Washington Capitals @ San Jose Sharks

20-4-5, 12-2-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	3	2	0	5
Sharks SJ	1	0	1	2

San Jose SharksSharksSJ

15-13-1, 9-7-0 Home

Carlson’s 3 points in 1st lead Capitals past Sharks 5-2

John Carlson had a goal and two assists in the opening period to reach 40 points for the season, Nick Hathaway and Jakub Vrana each scored twice and the Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Dec 4, 2019, 02:13 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	3	2	0	5
	Sharks	1	0	1	2

1st Period		WSH	SJ
2:33	Melker Karlsson (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brenden Dillon (6), Mario Ferraro (5)	0	1
13:31	Garnet Hathaway (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Carlson (30), Nic Dowd (3)	1	1
14:24	Jakub Vrana (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Carlson (31), T.J. Oshie (10)	2	1
16:32	John Carlson (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Michal Kempny (9)	3	1

2nd Period			WSH	SJ
2:31		Garnet Hathaway (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nic Dowd (4)	4	1
16:15		Jakub Vrana (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (9), Dmitry Orlov (9)	5	1

3rd Period			WSH	SJ
13:07		Evander Kane (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Melker Karlsson (3)	5	2

CAPITALS

SHARKS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
5
Sharks
2

Game 1

12/3

Sharks
4
Capitals
5

Game 2

1/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

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Washington Capitals @ San Jose Sharks

John CarlsonD - WSH

Jakub VranaLW - WSH

Garnet HathawayRW - WSH

Carlson’s 3 points in 1st lead Capitals past Sharks 5-2

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