The Washington Capitals tried and failed to vanquish their losing streak. They suffered a soul-eradicating overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks to make it six losses in a row. Ovechkin did stuff though. That’s something, I suppose.
Joe Pavelski started the night on a sour note, scoring for the Sharks just 12 seconds in. That stung, but not for long: Alex Ovechkin notched a power-play goal from the far side to even the score. After a lengthy drought, gangly teenager-with-promise Andre Burakovsky got a goal with a gorgeous snipe to give the Caps the lead, which they promptly squandered as Tomas Hertl got an equally pretty snipe on the power play. Before the first period was up, TJ Oshie took a nice pass from Alex Ovechkin to restore the Caps’ lead.
The Sharks brought the score even with a scramble in front of the net after a penalty expired, but Evgeny answered with a wristshot from a sharp angle to put Washington ahead. Alex Ovechkin took a drop pass from Nicklas Backstrom to make it a two-goal lead soon after. Logan Couture cut that lead in half with a [checks notes] three-on-zero rush goal after a Kuznetsov turnover.
In the third period, Alex Ovechkin scored his third hat trick of the season, seemingly locking up the win. Except Hertl tightened it up with another power-play goal, nearly identical to his first one. Then, with one second left in regulation, the Sharks tied it, forcing overtime, where Tomas Hertl completed his own hat trick to win.
CAPS LOSE. Six in a row. It burns.
oh god no
— RMNB (@russianmachine) January 23, 2019
not like this
— RMNB (@russianmachine) January 23, 2019
mister stark
— RMNB (@russianmachine) January 23, 2019
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsSharks Do do do do do do 🦈 pic.twitter.com/AvWbP99YLC
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 23, 2019
I’m flabbergasted, gobstopped, and mollywhopped. I can’t believe they blew it. I’m just stunned. I don’t have anything clever to say here. This took the wind out of me.
I guess I’ll see you tomorrow night. The Caps wrap up the month in Toronto. I have no idea what will happen.
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