The Washington Capitals are at SAP Center to conclude their 3-game road trip against the San Jose Sharks. The Capitals are 1-1-0 during the trip, with their sole win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Alex Ovechkin will play his first game against Macklin Celebrini, the first overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
1st overall picks drafted 20 years apart, Macklin Celebrini goes up against the legendary Alex Ovechkin for the first time. #TheFutureIsTeal pic.twitter.com/YM7SZUUn6x
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Meanwhile Maryland native Patrick Giles will suit up against his favorite team growing up as a kid for the first time.
Coming into today’s game, Ovechkin is currently at 886 career goals — 9 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.
Puck drop for Caps-Sharks is set for 5 pm on Monumental Sports Network. Joe Beninati and Alan May have the call.
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Washington Capitals
San Jose Sharks
Tunnel shenanigans
1st Period
Puck is dropped.
Whoa TVR got away with a hook there.
The Capitals have the first four shots of the game five minutes in.
Seven minutes in, the Capitals have the first seven shots of the game. The Sharks are struggling to create anything early.
🚨 1-0 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Dylan Strome (21). Assists: A. Ovechkin (21), T. Wilson (26). Time: 07:33.
Ovechkin sets up Dylan Strome on a breakaway for the easy scoar. Strome has goals in three of the last four games.
Capitals lead in shots 9-0.
The Sharks’ first shot comes on a two-on-one break 9:49 into the game. Logan Thompson goes to the splits to stop Will Smith in close.
Will Smith with another huge scoring chance at the right circle but Thompson again makes the save. The Sharks appear awake now.
A Matt Roy 93 MPH slap shot sends Klim Kostin off the ice after the Sharks forward blocks his shot with his skate. He was screaming in pain while laying on the ice. Now he’s down to the Sharks locker room.
Capitals to their first power play after Timothy Liljegren interferes with PLD at 15:01.
Vincent Desharnais blocks an Ovechkin shot with his leg — ouch. The Sharks will have no one left if they keep this up.
🚨 2-0 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Aliaksei Protas (29). Unassisted. Time: 17:24.
Protas, unreal, scores again after he finds a Lars Eller rebound near the crease. He puts the puck on his backhand for more power to beat Georgiev.
🚨 3-0 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Taylor Raddysh (7). Assists: J. Carlson (40), P. Dubois (41). Time: 18:55.
Taylor Raddysh beats Georgiev with a perfect shot from the right circle. Great patience. Protas with a great screen in front.
At intermission: The Capitals lead 3-0 and they could hit 10 today if they keep this up. The Capitals outshot the Sharks 17 to 3 in the first period and out-attempted them at 5v5, 25 to 6. Seven of 12 Capitals forwards registered a point.
The Capitals' dominant first period by numbers:
– 3 goals scored
– 17 to 3 shots advantage
– 25 to 6 five-on-five shot attempts
– Only 2 Sharks players got a shot
– WSH leads in expected goals at five-on-five 1.64 to 0.26Per @NatStatTrick
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2nd Period
Georgi Romanov replaces Georgiev in the Sharks net. This will be his third career appearance and marks a possible new goaltender for Ovechkin to score on.
Puck is dropped.
Rasmus Sandin to the box for interference at 7:08. Folks this is a very soft call. He barely touched Eklund.
Mario Ferraro to the box for holding Anthony Beauvillier at 11:03.
🥊 Tom Wilson fights Zack Ostapchuk at 14:56. He derstroyed Ostrapchuk.
🥊 Brandon Duhaime fights Noah Gregor at 15:37. Duhaime won that one.
Mario Ferraro to the box for roughing PLD near the Caps bench at 16:41.
This game is devolving into chaos fast. Now Jakob Chychrun is going off for cross-checking and roughing Vincent Desharnais at 17:36.
At intermission: The Capitals still lead 3-0. The Capitals lead in shots 22 to 10 and and 5v5 shot attempts 36 to 12.
3rd Period
Puck is dropped. The Sharks remain on a power play.
Sharks pouring on the pressure.
🚨 3-1 Washington Capitals. SJS Goal: Macklin Celebrini (21). Assists: T. Toffoli (20). Time: 06:19.
Turnover by Ovi to Toffoli leads to Celebrini scoring wide open in front of the net.
🚨 4-1 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Trevor van Riemsdyk (1). Assists: L. Eller (11), A. Mangiapane (12). Time: 06:59.
TVR ends a 145-game goalless drought by scoring from BEHIND THE NET.
🚨 5-1 Washington Capitals. WSH Goal: Alex Ovechkin (34). Assists: M. Fehervary (15), P. Dubois (42). Time: 10:54.
Alex Ovechkin’s 887th career goal via a deflection. He’s 8 away from breaking the NHL goals record.
Capitals win 5-1.
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