Mario Ferraro D -0.82 0.00 +0.01 -0.71 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 18:42
22 Vincent Iorio D -0.86 0.00 +0.01 -0.89 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 15:08
71 Macklin Celebrini C -1.03 0.00 +0.10 -1.12 0.00 +0.03 -0.04 — 15:56
2 Will Smith C -1.08 0.00 +0.06 -1.17 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:24
73 Tyler Toffoli C -1.09 0.00 +0.18 -1.29 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 14:12
33 Alex Nedeljkovic G -1.47 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.47 42:40
30 Yaroslav Askarov G -2.60 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -2.60 17:07

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.