Category: San Jose Sharks

Cutting Deals in the Shark Tank; Washington Capitals vs San Jose Sharks

GoaltenderRecordGAA / SV%
Washington Capitals Ilya Samsonov10-2-52.45 / .914
San Jose SharksAdin Hill8-7-13.11 / .894

SAP Center in San Jose, California is the next stop for the Washington Capitals on this West Coast Roadtrip. These two teams last met back in January of 2020, where the Capitals defeated San Jose, 5-4. Unfortunately for Washington, and much in favor for the Sharks, the Caps are historically pretty bad against this team, no matter at home or on the road; in their last 30 meetings (dating back to 2000), the Capitals are just 8-18-4, though they have won three straight since 2019, and five of their last six.

On Wednesday night, in an ultra-late episode of Washington Capitals hockey, the Caps defeated the Los Angeles Kings by a score of 2-0, courtesy of two goals from Garnet Hathaway. Washington was looking for its 10th win of the season after dropping their last game against the Anaheim Ducks, less than 24 hours prior. Ilya Samsonov got the start for the back-end of the back-to-back, and it was Jonathan Quick in net for the LA Kings. This one was essentially a chess match. Very little offensive movement, defensive line-matching by both teams. It wasn’t until the third period was nearly over that the first goal of the game was scored, either. Although a variety of penalties were called, including matching minors on two separate occasions, both Samsonov and Quick were operating at peak performance.

The Kings got their first opportunity with the man-advantage just short of the nine-minute mark of the first period, but the Capitals killed that off. Then, just over halfway through the second period, Washington got its first power play as Blake Lizotte went off for high-sticking. They would not convert either.

With 3:30 remaining in the game, Garnet Hathaway scored his 3rd goal in four games to finally break the ice and put the Caps on top.

The Kings would pull their goaltender in hopes of tying it late, forcing overtime, and extending their point streak. But Hathaway potted an empty-net goal with just over 60 seconds left to make it 2-0.

John Carlson tallied assists on both goals and Evgeny Kuznetsov earned his 21st point in 17 games with the secondary assist. The win ended the Kings’ eight-game point streak and Jonathan Quick’s four-game win streak. It marked Samsonov’s 2nd shutout of the season and the 5th of his career.

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The San Jose Sharks were last in action on Thursday as they fell to the St Louis Blues, 4-1, ending a four-game winning streak for the Sharks. James Reimer was in between the pipes for the Sharks, and was 4-2-1 heading into the match.

A mere three seconds into the game, Robert Bortuzzo of the Blues and Jake Middleton of the Sharks dropped the mitts. Both were given five-minute majors for fighting.

The Blues got their first power play of the game when Kevin Lebanc was sent to the box for tripping. Brandon Saad would score just as the penalty would expire making it 1-0, Blues. Robert Thomas would add to St. Louis’s lead just one minute and 35 seconds into the middle frame with his 2nd of the year.

Jonathan Dahlen finally got the Sharks on the board as he scored his 7th of the season at the 8:16 mark of the second period. But just two minutes later, Brandon Saad went on to tally his 2nd of the game, improving St. Louis’ lead to a mark of 3-1, all but sealing the win for St. Louis. The Blues would go on to earn another three power play opportunities, but the Sharks killed off all three. Jordan Kyrou potted his 8th of the season 69 seconds into the third period, making it 4-1. It is worth noting that San Jose’s goaltender, James Reimer, managed to keep the score respectable, as he went on to stop an astounding 44 of 48 shots against.

The Sharks’ penalty kill is the best in the league, killing off just over 90% of all penalties taken. However, the team ranks 15th overall in penalty minutes, average 9.2 per game. San Jose has the 12th best power play, operating at just under 21% efficiency, compared to the Caps’ 17% power play. The Sharks, though, were not given a single power play opportunity in their last match against the Blues.

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The San Jose Sharks are without Kevin Lebanc (OUT; suspension), Lane Pederson (DTD; lower body), and Nikolai Knyzhov (IR-NR; lower body). Evander Kane is ineligible for play. For the Washington Capitals, TJ Oshie and Nic Dowd were both full-contact participants in Friday’s practice. Oshie has missed the last 10 games with a lower-body injury; Nic Dowd has played just nine games this season. Lars Eller is still in COVID-19 protocol, and Nicklas Backstrom does not yet have a timeline to return.

Kassie’s Noteworthy Remarks

  1. Logan Couture and Timo Meier are tied for goals, assists, and points on the team (6G, 8A, 14 points). Meier, however, has played four fewer games.
  2. Garnet Hathaway, who scored both goals for the Capitals on Wednesday, has four goals over his last four games, and has two, multi-goal games in the same span.
  3. It was announced Friday evening that Kevin Lebanc would be issued a one-game suspension for slewfooting Tyler Bozak. This means, Lebanc wilk be out versus the Capitals. He was issued a two-minute minor for tripping for the offense. The penalty can be seen below.

The Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks will play on Saturday, November 20th, at 10:30pm EST, and can be seen on NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports California.

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2021-22 Team Preview – San Jose Sharks

2020-21

Record: 21-28-7, 49pts; 7th in Honda West Division

Playoffs: Did not Qualify

Key Losses

F Patrick Marleau
G Martin Jones
F Ryan Donato

Key Additions

G Adin Hill
G James Reimer
F Nick Bonino
F Andrew Cogliano

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2021-22 Preview

It was a rough season last year for the San Jose Sharks. Aside from Marleau breaking the all-time record for most games played in the NHL, it was not an eventful season. With the Sharks, and the rest of the League, playing a full 82 game season, it should be all gears running.

Adin Hill comes in after being acquired in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes and then would agree to a two-year contract in early August to avoid arbitration. Hill last year went 9-9-1 with a 2.74 GAA and a .913 save percentage in the 19 games he saw. Hill would also have two shutouts. Hill goes into camp as the presumptive starter in net.

The huge question mark that surrounds the team is Evander Kane. As soon as his gambling addiction issues came out last season and then with the messy and widely publicized news on his messy divorce going on, it makes the situation with Kane messier than it needs to be. If Kane is still on the team as this is being written on August 31st before camp starts, it’s going to make the situation in San Jose a lot uglier.

San Jose really needs a huge offense spark. The Sharks have been mediocre on offense ever since they had the second best goals per game average of 3.52 from the 2018-19 season, which coincidentally was the last time the Sharks were in the postseason as well as having a player with 30 goals or 50 points during the season. With 2.57 goals per game in 2019-20, that ranked for 27th, during the last campaign, the goals per game (2.61) was good for 25th. However, they ranked 29th in power play at 14.1 percent. Defence is also the name of the game for the Sharks to protect Hill as much as possible. San Jose last season gave up more goals than they scored, being outscored by 50 goals (allowing 196 goals, while scoring 146).

As far as the season outlook goes for the Sharks, I do not expect playoffs or anything spectacular out of the team this year.

Prediction: 6th place in Pacific Division

Projected Lineup (as of August 31st):

Evander Kane — Logan Couture — Kevin Labanc

Timo Meier — Tomas Hertl — Alexander Barabanov

John Leonard — Nick Bonino — Rudolfs Balcers

Andrew Cogliano — Dylan Gambrell — Matt Nieto

Mario Ferraro — Brent Burns

Nikolai Knyzhov — Erik Karlsson

Radim Simek — Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Adin Hill

James Reimer

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Reverse Retro: Pacific Division

Continuing with the NHL’s Reverse Retro jersey unveils, we are going to take a look at the Pacific Division.

Anaheim Ducks:

The “Wild Wing” jersey makes its return, but this time it is on a white base colour. The Wild Wing jersey from the 1995-1996 season was the team’s first third jersey and still remains the only jersey to feature the team mascot on a jersey.

Arizona Coyotes:

The jersey they are going with is a colour swap of the Peyote the Coyote jersey, which was worn during the 1999 season.

Coyotes first third jersey

Replacing the green on the Reverse Retro jersey is a purple colour.

Calgary Flames:

The Blasty jersey makes a return with a few modifications made on the jersey. When the flaming head jersey debuted in 1998, it would be the franchise’s first third jersey. This would also be the first time a jersey did not feature the famous Flaming C logo as a primary logo. The Blasty jersey would become the team’s home jersey for three seasons from 2000-2003.

On this version of the jersey, the flaming C logo is rendered in white instead of the yellow on the original version.

Edmonton Oilers:

The Oilers are doing simple colour swaps for their Reverse Retro jersey. The jersey is intended to be a nod to Wayne Gretzky’s first season in 1979 as well as the Oilers first season in the NHL. This jersey will also be the first to have a orange yoke on a white jersey.

Los Angeles Kings:

The Wayne Gretzky-era look from the late 1980s-early 1990s makes its return with the franchise’s first colors of Forum blue (Purple) and Gold. This jersey is one my favorites out of the bunch.

San Jose Sharks:

The first third jersey for the Sharks gets a remix with gray taking place as the base color of the jersey with black and teal accents, which also includes the original team logo. Everything else about the jersey more or less remains the same.

Vancouver Canucks:

The original alternate from 2001 contained the blue and red gradient. This time, the jersey contains a blue and green gradient look.

Vegas Golden Knights:

Since the Golden Knights don’t have a NHL jersey to throwback to, the team is going back to a design worn by the Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League.

The secondary logo that is currently worn on the team’s three jerseys is featured as the main logo on this Reverse Retro jersey

Tomorrow TXHT will look at the Atlantic Division Reverse Retro jerseys.

Reverse Retro Jerseys Have Been Unveiled

Earlier today, Adidas and the NHL released the “Reverse Retro” jerseys that will be worn by all 31 teams this season.

The NHL and adidas Hockey teamed together for the first-ever League wide alternate jersey program called “Reverse Retro”. The idea behind the program is for each team to “throwback” to an era that has historical significance. According to the NHL, the design process for this began two years ago, which is when the third jerseys were brought back after being shelved during the first year of the adidas and Fanatics apparel deal.

Teams will wear these jerseys for multiple games this season against rival opponents.

This week, TXHT will break down the jerseys per division.

  • Tuesday – Pacific Division
  • Wednesday – Atlantic Division
  • Thursday – Central Division
  • Friday – Metropolitan Division
  • Saturday – Reverse Retro Jersey Rankings

The Reverse Retro jerseys will be available for purchase through the NHL Shop site, adidas.com, and adidas.ca on December 1st and at available retailers on December 6th, right in time for the holiday season.

Feature Graphic courtesy of Icethetics.

Game Recap: New Jersey Devils @ San Jose Sharks 2/27/20

New Jersey Devils (25-27-11 61pts) v.s San Jose Sharks (27-33-4 58pts)

Game Recap:

Good evening Devils fans! Tonight your New Jersey Devils are looking to continue their winning ways as they take on the San Jose Sharks. New Jersey is currently on a three game winning streak and are hoping to keep that going. Travis Zajac and Nikita Gusev got things going on the scoreboard first for the Devils as they took a 2-0 leading going into the second period and got off to a great start.

However, period two saw the Devils undo the great start that they had. Mario Ferraro scored his second goal of the season to bring the Sharks within one goal. Then moments later, Marcus Sorensen would tie the score up 2-2 as he scored his seventh goal of the season while the Sharks were short handed. 2-2 would be the score heading into the third period.

Period three remained scoreless as each team traded some chances but both were unable to convert which would force a 3 on 3 overtime. In overtime, Logan Couture would be the hero and scored the game winner. The New Jersey Devils fell in overtime to the San Jose Sharks 3-2. New Jersey is back in action on Saturday night as they take on the Los Angeles Kings.

Lineups:

New Jersey Devils

San Jose Sharks

Game Highlights

Final Stats: NJ-2 SJS-3

Shots: 23 30

HIts: 24 30

Power Play: 0/4 0/3

Faceoffs: 55% 45%

Game Recap: New Jersey Devils vs San Jose Sharks 2/20/20

New Jersey Devils (23-27-10 56pts) vs San Jose Sharks (26-30-4 56pts)

Game Recap:

After losing to the St.Louis Blues the other night, the New Jersey Devils hope to get back in the win column against the San Jose Sharks. Tonight was a tight defensive game with very low scoring. Defenseman Tim Heed of the Sharks would get the lone goal of the period and his first of the year. After the first period, the Devils would trail the Sharks 1-0.

Jesper Bratt would even the score up for the Devils and score his twelfth of the season. Pavel Zacha would send a stretch pass up the middle to Bratt who would put on some nice moves to deceive Sharks goalie Aaron Dell and get the puck by him for the goal. After the second period, the score would be tied 1-1 between the two teams.

In the third period, PK Subban would notch the game winner on the power play as he snapped a shot from the point which went behind the Sharks goalie. New Jersey held their own defensively and played stellar defense to give them the win by a final score of 2-1. The Devils are back in action on Saturday against the Washington Capitals for an early 1 o’clock start.

Lineups:

New Jersey Devils

San Jose Sharks

Game Highlights

Final Stats: NJ-2 SJS-1

Shots: 25 37

Hits: 12 14

Power Play: 1/6 0/3

Faceoffs: 47.2% 52.8%

 

TXHT Trade Deadline Tracker

TXHT Breakdown – The Capitals Trade for Dillon

As we approach the NHL Trade Deadline this upcoming Monday at 3p ET the trades have begun to trickle in as names that have been rumored to be moved have. We’ve seen Tyler Toffoli traded to Vancouver by the Los Angeles Kings, and the New Jersey Devils dealt their captain and defenseman Andy Greene to their division rival New York Islanders, and forward Blake Coleman to the Tampa Bay Lightning. And just today we saw the St. Louis Blues bolster their defensive corp by acquiring Marco Scandella from the Montreal Canadiens, and the Winnipeg Jets acquired defenseman Dylan DeMelo from Ottawa, but the trade that has everyone buzzing is the trade the Washington Capitals made with the San Jose Sharks as they aqcuired defenseman Brenden Dillon for two draft picks.

 

First before we look at the Capitals-Sharks trade, let’s look at the trades leading up to this one involving defensemen. On Sunday the Devils traded Greene to the Islanders for defensive prospect David Quenneville and a 2021 2nd Round pick. Then today the Senators traded DeMelo to the Jets for a 2020 3rd Round pick, and Montreal traded Scandella to the Blues for a 2020 2nd Rd pick, and a conditional 2021 4th Rd pick. The theme that you see here is that for defensemen, rental or long term, you’ll need to give up at least a 2nd or 3rd Round pick to get one.

 

Now for the Capitals trade with the Sharks, the Capitals would acquire Dillon from the Sharks for their 2020 2nd Round pick, and a conditional 2021 3rd Round pick. The condition for the 3rd Round pick is that if the Capitals win the Stanley Cup the Sharks will receives Arizona’s 2021 3rd Round pick instead of Washington’s. As for the Sharks, their general manager Doug Wilson made it known that if anyone wanted Dillon that they would have to give up a 2nd and a 3rd Round pick to acquire him. The Capitals obviously obliged.

 

Also, as noted in Pierre LeBrun’s tweet above, the Capitals were able to get the Sharks to retain 50% of Dillon’s contract. Dillon, who is in the final year of his contract, carries a cap hit of $1.635mil, and with the Sharks retaining half of the salary in the deal, that would be a benefit to the Capitals as well as they are tight along the salary cap currently.

 

So where will Dillon go in the Capitals lineup now is the big question many are wondering. Currently the Capitals defense pairings look like this:

John Carlson — Michal Kempny

Nick Jensen — Dmitry Orlov

Jonas Siegenthaler — Radko Gudas

 

With how our pairings are currently it would be best to take Jensen out of the lineup and put Dillon on the second pairing. While the Capitals defense has been struggling as of late, I wouldn’t breakup Carlson and Kempny, and Siegenthaler and Gudas. Those two pairings have been the more consistent pairs for the Capitals, while Jensen and Orlov have struggled this season together. One can say that Orlov’s struggles have been more direct to Jensen’s inability to truly fit in with the Capitals system. Sure these last few games he has stepped up, but he hasn’t been what we thought he would have been when they traded for him last season before the deadline from Detroit.

 

With us a few days away from the NHL Trade Deadline there is still a chance that another trade could happen, but it will be difficult due to the Capitals cap constraints, but only time will tell, and we’ll have to wait and see who else will be moved before Monday at 3p ET.

 

*Feature Graphic courtesy of the Washington Capitals

TRADE ALERT- Brenden Dillon (SJS) to WSH for a Pair of Picks

The Washington Capitals have acquired defenseman Brenden Dillon from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2020 2nd round draft pick, and a conditional 3rd round draft pick in the 2021 Entry Draft. Capitals General Manager Brian MacClellan asserted a dire need for an experienced defenseman with penalty kill prowess. Dillon’s 2:02 minutes per game on the penalty kill ranked third among San Jose blue-liners.

Dillon has one goal and 13 assists in 59 games played with San Jose this season. In 588 career games, the 29-year old is +15, with 553 career penalty minutes. During the 2018-19 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Dillon tallied two assists in 20 games.

The San Jose Sharks will retain 50% of Dillon’s salary.

References:

HockeyReference. (2020). Brenden Dillon Stats. Retrieved from https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/dillobr01.html

nhl.com. (2020). Capitals Acquire Brenden Dillon from San Jose Sharks. Retrieved from https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-acquire-brenden-dillon-from-san-jose-sharks/c-315220714.

TXHT Opinon – The Player Safety Issue Needs Fixing

This past week in the NHL has been an interesting one when it comes to player safety as we would see a fine, a suspension, and absolutely nothing done with three particular plays that has gotten the hockey world lit a blaze with controversy.

 

First we’ll start with the suspension handed down to San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane on Saturday, Feb. 15th for elbowing Winnipeg Jets defenseman Neal Pionk on Friday, Feb. 14th.

 

In what is a standard play in majority of board battles in all games, Kane’s elbow went up and made contact with Pionk’s head. After the game the Department of Player Safety felt that the play was suspendable, and handed Kane a three game ban for the play. However, a similar play happened when the Boston Bruins hosted the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday, Feb. 8th. Coyotes forward Lawson Crouse would elbow Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy along the boards and only receive a two minute penalty for roughing. Crouse would have no hearing, and would not be fined either for the play.

 

Another example would be in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs when Sammy Blais of the St. Louis Blues would explode through then Sharks defenseman Justin Braun, and would make contact with Braun’s head in front of the referee.

 

So what constitutes a suspension and what doesn’t when we look at these three plays? Two had no discipline to them, and one did. Evander Kane was rightfully upset about this and spoke out about it moments after his suspension was announced.

Evander Kane.jpg

 

Now despite how many people may feel about Kane, it can’t be denied that he has a valid point about the NHL and the Department of Player Safety. We have seen countless plays that have gone unpunished, and have seen players suspended for the most minor offenses. Or we just see fines which makes no sense, especially when the play was a suspendable offense. Then we also get stuff like this…

 

On Wednesday, Feb. 12th Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara was fined $5,000, the max allowable under the CBA, for cross checking Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher in the face. As Kane mentions in his tweet is that the original thought is that that offence would be worth at least a game if it were a playoff game, and it usually is too as we’ve seen in the past Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom get suspended for a similar cross check before for one game. So why wasn’t Chara suspended at least three games for this offense, because based on DoPS logic one playoff game is equal to three regular season games, but was only given a fine instead?

 

Some can say it’s favoritism, and I can legitimately see that argument, but at the same time it shows a lack of consistency and discipline on the NHL’s part. Kane’s call for a third party to be the ones to dole out the punishments is a warranted one, but one also has to say that there needs to be a more clear cut system to how these punishments are handed out too. I’ve always been a fan of the idea that you have a layered punishment system, like with the embellishment rule, where for every time a player does the offense the punishment steepens.

 

For instance, the NHL wants to get head shots out of the game, but they have no true form of getting rid of it. We see countless head shots that go unpenalized because of this. Why can’t it be first offence for throwing a head shot, blatant or not, be an automatic three games with every following offence become steeper to send the message that this is not acceptable and needs to be removed from the game. Having something like that which would be more consistent would be ideal, but even then we’ve seen the NHL suspend a player for three games, and then they do the same play again only to be fined or have nothing happen.

 

The NHL has a problem, and it needs to be fixed. However, I doubt it’ll be fixed or taken seriously under the regime of Commissioner Gary Bettman.

 

Oh, and one final note. This morning before I started working on this article the NHL fined Canadiens head coach Claude Julien $10,000 for comments criticizing the officials. But that’ll be a story for another day as that does play a part in the issues with the NHL and the discipline, or lack thereof, in today’s game.

Game Recap – 1/5/2020 – San Jose Sharks v. Washington Capitals

San Jose Sharks (17-20-3 37pts) v. Washington Capitals (27-8-5 59pts)

 

Game Recap:

In Washington for the early afternoon matinee, the Capitals would host the San Jose Sharks. After a scoreless first period the Sharks would strike first on the powerplay as Evander Kane would score his 16th of the season to give the Sharks the 1-0 lead. However, the Capitals fourth line would respond as 64 seconds later Nic Dowd would score his fifth of the season to tie the game at one. After a failed powerplay opportunity for the Capitals, Kane would net his second of the game to retake the lead for the Sharks. Then on their second powerplay Kane would complete the hat trick to give the Sharks the 3-1 lead, and go a perfect two for two on the powerplay. However, late in the third period Jakub Vrana would strike to bring the Capitals back within one heading into the second intermission.

 

In the third period Logan Couture would net the empty netter with one minute remaining in the game to give the Sharks the 4-2 lead, but the Capitals would storm back as Vrana would score his second of the game and TJ Oshie would score with 15 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at four and force overtime. In the extra frame both teams would generate multiple odd man rushes, but it would be Lars Eller netting the game winner to complete the comeback for the Capitals as they would win 5-4.

 

Lineups:

San Jose Sharks:

Tomas Hertl — Logan Couture — Patrick Marleau

Evander Kane — Barclay Goodrow — Timo Meier

Marcus Sorensen — Joe Thornton — Kevin Labanc

Melker Karlsson — Joel Kellman — Stefan Noesen

Brenden Dillon — Brent Burns

Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Erik Karlsson

Radim Simek — Mario Ferraro

Martin Jones

Aaron Dell

Scratched: Tim Heed, Joachim Blichfeld, Antti Suomela

Injured: Dalton Prout (upper body)

 

Washington Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie

Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Richard Panik

Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

Michal Kempny — Radko Gudas

Braden Holtby

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Travis Boyd

Injured: Christian Djoos (upper body)

 

First Period:

N/A

 

End of 1st

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Second Period:

WAS Penalty – 5:13 – Richard Panik 2 minutes for High Sticking

SJ PPG – 6:25 – Evander Kane (16) from Joe Thornton (17) and Timo Meier (13)

WAS Goal – 7:29 – Nic Dowd (5) from Brendan Leipsic (7) and Garnet Hathaway (7)

SJ Penalty – 7:56 – Evander Kane 2 minutes for Slashing

SJ Goal – 10:06 – Evander Kane (17) from Logan Couture (22) and Melker Karlsson (4)

WAS Penalty – 15:29 – Radko Gudas 2 minutes for Slashing

SJ PPG – 16:49 – Evander Kane (18) from Erik Karlsson (26) and Timo Meier (14)

WAS Goal – 18:42 – Jakub Vrana (17) from TJ Oshie (15)

 

End of 2nd

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Third Period:

WAS Penalty – 4:31 – Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Delay of Game

SJ Penalty – 10:26 – Evander Kane 2 minutes for Interference

WAS Penalty – 14:52 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Delay of Game

SJ ENG – 1:00 – Logan Couture (14) from Tomas Hertl (18) and Brent Burns (22)

WAS Goal – 19:13 – Jakub Vrana (18) from Lars Eller (15) and Radko Gudas (12)

WAS Goal – 19:45 – TJ Oshie (16) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (24) and Nicklas Backstrom (24)

 

End of 3rd

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Overtime:

WAS Goal – 2:01 – Lars Eller (10) from John Carlson (39) and Braden Holtby (1)

 

End of OT

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Next Up:

Washington (29-9-5 63pts) v. Ottawa (16-21-5 37pts)

San Jose (19-21-4 42pts) @ St. Louis (26-10-7 59pts)