The San Jose Sharks welcome the Washington Capitals into SAP Center.<\/p>\n
The Sharks laid themselves out as the welcome mat, getting topped 7-1. Pavol Regenda scored a late goal.<\/p>\n
Period 1<\/p>\n
1 in: Huge save by Askarov to start, 2-on-1, stops Wilson. Sharks got a little loose there, Celebrini line.<\/p>\n
2 in: Dickinson shows some poise with puck, surrounded in corner, doesn\u2019t rush, makes moves, before finding Smith for exit.<\/p>\n
4 in: Another good Askarov save, I think Ferraro gets too aggressive up the ice, Beauvillier has a lot of time and space to skate down right wing and hammer a shot.<\/p>\n
PP1: Klingberg-Smith-Celebrini-Eklund-Wennberg. Caps have a very aggressive PK. PP2: Orlov-Toffoli-Kurashev-Gaudette-Regenda. Like Sharks power play, shot mentality, try to take advantage of Washington swarm. Eklund took it to the net on one attack.<\/p>\n
7 in: San Jose Sharks continue pressure after PP, Dickinson and Iorio pound shots. Then Graf drops a cross-slot dime for Goodrow, who\u2019s robbed by Lindgren. Looked like an open net.<\/p>\n
Ovechkin goal: Ovechkin, as he does, gets free and doesn\u2019t miss the second of two chances to score right in front. Coverage got a little scrambled when Washington cycling, shot, Ferraro tried to corral rebound, leaving his man. He didn\u2019t do anything wrong, but he missed the puck, which meant it was 2-on-1 down low on Klingberg.<\/p>\n
Milano goal: Wow, and that\u2019s how the Caps erase a good San Jose start. Their fourth line beats the Sharks\u2019 fourth line on the draw. Both Reaves and the d-man sell out to block the d-man coming down high slot, and Milano open to side. Sharks challenge, I thought that was 50-50 challenge at first, but on re-watch, it was Goodrow\u2019s stick that impeded Askarov.<\/p>\n
Leonard goal: Askarov has been pretty good with rebounds during his hot streak, but don\u2019t love that one, soft and up the middle. Askarov then appears to overcommit on Leonard.<\/p>\n
6 left: Reaves tried to line up Chisholm, but took brunt of it, got up slow.<\/p>\n
Beauvillier penalty: This doesn\u2019t feel like it should be a 3-0 game. Big PP for Sharks to get back into it.<\/p>\n
Duhaime goal: I can tell you some good things that Klingberg has done recently, really, but he\u2019s too slow with his decision-making high on the PP, this has been a constant problem. I can\u2019t see from the replay, but Remenda also not a fan of Eklund\u2019s backcheck there, Duhaime as the late man, that is Eklund\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Want to say just one of those games, but the San Jose Sharks just had one against Colorado, and Washington isn\u2019t Colorado either. I genuinely liked some of what Sharks did this period, but Sharks getting killed down low. Just not closing, making life challenging.<\/p>\n
Period 2<\/p>\n
Ovechkin goal: Orlov-Liljegen defended that entire PK, 1:42 of it, they looked spent by the end.<\/p>\n
6 in: Iorio\u2019s got some mustard on his one-timer.<\/p>\n
Pretty Celebrini NZ pass through a Cap\u2019s legs to Orlov.<\/p>\n
7 left: They just showed Sharks fans getting engaged tonight here. At least someone in teal scored!<\/p>\n
Just thinking out loud. Not advocating! But have Sharks fans ever booed their own defenseman hard at home? In a different market, I think Klingberg would be getting it. As a kid, I remember former No. 7 pick Darryl Sydor, story goes, getting booed out of Los Angeles. This did not work, by the way, the Dallas Stars acquired Sydor and rehabbed him<\/a> into a really good defenseman for a Cup-winning team. But just wondering. I remember Karlsson getting booed some, but not overwhelming, and not necessarily when he touched the puck.<\/p>\n Strome goal: Fans were trying to drum up\u2026something? Chanting \u201cReavo! Reavo!!\u201d Maybe hoping for a fight. Then Roy does his best Chychrun impression, pounds a long shot past Nedeljkovic. Actually, Strome touched it.<\/p>\n I guess in San Jose Sharks\u2019 defense, haven\u2019t seen them this checked out and outplayed at home for a while, the 5-1 drubbing against the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 14 last time. Announced 15,466 for this stinker.<\/p>\n Period 3<\/p>\n Regenda-Kurashev-Smith to start the third period lol.<\/p>\n Leonard goal: Now Toffoli-Celebrini-Dellandrea.<\/p>\n See some Goodrow-Gaudette-Reaves. Leaving Eklund-Wennberg-Graf.<\/p>\n 7 in: I feel for Klingberg there, about to one-time a shot, stick breaks, Caps go on 3-on-1.<\/p>\n Funny that Sharks\u2019 worst two games in like month and a half are against Warsofsky\u2019s old South Carolina buddies, Jared Bednar and Spencer Carbery.<\/p>\n Hey! I still get to tell this joke that I was lamenting losing on Ted Ramey\u2019s show today. Had a good time with him:<\/p>\n Coming up on the Sharks Audio Network<\/p>\n 6pm @DanRusanowsky<\/a>\u2019s Teal Report<\/p>\n 610pm The Buildup w\/@TedRameyMedia<\/a> ft. @Sheng_Peng<\/a> <\/p>\n 630pm Live Pregame<\/p>\n 7pm The Sharks host The Capshttps:\/\/t.co\/ZVezXMMXoM<\/a><\/p>\n