The Washington Capitals make the team’s one and likely only appearance at SAP Center this season and all eyes will be on 40-year-old Alex Ovechkin. While no one has said as much, this could potentially be Ovechkin’s final season in the NHL, which means this could be his final visit to San Jose. Ovechkin has already broken Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record and has tacked on several more since then. He’s now at 909 goals and 1,650 points in his career.

His team is doing pretty well this season. The Capitals are second in the Metro Division with a 16-9-2 record. Washington has won its last five games, beating the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 yesterday. Tom Wilson leads the team with 30 points and 16 goals. Ovechkin is second with 27 points and 12 goals.

Meantime, Will Smith will see an old friend on the other side of the ice. His former USHL and Boston teammate Ryan Leonard is in his rookie season with the Capitals. Leonard has 14 points in 27 games.

The Capitals will be missing Nic Dowd and Pierre-Luc Dubois due to injury. As for the Sharks, Michael Misa was assigned to the Barracuda in the AHL today on a conditioning loan. It was an expected move.

San Jose Sharks lines tonight

As for the lines, don’t look for too many changes up front. Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky was likely happy with how things went for his crew on Monday night. On the backend, Shakir Mukhamadullin is expected to sit while Vincent Iorio will get a chance to play against his old team. Other than that, there aren’t expected to be any changes. Look for Yaroslav Askarov back in the net.

Forwards
Tyler Toffoli — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Adam Gaudette
Philipp Kurashev — Ty Dellandrea — Collin Graf
Pavol Regenda — Barclay Goodrow — Ryan Reaves

Defense
Dmitry Orlov — Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro — John Klingberg
Sam Dickinson — Vincent Iorio

Goaltenders
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic

Washington Capitals lines vs. San Jose Sharks

Goaltender Logan Thompson played last night, so look for backup Charlie Lindgren in the net tonight. Other than that, everything should be similar to last night’s game in LA. Here’s what NHL.com reports the lines are expected to look like.

Forwards
Anthony Beauvillier — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Aliaksei Protas — Justin Sourdif — Tom Wilson
Brandon Duhaime — Connor McMichael — Ryan Leonard
Sonny Milano — Hendrix Lapierre — Ethan Frank

Defense
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Goaltenders
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson

How to watch Washington Capitals at San Jose Sharks Dec. 3, 2025

The puck drops at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET at SAP Center in San Jose.

Sharks fans can watch the game on NBCSCA or listen on the Sharks Audio Network.

Capitals fans can watch the game on MNMT or listen on 106.7 The FAN. It’s also available on the Caps Radio Network.

As always, if you can’t make the game, be sure to come back here and talk about everything that’s happening on the ice and around the league.

Go Sharks!