The San Jose Sharks are normally a boogeyman team for the Washington Capitals, especially when the two teams play in our nation’s capital. Monday night, instead of turtling, the Capitals knifed up the Sharks, defeating them 4-1.
The Capitals outshot the Sharks 29 to 25, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 46 to 40.
By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago
The Washington Capitals used to never beat the San Jose Sharks, but the Washington Capitals just beat the San Jose Sharks. Here’s how.
Devante Smith-Pelly opened up scoring with a great deflection of John Carlson’s shot.
Alex Ovechkin made it 2-0 in the second period with an intrepid rush goal. San Jose’s Timo Meier cracked the shutout a few minutes later after a beneficent bounce off the boards gave him a prime shot from the slot. Before the third period was up, Brett Connolly scored a controversial goal thanks to some thrilling stick work from Kuznetsov and Ovechkin.
In the third, Jakub Vrana made it 4-1 showing some patience and positioning during a power play. That’s that.
Caps beat Sharks 4-1!
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
At the end of their road trip, the San Jose Sharks have one final stop to play the Capitals tonight in D.C. The Sharks are currently killin’ it on the penalty-kill at 87.7%, but coming off an expensive loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Some might say they’re chomping at the bit to get back on track, while the Capitals are focused on nursing some injuries back to health. Andre Burakovsky might be back soon and Travis Boyd was recalled from Hershey to take the place of injured Chandler Stephenson. Boyd currently has 3 goals and 17 assists in 23 games with the Bears.
Game is at 7 PM and yo’ boi Pete will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 5 years ago
