San Jose Sharks vs Washington Capitals

NHL

Sharks

24-19-3, 51 PTS

3-2

Final

Capitals

24-18-6, 54 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

SJ shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
SJ	11	12	3	26
WSH	5	4	14	23

In net

Alex Nedeljkovic21/23 SV, .913

Logan Thompson23/26 SV, .885

Team	1	2	3	T
SJ	0	3	0	3
WSH	0	1	1	2

Who won: Sharks 3-2

The San Jose Sharks beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Sharks outscored the Capitals 3-1 in the 2nd period. Pavol Regenda led the Sharks in goals (1). Dylan Strome led the Capitals in goals (1).

WSH

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Anthony BeauvillierLW	1	1	0	1	15:24	0:00	2:36	12:48	19	0	9	0	3	2	1	0	100.0	1
Nic DowdC	1	3	0	-2	16:12	0:00	3:10	13:02	19	0	2	0	0	0	5	6	45.5	1
Brandon DuhaimeRW	0	2	0	0	9:26	0:00	0:00	9:26	14	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Ethen FrankC	0	1	0	-1	15:37	2:44	0:00	12:53	19	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	1
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	6:30	0:00	0:00	6:30	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	33.3	0
Brett LeasonRW	0	4	0	-1	9:40	0:28	0:00	9:12	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0
Ryan LeonardRW	1	2	1	-1	18:35	2:59	0:12	15:24	21	1	10	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0
Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	1	15:49	0:13	3:15	12:21	21	0	7	0	1	0	6	7	46.2	0
Sonny MilanoLW	0	0	0	0	7:28	0:13	0:00	7:15	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	0
Alex OvechkinLW	0	0	0	-1	21:21	3:12	0:00	18:09	19	0	20	1	3	2	0	0	0.0	1
Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	-1	21:34	0:00	2:30	19:04	21	0	16	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0
Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	-1	22:19	2:59	0:15	19:05	21	1	11	0	3	1	10	16	38.5	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
John CarlsonD	1	1	1	0	25:45	0:05	0:44	24:56	25	9	1	2	2	0	2	4
Jakob ChychrunD	2	0	1	-1	28:19	3:07	1:45	23:27	27	15	1	3	1	2	1	2
Martin FehervaryD	2	0	0	1	17:29	0:00	3:30	13:59	21	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dylan McIlrathD	0	2	0	0	6:05	0:00	0:00	6:05	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt RoyD	5	2	0	-2	20:51	0:00	3:33	17:18	24	1	0	1	2	2	0	0
Rasmus SandinD	1	0	0	-2	18:35	0:00	2:30	16:05	21	2	0	1	0	1	0	0