The San Jose Sharks decisively defeated the Washington Capitals, 5 to 2, on January 7, 2012.

Final

Capitals

21-16-2

2

Sharks

23-11-4

5

Team

WSH

SJS

1

0

2

1

2

3

1

3

Total

2

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

WSH

SJS

Jason Demers (EV) assisted by Jamie McGinn and Torrey Mitchell

0

1

Dennis Wideman (PP) assisted by Troy Brouwer and Alexander Semin

1

Brent Burns (PP) assisted by Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau

1

2

3rd period

WSH

SJS

Joel Ward (EV) assisted by Dennis Wideman and Jason Chimera

2

Patrick Marleau (EV) assisted by Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle

2

3

Marc-Edouard Vlasic (EV) assisted by Ryane Clowe and Patrick Marleau

2

4

Torrey Mitchell (EV-EN) assisted by Dan Boyle and Michal Handzus

2

5

Capitals

Sharks

Goals

2

5

Shots

30

39

Penalty Minutes

8

4

Power-Play Goals

1

Power-Play Opportunities

1

3

Faceoff Wins

35

39

Hits

25

28

Giveaways

8

14

Takeaways

4

14

Capitals

Sharks

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Tomas Vokoun (L)	1	38	4	34	.895	59:09

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	0	-1	0	1	24:10	1	2	0	0
Jay Beagle	0	0	0	0	3	6:36	0	0	0	0
Troy Brouwer	0	1	-2	0	0	17:53	4	2	1	1
John Carlson	0	0	-2	2	3	26:34	2	1	1	0
Jason Chimera	0	1	0	0	1	14:46	3	0	0	0
Mike Green	0	0	0	0	2	7:11	1	0	0	0
Jeff Halpern	0	0	0	0	1	14:33	0	0	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	0	0	0	0	0	22:21	0	0	0	1
Matt Hendricks	0	0	0	2	1	8:21	5	3	1	0
Marcus Johansson	0	0	-2	0	2	16:49	1	1	3	1
Mike Knuble	0	0	-1	0	2	15:33	0	1	0	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	-1	0	3	20:50	2	1	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	0	0	-1	0	2	12:36	1	0	0	0
Alex Ovechkin	0	0	-3	2	3	21:00	2	2	1	0
Mathieu Perreault	0	0	-1	0	0	9:53	2	1	0	0
Alexander Semin	0	1	-1	0	1	15:38	0	1	0	0
Joel Ward	1	0	+1	0	3	14:45	1	1	1	0
Dennis Wideman	1	1	-1	2	2	26:06	0	6	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Antti Niemi (W)	1	30	2	28	.933	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Dan Boyle	0	3	+3	0	4	25:40	0	0	1	0
Justin Braun	0	0	0	0	1	15:42	0	0	1	1
Brent Burns	1	0	0	0	3	21:05	0	1	0	0
Ryane Clowe	0	1	+1	0	2	17:09	4	0	2	2
Logan Couture	0	0	0	0	1	16:59	1	1	0	0
Jason Demers	1	0	0	0	2	17:41	0	2	1	1
Andrew Desjardins	0	0	0	0	2	9:36	1	2	1	2
Benn Ferriero	0	0	0	0	1	15:20	0	1	0	1
Michal Handzus	0	1	+1	0	1	16:02	2	0	0	2
Patrick Marleau	1	2	+2	0	5	18:40	1	0	2	0
Jamie McGinn	0	1	+1	0	2	16:03	6	1	2	2
Torrey Mitchell	1	1	+1	0	4	14:49	3	0	1	0
Douglas Murray	0	0	0	0	0	15:24	5	0	0	0
Joe Pavelski	0	0	+1	0	1	17:42	0	1	2	3
Joe Thornton	0	1	+1	0	4	17:29	2	0	1	0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	1	0	+3	0	3	24:28	0	3	0	0
Brad Winchester	0	0	0	4	1	8:44	2	0	0	0
Tommy Wingels	0	0	0	0	2	9:01	1	1	0	0