The Caps lost to the San Jose Sharks 3-0 in a slow, painful battle. This stops their winning streak at five games.

The game started off with a slow paced first period ending in 0-0, despite some impressive hustle and penalty kill skills. The Caps finish the period with 4 shots to San Jose’s 9.

The scoring finally began to happen 12:23 into the second period where Joel Ward helped create a stream for Marc-Edouard Vlasic to score. The scoring for San Jose continued about five minutes later, with 17:26 left in the second period. Brent Burns ripped one passed Holtby and the second period ended with the Sharks on top 2-0. 

The third period started off with a power play for the Capitals. Brenden Dillion with a holding against Evgeny Kuznetsov, but ending in a no score. With 6:12 left in the third period, the Caps had one more chance for a power play after newbie Kevin Labanc tripped Tom Wilson. The Caps were unsuccessful and Joe Thornton added an empty netter late to seal it.

• Tonight was Election bobblehead night. Your next bobblehead will be Braden Holtby.
• Evgeny Kuznetsov thinks he’s super fancy with his stick work.
• The Caps had 4 shot attempts in the first period, matching the Caps’ season low.
• The second period had the Caps coming back a bit where they were 10 shots to 9.
• Here’s your missed opportunity of the night:

Ovechkin loses an edge on the semi-breakaway pic.twitter.com/cG1WDnxZtl

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 9, 2016

Joe B suit of the night

Happy Election Day, everyone. I hope your night goes a little better than this game did for our team.

Featured Image: Patrick Smith

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